The USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program offers this grant for research aimed at developing and evaluating computerized contaminant transport models for stream ecosystems. This project specifically targets the complex biogeochemistry of mercury, though its methods may apply to other contaminants. Recipients will collaborate with Federal researchers to objectively assess models like WASP. The work involves simplifying complex models to pinpoint crucial parameters governing mercury transport and speciation. Outcomes will significantly enhance mercury modeling capabilities, allowing for improved predictions of ecosystem responses to mercury inputs and environmental disturbances. The developed modeling tools are anticipated to have broad applicability.
Opportunity ID: 55255
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 10HQPA0077 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Rivers 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: | Jun 16, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 28, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 28, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 28, 2010 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $113,000 |
| 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 CESU Program. CESU’s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Rivers CESU Program |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The USGS Mercury in Stream Ecosystems study team of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program seeks to provide assistance for the research in the development of computerized contaminant transport models for stream ecosystems. The models will specifically target the complex biogeochemistry of mercury, but certain facets of these models also will be applicable to transport of other contaminants in streams and rivers. This project involves interacting with a team of Federal researchers who develop process-based computer models of watershed hydrology and contaminant transport. The emphasis of this project is to objectively evaluate these models to ascertain which processes, among a large suite of dynamically interdependent processes, govern the transport and chemical speciation of mercury in stream ecosystems. Processes that are coded into complex watershed contaminant transport models such as WASP (Water-quality Analysis and Simulation Program) are broken down into simpler, reduced-form models, and those simpler models are then evaluated to ascertain important model parameters for study watersheds. This process will provide an important tool for selecting parameter values for the more complex contaminant models. Results from this project will improve the capability to model the complex behavior of mercury in stream ecosystems, and may allow better prediction of how ecosystems will respond to changes in mercury inputs, and other ecosystem disturbances that affect watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry. The study will collaborate with current studies of mercury cycling in stream ecosystems in South Carolina and New York. It is anticipated that the modeling tools developed in collaboration with the USGS will be more broadly applicable to ecosystems in other locations. |
| 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 |
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Related Documents
Folder 55255 Full Announcement-1 -> cesu announcement elements.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 | 10HQPA0077 | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Rivers CESU | PKG00019256 | Jun 16, 2010 | Jun 28, 2010 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
55255 SF424-2.0.pdf
55255 Project-1.1.pdf
55255 SF424B-1.1.pdf
55255 SF424A-1.0.pdf
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