New grant opportunity on Grants.gov: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Desert Southwest CESU

Funding Opportunity ID: 327701 Opportunity Number: G20AS00081 Opportunity Title: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Desert Southwest 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: CFDA Number(s): 15.808 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. CESUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. Agency Code: DOI-USGS1 Agency Name: Department of the Interior U. S. Geological Survey Posted Date: Jun 15, 2020 Close Date: Jun 30, 2020 Last Updated Date: Jun 15, 2020 Award Ceiling: $53,492 Award Floor: $0 Estimated Total Program Funding: $53,492 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Description: The USGS Southwest Biological Science Center (SBSC) is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU Partner to provide financial assistance for creating high-resolution transboundary vegetation community maps and dynamic maps of the Sonoran and Mojave Desert Ecoregion. This project will support critical landscape conservation planning and habitat management needs in the southwestern borderlands region, a large area in the states of Arizona in the U.S. and Sonora in Mexico, by mapping vegetation for avian habitat assessments using satellite imagery. Version: 1

Published at: June 15, 2020 at 04:15PM
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