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

Funding Opportunity ID: 327699 Opportunity Number: G20AS00089 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. CESU¿s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be participating partners of Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Program. Agency Code: DOI-USGS1 Agency Name: Department of the Interior U. S. Geological Survey Posted Date: Jun 15, 2020 Close Date: Jul 27, 2020 Last Updated Date: Jun 15, 2020 Award Ceiling: $125,000 Award Floor: $0 Estimated Total Program Funding: $125,000 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Description: U.S. Geological Survey¿s (USGS) Powell Center, is offering a funding opportunity for research on ¿Forecasting Mosquito Phenology in a Shifting Climate: Synthesizing Continental-scale Monitoring Data¿ The goals of this project will be (1) assemble various mosquito datasets from across the United States into a single national-scale data resource; (2) develop appropriate mosquito phenometrics (e.g. estimates of emergence timing, peak timing, duration) based on periodic count data; (3) develop predictive models of seasonality of mosquito species representative of specific life-history strategies and (4) implement these models to generate real-time and short-term forecasts of mosquito activity as well as predictions of future changes in seasonal patterns of mosquito activity. Version: 1

Published at: June 15, 2020 at 06:45PM