OpportunityTitle: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU), Gulf Coast CESU
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a CESU Program.  CESU&#146;s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Gulf Coast CESU Program.
Description: The Surface Water Status and Trends Study of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program seeks to provide financial assistance for research in the development of a new National, Geographic Information System (GIS) database of spatial and tabular data about historical agricultural land use and surface water quality. The emphasis on surface water quality data should be on rare data not already available in online data bases such as the U.S. Geological Survey&#146;s National Water Information System (NWIS) or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency&#146;s STORET database. The new online GIS database will be made available to the public upon completion for a period of not less than five years. A copy will also be provided to the USGS. The information compiled in this database will be critical to scientists, managers, and policy makers involved in water quality investigations at a variety of spatial scales.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Contract Specialist
GrantorContactText: FAITH PETERS &lt;br/&gt;CONTRACT SPECIALIST &lt;br/&gt;Phone 703-648-7356