Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Alaska Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
This funding opportunity is designed for research organizations and academic institutions to study the effects of climate change on the Porcupine caribou herd, benefiting Indigenous communities and informing land-use planning through predictive modeling and analysis.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) Alaska Science Center is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research that uses existing field data to identify the influence of climatic variation on the summer forage and insect conditions for barren-ground caribou, determine how these conditions influence caribou behavior and distributions, and project future shifts in caribou distributions given changing habitat conditions.
Award Range
$1 - $133,184
Total Program Funding
$133,184
Number of Awards
Not specified
Matching Requirement
No
Eligible Applicants
Additional Requirements
This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Alaska Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.
Geographic Eligibility
All
Application Opens
January 16, 2025
Application Closes
January 30, 2025
Grantor
Faith Graves
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