Developing a Missouri River Sediment Transport Capacity Function
ID: 353415Type: Posted
Overview

Buyer

Engineer Research and Development Center (DOD-COE-ERDC)

Award Range

$0 - $159K

Eligible Applicants

Others

Funding Category

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Funding Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Opportunity Category

Discretionary

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement

Yes

Original Source

https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/353415
Timeline
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    Forecast Posted Not available
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    Forecast Due Not available
  3. 3
    Posted Apr 5, 2024 12:00 AM
  4. 4
    Due Jun 6, 2024 12:00 AM
Description

The Engineer Research and Development Center is seeking to develop a Missouri River Sediment Transport Capacity Function through a Cooperative Agreement. This opportunity is restricted to non-federal partners of the Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU). The research question to be addressed is "How do bed material loads, hydraulic roughness, and bedform regimes change based on hydraulic parameters, such as temperature, shear stress, stream power, slope, water velocity, etc." The goal is to derive a bed material load sediment transport capacity function using available data, including USGS suspended sediment concentration/load and the Missouri River 2014 sediment data collection effort. Additionally, a bedform/roughness predictor algorithm will be developed for the Missouri River. The effectiveness of these algorithms must be demonstrated in a journal article coauthored by USACE. The agreement includes two in-person meetings (kickoff and final presentation) and monthly virtual meetings. The close date for this opportunity is June 6, 2024, and the estimated total program funding is $309,000. For more information, contact Phoebe Fuller at phoebe.v.fuller@usace.army.mil.

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4/10/2024
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