Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Lakes Northern Forest CESU | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

This funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number G13AS00067) is a US Geological Survey (USGS) cooperative agreement offered through the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program, specifically the Great Lakes Northern Forest CESU. It was posted on June 24, 2013, with an application deadline of July 5, 2013, and an estimated total funding amount of $60,000. The program anticipates making a single award, and there is no cost sharing or matching requirement listed. The assistance is tied to CFDA 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection) and falls under the Science and Technology and other Research and Development activity category.

At its core, the project is centered on phenology, the timing of recurring biological events such as leaf-out and flowering, and how those timings shift with climate variability. USGS, working with the USA National Phenology Network (USA NPN), is seeking to strengthen scientific understanding of the climate-phenology relationship across broad geographic extents. The longer-term vision is to move toward forecasting phenological events using meteorological and climatological forecasts, which would make phenology more predictable at large scales rather than only something observed after the fact.

To reach that long-term goal, the opportunity emphasizes a key foundational step: producing gridded surface products at regional to continental scales, roughly spanning 10 km to 10,000 km. In practical terms, this means creating spatially continuous datasets (mapped onto grids) that translate climate observations and related inputs into phenology-relevant outputs over large areas. These kinds of gridded products are intended to support multiple downstream applications, including ecosystem and climate-impact analyses, carbon-cycle research, and modeling efforts, as well as decision-making for natural resource management.

The more immediate, shorter-term deliverable is clear and specific: develop and distribute national-scale gridded products for the suite of Spring Indices (SI) described by Schwartz et al. (2012a). The Spring Indices are widely used phenological metrics designed to represent the onset of spring based on temperature-driven models, and in this opportunity they are to be computed using multiple instrumental datasets that may differ in spatial and temporal resolution. A major part of the work is therefore not just computing the indices, but doing so in a way that supports comparison across datasets and resolutions, which is essential if the products are to be used reliably for research, monitoring, and operational decision support.

Another central expectation is standardized data delivery. The resulting SI gridded products are meant to be provided to the USA NPN in consistent, standardized formats so they can be integrated into USA NPN systems. Once incorporated, these products are intended to underpin web-delivered decision support tools hosted by the USA NPN. The anticipated users include both researchers and resource managers who need accessible, national-scale information on spring timing and its variability, particularly as it relates to climate patterns and change.

Eligibility is restricted to organizations that are already participating partners within the Great Lakes Northern Forest CESU network. CESUs are formal partnership arrangements that are set up to facilitate research, technical assistance, and education related to ecosystem science and management, and this opportunity is issued within that partnership framework. Applicants outside that CESU partnership are not eligible under the terms provided. The announcement lists Faith Graves (USGS) as the contact for access issues or additional help, reachable at 703-648-7356 or fgraves@usgs.gov, and points applicants to Grants.gov for the full announcement and related materials.

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