OpportunityTitle: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Californian CESU
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 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 Californian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.
Description: The Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMG) and the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Santa Cruz, CA, is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner that have the ability to conduct research in topics that meet the goals of the Coastal and Marine Geology Program. PCMSC primarily conducts research along the continental shelves, nearshore, beach, estuaries, rivers and lakes of the western United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, and the Trust Territories. Current research interests of PCMSC include (but are not limited to) sediment transport, seafloor mapping and benthic habitat analyses, coral reef studies, hazards (earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, coastal erosion), ocean currents and pollution, coastal watersheds, oil and gas seepages, gas hydrates, marine minerals, and estuarine evolution. For more information about PCMSC, refer to http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/. For a successful cooperative agreement, the CESU partner must have complementary research interests and be able to address these and other potential research topics.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: fgraves@usgs.gov
GrantorContactText: Faith Graves, 703-648-7356&lt;br/&gt;fgraves@usgs.gov&lt;br/&gt;