Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Rocky Mountain CESU

Funding Opportunity Number: G15AS00030 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and DevelopmentCFDA Number: 15.808Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DOI-USGS1Closing Date: Feb 02, 2015Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: Creation Date: Jan 21, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: The US Geological Survey, Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center (WY-MT WSC) is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner to provide the sequencing and analysis of DNA extracted from sediment-associated biofilm samples collected from 15 sites along the Clark Fork (western Montana). This work is being done in support of a USGS funded project on the investigation of microbial biofilms as biomarkers of metal toxicity. Specifically, previously amplified PCR amplicons of the 16S rRNA gene will be barcoded and subjected to multiplex sequencing using the Illumina Miseq sequencing platform.

Source: Grants.gov - January 22, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Science and Technology and other Research and Development Source Type: funding