Mineral Resources External Research Program (MRERP) 2008
2008 Mineral Resources External Research Program recipients and final reports.
In January 2007 the USGS Mineral Resources Program offered a grant and/or cooperative agreement opportunity through its Mineral Resources External Research Program (MRERP) to any individual who had the ability to conduct research consistent with MRP goals and who was not employed by a Federal agency. Applicants could be affiliated (but were not required to be affiliated) with universities, State agencies, Tribal governments or organizations, industry, or other private sector groups. The 2007 MRERP received thirty-eight proposals that were reviewed by a panel of 7 research scientists (3 from USGS and 4 external to the USGS). The expected funding for the 2007 MRERP was not available because of a $1.5 million cut to the Program's Fiscal Year 2007 budget. Nevertheless, the review panel recommended a short list of ranked proposals for final funding consideration from Fiscal Year 2008 funds, pending final Fiscal Year 2008 Congressional appropriation.
The Mineral Resources Program received its Fiscal Year 2008 budget as part of the omnibus bill that funded most Federal agencies. The Program's total Fiscal Year 2008 funding was $800,000 below Fiscal Year 2007 and $1.9 million below Fiscal Year 2006. With these funds, the Program funded the MRERP at $250,000. At this level, funding for the top three ranked proposals was awarded. The Program is pleased to announce that it supported the following three proposals, listed in alphabetical order by principal investigator:
Proposal Title: Comparative Study of Jurassic To Early Tertiary Igneous-Related Metallogeny in the Basin and Range Province
Principal Investigator: Mark Barton, Lukas Zürcher, and Eric Seedorff
Affiliation: University of Arizona
Award Number: 08HQGR0060
Final Report Files Provided:
Proposal Title: The Searchlight Mining District: Linking Low Sulfidation Epithermal Mineralization with an Underlying Granitic Pluton Using Melt and Fluid Inclusion Chemistry
Principal Investigator: Jean S. Cline and Haroldo L. Lledo
Affiliation: University of Nevada Las Vegas
Award Number: 08HQGR0059
Final Report Files Provided:
Proposal Title: Thermal History and Landscape Evolution of the Pebble Deposit, Southwest Alaska: Applying Thermochronology to the Study of Concealed Mineral Deposits
Principal Investigator: Paul O’Sullivan and Raymond Donelick
Affiliation: Apatite to Zircon, Inc., Viola, Idaho
Award Number: 08HQGR0061
Final Report Files Provided:
“The views and conclusions contained in the progress report documents posted herein are those of non-U.S. Geological Survey authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the views or official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Government.”
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2008 Mineral Resources External Research Program recipients and final reports.
In January 2007 the USGS Mineral Resources Program offered a grant and/or cooperative agreement opportunity through its Mineral Resources External Research Program (MRERP) to any individual who had the ability to conduct research consistent with MRP goals and who was not employed by a Federal agency. Applicants could be affiliated (but were not required to be affiliated) with universities, State agencies, Tribal governments or organizations, industry, or other private sector groups. The 2007 MRERP received thirty-eight proposals that were reviewed by a panel of 7 research scientists (3 from USGS and 4 external to the USGS). The expected funding for the 2007 MRERP was not available because of a $1.5 million cut to the Program's Fiscal Year 2007 budget. Nevertheless, the review panel recommended a short list of ranked proposals for final funding consideration from Fiscal Year 2008 funds, pending final Fiscal Year 2008 Congressional appropriation.
The Mineral Resources Program received its Fiscal Year 2008 budget as part of the omnibus bill that funded most Federal agencies. The Program's total Fiscal Year 2008 funding was $800,000 below Fiscal Year 2007 and $1.9 million below Fiscal Year 2006. With these funds, the Program funded the MRERP at $250,000. At this level, funding for the top three ranked proposals was awarded. The Program is pleased to announce that it supported the following three proposals, listed in alphabetical order by principal investigator:
Proposal Title: Comparative Study of Jurassic To Early Tertiary Igneous-Related Metallogeny in the Basin and Range Province
Principal Investigator: Mark Barton, Lukas Zürcher, and Eric Seedorff
Affiliation: University of Arizona
Award Number: 08HQGR0060
Final Report Files Provided:
Proposal Title: The Searchlight Mining District: Linking Low Sulfidation Epithermal Mineralization with an Underlying Granitic Pluton Using Melt and Fluid Inclusion Chemistry
Principal Investigator: Jean S. Cline and Haroldo L. Lledo
Affiliation: University of Nevada Las Vegas
Award Number: 08HQGR0059
Final Report Files Provided:
Proposal Title: Thermal History and Landscape Evolution of the Pebble Deposit, Southwest Alaska: Applying Thermochronology to the Study of Concealed Mineral Deposits
Principal Investigator: Paul O’Sullivan and Raymond Donelick
Affiliation: Apatite to Zircon, Inc., Viola, Idaho
Award Number: 08HQGR0061
Final Report Files Provided:
“The views and conclusions contained in the progress report documents posted herein are those of non-U.S. Geological Survey authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the views or official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Government.”
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