Monitoring of Tree Island Condition in the Southern Everglades
ID: 353537Type: Posted
Overview

Buyer

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

Award Range

$0 - $127K

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/353537
Timeline
  1. 1
    Forecast Posted Not available
  2. 2
    Forecast Due Not available
  3. 3
    Posted Apr 15, 2024 12:00 AM
  4. 4
    Due Jun 5, 2024 12:00 AM
Description

The Engineer Research and Development Center is offering a federal grant opportunity titled "Monitoring of Tree Island Condition in the Southern Everglades". This grant is a Cooperative Agreement and falls under the category of Science and Technology and other Research and Development. The purpose of this research is to focus on the response of tree island vegetation structure and composition to changes in hydrology as a result of CERP implementation. The project objectives include monitoring the condition of plant community structure and composition of tree islands, assessing temporal changes in the plant community structure and composition of tree islands, determining the relationships among the hydrologic regimes of adjacent marshes, other stress variables, and dynamics of vegetation communities on tree islands, and investigating the correlation of spatially explicit long-term vegetation changes in response to hydrological regime changes. This opportunity is restricted to non-federal partners of the South Florida - Caribbean Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU). The grant has an estimated total program funding of $668,000 and expects to make one award. The closing date for applications is June 5, 2024. For more information, you can contact Kisha M. Craig, the Contract Specialist, at kisha.m.craig@usace.army.mil.

Point(s) of Contact
kisha.m.craig@usace.army.mil
Files
Title
Posted
FOA_W81EWF-24-SOI-0027.pdf
4/16/2024
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