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Opportunity Summary:

The US Geological Survey (USGS) released this discretionary funding opportunity under the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program, specifically through the Great Lakes Northern Forest CESU. The project is set up as a cooperative agreement, meaning the work is expected to involve close collaboration with the federal agency rather than functioning like a hands-off grant. USGS anticipates making a single award, with an estimated total funding amount of $156,159. There is no stated cost share or matching requirement.

The purpose of the project is to improve understanding of methane dynamics across Alaska by analyzing and reporting both methane uptake and methane emissions for different ecosystem types, with particular attention to wetlands and wetland-related landscapes. The work is meant to go beyond a simple inventory of emissions by examining how methane fluxes vary by ecosystem and how they relate to controlling drivers such as net primary production and climate change. In practical terms, the award supports research that can help explain where methane is being emitted or absorbed, how much, and why those patterns occur across Alaska's boreal forest and tundra regions.

Methodologically, the opportunity emphasizes two core technical foundations. First, the research should rely on an up-to-date wetland map that covers all boreal forest and tundra ecosystems in Alaska, implying that spatially complete, current land cover and wetland classification data are central inputs to the analysis. Second, the study is expected to use process-based modeling to produce methane uptake and emission estimates. Process-based modeling signals a preference for mechanistic or biogeochemical modeling approaches that represent how environmental conditions and ecosystem processes drive methane production, oxidation, and transport, rather than purely statistical extrapolations.

A key integration requirement is that the methane estimation and analysis be linked to DOS-TEM, identified in the announcement as the primary model being used to estimate ecosystem carbon balance and flux. This linkage indicates that USGS wants the methane component to connect with the broader carbon accounting framework used for Alaska assessments, ensuring consistency with existing carbon balance estimates and enabling methane results to be interpreted alongside other carbon fluxes. In other words, the methane work should not be a stand-alone modeling effort; it should be aligned with and feed into the model ecosystem already used for statewide carbon assessments.

The deliverables are clearly defined and include three major outputs. The first is a chapter for an overall Alaska assessment report, suggesting the work will contribute directly to an official synthesis product rather than only academic publication. The second deliverable is a separate peer-reviewed journal manuscript, indicating the agency expects results to be documented in the scientific literature with the level of rigor and transparency that implies. The third deliverable is the production of major data products, with the expectation that these outputs will be made publicly accessible through a web-based data distribution tool. That requirement points to an open-data expectation: the project should generate datasets that are organized and documented well enough for public release and practical reuse by scientists, managers, and other stakeholders.

Eligibility is limited to partners of the Great Lakes Northern Forest CESU Program. The listing describes eligible applicants broadly as "Others," but the controlling requirement is CESU partnership status, meaning applicants must be an official participating member of that CESU network to apply. The opportunity was posted November 4, 2013, with an original and current closing date of November 15, 2013, and it was later archived on February 4, 2014. The CFDA number associated with the program is 15.808, USGS Research and Data Collection.

For access issues or questions tied to the official announcement, the contact listed is Faith Graves at USGS (703-648-7356, fgraves@usgs.gov), and an additional information link is provided via Grants.gov.

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