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Opportunity Summary:

This funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number 09HQPA0041) is a US Geological Survey (USGS) Global Change Program (GCP) award being competed through the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). It is set up as a discretionary cooperative agreement in the Science and Technology/Research and Development category (CFDA 15.808, USGS Research and Data Collection). The intent is to support one project (expected awards: 1) that advances USGS Global Change Program priorities by studying dryland ecosystems, specifically by connecting geologic and biogeochemical processes to ecosystem dynamics under changing climate and land use conditions.

The research is meant to sit within the USGS GCP funded effort called “Effects of climatic variability and land use on American drylands” (the Drylands Project). The core scientific focus is on linked processes in drylands: how geology, hydrology, biology, land use, and atmospheric drivers interact to shape both the physical landscape and ecological outcomes. The announcement highlights three related aims: first, improving understanding of contemporary physical and ecological landscapes in dryland settings; second, explaining how physical processes (like erosion, runoff, and soil movement) and ecological processes (like vegetation change and biotic responses) interact to drive ecosystem dynamics; and third, documenting how sediment and soil erosion and deposition by wind and water change over time as a function of climatic variability and the underlying geologic, physiographic, and land use context. In other words, the project is looking for integrated, process-based drylands science that can explain not only what is happening on the landscape, but why it is happening and how it varies across settings and through time.

Programmatically, the opportunity is anchored to longer-term GCP goals described in USGS guiding documents. The announcement points to priorities such as developing a fundamental understanding of interactions among climate, Earth surface processes, and terrestrial ecosystems, and examining global change effects on ecosystems through linkages among water, soils, biota, and land use. Applicants are therefore expected to frame their work in terms of climate variability and land-use influences, and to make clear how the proposed research advances understanding of coupled human-natural or coupled physical-biological dynamics in drylands, especially where geomorphic and biogeochemical mechanisms are central.

Eligibility is limited to partners in the Rocky Mountain CESU network. More specifically, applications must come from a scientist who is a faculty member at a university affiliated with the Rocky Mountains CESU, and who can demonstrate the expertise and ability to carry out research aligned with the Global Change Program and the Drylands Project goals described in the announcement. Because this is issued under the CESU framework, it is geared toward leveraging the CESU partnership model, which is designed to provide research, technical assistance, and education through collaborations between federal agencies and academic partners.

Financially, the opportunity lists an estimated total funding amount of $25,000 and indicates there is a cost sharing or matching requirement. No formal award ceiling or floor is specified in the synopsis (both are listed as 0), which typically signals that applicants should rely on the total estimate and the scope described rather than expecting a stated per-award cap in the summary. The award instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally implies substantial involvement by the federal agency during the project (for example, coordination on study design, data needs, field logistics, or integration with broader USGS efforts), consistent with how CESU projects are often executed.

Key dates show the announcement was posted June 4, 2009, with an original and current closing date of June 18, 2009, and an archive date of July 18, 2009. For administrative or access issues, the listed point of contact is Faith Graves, Contract Specialist, at 703-648-7356.

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