OpportunityTitle: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Piedmont-South Atlantic CESU
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.  CESU&#146;s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education.  Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Piedmont &#150; South Atlantic Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.
Description: This award provides for assistance to use the field data being collected by the USGS in process based numerical coastal wetland simulation models similar to those described in &#147;Morris, J.T., Sundareshwar, P.V., Nietch, C.T., Kjerfve, B., Cahoon, D.R., 2002. Responses of coastal wetlands to rising sea level. Ecology 83, 2869-2877&#148; to model the ecological sustainability of these marshes in the face of sea-level rise. University will benefit by close professional collaboration with USGS scientists and increased opportunities for an interdisciplinary research project related to federal resource management issues surrounding the impact of sea level rise on coastal wetlands.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Contract Specialist
GrantorContactText: FAITH GRAVES &lt;br/&gt;Contract Specialist &lt;br/&gt;Phone 703-648-7356