The USGS Alaska Science Center is offering this grant to provide financial assistance for research focused on understanding the ecological consequences of diminishing Arctic sea ice. Specifically, the grant aims to develop and apply methods to define and quantify decadal-scale changes in marine mammal sea ice habitats. Researchers will pioneer new approaches to characterize these habitats using integrated spatial and temporal assessments of geophysical data, such as ice concentration, motion, and age, across various scales. While the methodologies should be robust for circumpolar application, the analytical emphasis is placed on the western Arctic, particularly the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. This research will help bridge expanding geophysical knowledge with fundamental information needed for ecological understanding.
Opportunity ID: 46565
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 09HQPA0029 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Rocky Mountain CESU |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.808 — U.S. Geological Survey_ Research and Data Collection |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 02, 2009 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 13, 2009 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 13, 2009 |
| Archive Date: | May 13, 2009 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $100,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $0 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESU’s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The USGS Alaska Science Center seeks to provide financial assistance for research in the development and application of methods to define and quantify decadal-scale changes in the type, abundance, and spatial distribution of marine mammal sea ice habitats in the Arctic. The research will strive to pioneer new approaches to characterize sea ice habitats using integrated spatial and temporal assessments of geophysical data (such as ice concentration, motion, age, etc.), across a variety of geospatial scales. While the methodological developments of the research should have robust qualities for circumpolar application, analytical emphasis .should be placed on the western Arctic, i.e.” the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. Arctic sea ice is diminishing al an unprecedented and alarming rate. Nations worldwide have made significant investments in research to monitor and model the geophysical changes. Associated ecological changes, however, are more complex and less well studied. The research solicited here will help bridge the rapidly expanding body of geophysical knowledge with fundamental information needed to better understand the accompanying ecological consequences. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
FAITH GRAVES
Contract Specialist Phone 703-648-7356 Email:fgraves@usgs.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 46565 Full Announcement-1 -> funding opportunity description.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | FAITH GRAVES Contract Specialist Phone 703-648-7356 Email: fgraves@usgs.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.808 | 09HQPA0029 | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Rocky Mountain CESU | PKG00011448 | Apr 02, 2009 | Apr 13, 2009 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
46565 SF424-2.0.pdf
46565 Project-1.1.pdf
46565 SF424B-1.1.pdf
46565 SF424A-1.0.pdf
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