Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU), South Florida/Caribbean CESU

The summary for the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU), South Florida/Caribbean CESU grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Geological Survey, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU), South Florida/Caribbean CESU: This funding opportunity involves adding a university partner on an existing U.S. Geological Survey research project. USGS Researchers from the Western Geographic Science Center in Menlo Park, CA and the Eastern Geographic Science Center in Reston, VA are working with ecologists and land use planners from Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Park, and the Fish and Wildlife Service to develop a prototype for a web-enabled geospatial information tool, the Ecological Portfolio Model (EPM), to assess ecological values in lands outside of the Miami-Dade Urban Development Boundary. The university partner (applicant) will provide needed local ecological expertise This assistance is provided through a CESU cooperative agreement, which is neither a contract nor a grant. As a cooperative agreement, there will be equal involvement on the part of USGS and the recipient to promote the objectives of the program, monitor progress, and agree on milestones and accomplishments for work performed as part of this agreement.