OpportunityTitle: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Desert Southwest CESU
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESU&#191;s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be participating partners of Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Program.
Description: U.S. Geological Survey&#191;s (USGS) Powell Center, is offering a funding opportunity for research on &#191;Forecasting Mosquito Phenology in a Shifting Climate: Synthesizing Continental-scale Monitoring Data&#191; The goals of this project will be (1) assemble various mosquito datasets from across the United States into a single national-scale data resource; (2) develop appropriate mosquito phenometrics (e.g. estimates of emergence timing, peak timing, duration) based on periodic count data; (3) develop predictive models of seasonality of mosquito species representative of specific life-history strategies and (4) implement these models to generate real-time and short-term forecasts of mosquito activity as well as predictions of future changes in seasonal patterns of mosquito activity.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Contract Specialist
GrantorContactText: Faith Graves 703-648-7356 &lt;br/&gt;fgraves@usgs.gov