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Opportunity Summary:

The Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Rocky Mountain CESU opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number G12AS20036) is a US Geological Survey discretionary funding announcement focused on science and technology research related to climate change impacts on ecohydrology in temperate dryland ecosystems around the world. The central purpose is to improve understanding of how water-limited ecosystems may respond to changing climate conditions by producing credible, model-based estimates of current and future water balance and water availability. In practical terms, the project is meant to link climate information and ecosystem processes so land and resource managers can better anticipate hydrologic shifts, identify vulnerable systems, and compare how different dryland regions may respond under similar pressures.

A core technical objective of the work is to integrate a soil water model with daily weather data. This pairing is intended to characterize potential future hydrologic changes in ecosystems where water is the primary limiting factor. By driving a soil moisture or soil water balance framework with daily meteorological inputs, the research can explore how changes in precipitation timing, temperature, evaporative demand, and related climate variables may translate into shifts in soil water storage, plant-available water, and broader ecosystem water balance. The opportunity also emphasizes comparative synthesis: it calls for an evaluation of commonalities across different temperate dryland ecosystems, along with a clear treatment of uncertainties and vulnerabilities. The expected outputs include estimates of ecosystem water balance under present-day conditions and projections of how those balances might change, as well as an assessment of where the models and data are strongest or weakest and which ecosystems appear most at risk under plausible future climates.

The funding mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial involvement by the awarding agency during the project period, such as collaboration on study design refinements, data coordination, or review of interim products. The activity category is listed as Science and Technology and other Research and Development, and the CFDA number is 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection). USGS anticipated making one award under this announcement, with an estimated total funding amount of $25,300. No cost sharing or matching requirement is specified. The award ceiling and floor are listed as $0, which generally means applicants should rely on the narrative and detailed announcement instructions for budgeting expectations rather than treating those fields as binding caps.

Eligibility is limited to partners within the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit program. CESUs are formal partnership networks that support research, technical assistance, and educational activities, and this announcement is explicitly issued under the CESU framework. In other words, applicants must already be a participating Rocky Mountain CESU partner to be eligible, and any additional eligibility nuances would be contained in the full announcement materials referenced through Grants.gov.

Key dates show the opportunity was posted and created on May 7, 2012, with an original and current closing date of May 17, 2012, and an archive date of August 7, 2012. For applicants who needed help accessing the full announcement, the contact listed was Faith Graves at USGS (703-648-7356, fgraves@usgs.gov).

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