OpportunityTitle: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Rivers CESU
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.  CESU&#226;&#191;&#191;s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education.  Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.
Description: The US Geological Survey is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner to conduct research on &#226;&#191;&#191;Characterization and Optimization of Fluorescent Properties of Oil to Detect Oil using a Complementary Metal Oxide Sensor&#226;&#191;&#157; to 1) Optimize the fluorescent properties of simple oil/solvent systems for characterizing environmental samples; 2) Characterize oil concentration based on the complementary metal oxide sensor (CMOS) or similar detection method based on laboratory derived concentration relationships; and 3) Develop a model and related equations to predict oil concentration using fluorescence based optical properties.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Contract Specialist
GrantorContactText: Faith Graves 703-648-7356&lt;br/&gt;fgraves@usgs.gov&lt;br/&gt;