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&#65533;s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education.  Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.
Description: The US Geological Survey, National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (NCCWSC), is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research to support the project titled &#65533;Landscape Sensitivity to Ecological Drought: The Knowns, Needs, and Solutions for the Real World&#65533;. This funding opportunity is to synthesize multi-year drought impacts, which are exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, to ecosystems, biota, and ecological services with close association to human health or well-being. This work will contribute to a synthesis of ecological drought risks, strategies for increasing the ability of natural and human systems to thrive in the face of climate change-driven drought, and a tangible set of research priorities to support future decisions about drought management.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: fgraves@usgs.gov
GrantorContactText: Faith Graves, 703-648-7356&lt;br/&gt;fgraves@usgs.gov&lt;br/&gt;