Category: Past Funding Opportunities

Purpose: The Fort Devens environmental program ensures military mission activities are conducted in compliance with all applicable environmental laws, regulations and policies. Article I B of the master agreement states the objectives of the CESU are to: provide research, technical assistance and education to federal land management, environmental and research agencies and their potential partners; develop a program of research, technical assistance and education that involves the biological, physical, social sciences needed to address resource issues and interdisciplinary problem-solving at multiple scales and in an ecosystem context at the local, regional, and national level; and place special emphasis on the working collaboration among federal agencies and universities and their related partner institutions.

This work requires some onsite work at Fort Devens Reserved Force Training Area in Devens, MA as necessary for data gathering for the plan and coordination meetings.

Funding Source: Department of the Army

Deadline: Statements of Interest are due by 5:00 P.M., Central Time, on 4 September 2023.

For more information see the Request for Statements of Interest

Purpose: The Fort Drum environmental program ensures military mission activities are conducted in compliance with all applicable environmental laws, regulations and policies. Article I B of the master agreement states the objectives of the CESU are to: provide research, technical assistance and education to federal land management, environmental and research agencies and their potential partners; develop a program of research, technical assistance and education that involves the biological, physical, social sciences needed to address resource issues and interdisciplinary problem-solving at multiple scales and in an ecosystem context at the local, regional, and national level; and place special emphasis on the working collaboration among federal agencies and universities and their related partner institutions.

In agreement with the above stated goals, the recipient/cooperator agrees to provide the necessary personnel, vehicles, equipment, and materials required to conduct rare, invasive and noxious plant management for the Fort Drum Natural Resources Branch/Environmental Division located at Fort Drum, NY. The scope of this agreement includes supporting the program manager (PM) through various program management duties such as floral and faunal identification; developing and implementing survey and monitoring protocols for species and communities; vegetation and insect classification; compiling installation and regional occurrences of species of management concern; analysis and reporting of findings through technical documentation partnered with GIS interpretation; and developing, testing and analyzing management treatments.

This work requires onsite support personnel located at Fort Drum, NY.

Funding Source: Department of the Army

Deadline: Statements of Interest are due by 5:00 P.M., Central Time, on 1 SEP 2023.

For More Information: see the Request for Statements of Interest

Description: US Geological Survey’s (USGS) Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK) is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU Partner for research to develop hardware- and software-based methods for mitigating sea clutter in biological radar systems deployed in offshore environments. Buoy-deployable biological radar systems are being developed to study offshore airspace use by birds and bats in support of sustainable offshore wind energy development. The proximity of these buoys to the sea surface and the nearly continuous motion introduce dynamic noise into radar data streams that interferes with the detection and monitoring of birds and bats. Antenna hardware and adaptive software algorithms must be developed to suppress dynamic noise caused by the sea surface in order to detect and quantify vertebrates use of the airspace.

Closing Date for Applications: Jul 28, 2023  Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.

For more information see the full listing on Grants.gov

Description: The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in understanding interactions between tick-borne pathogens, microbiome, and the environment, which will: 1) use shotgun metatranscriptomic and other omics analyses to evaluate the interactions among all members of tick microbiota from multiple domains (prokaryotes, eukaryotes, viruses) with tick-borne pathogens, and 2) conduct field-based comparative studies addressing effects of environmental factors and potential hosts on microbiome composition and tick-borne pathogen prevalence.

Closing Date for Applications: Jul 28, 2023  Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.

For more information see the full listing on Grants.gov

Description: The work involves comprehensive support of researchers in identifying watershed sources of sediment to reservoirs in the Kansas River Basin and understanding the implications of different economic analysis paradigms for reservoir sedimentation, and USACE support with providing economic input data, and site-visit coordination and support for ground-truthing, all in accordance with 10 U.S.C. § 4001 – Research and Development.

Funding Source: US Army Corps of Engineers

Timeline for Review of Statements of Interest: RSOI’s are required to be posted on www.Grants.gov for 30 days prior to the Government making a decision and requesting full proposals.

Date Posted: June 15, 2023

Closing Date: July 15, 2023

For more information see the full RSOI and the listing on Grants.gov

Specifically, research to develop integrated approaches to tick management that include tick biocontrol, wildlife species management, and wildlife habitat management. This research will be integrated into an interjurisdictional approach to ticks on wildlife in northern New England. Within the tick ecological community, the focus will be on winter ticks that significantly impact moose populations, the invasive Asian longhorned tick that affects domestic animals, and ticks of public health importance (e.g., blacklegged tick, lonestar tick) that are detected on wildlife or use wildlife as a bloodmeal source.  Co-production of a regional tick surveillance sampling strategy and coordination with federal, state, and tribal natural resource management agencies will be critical to avoid duplicity of effort and ensure actionable science is conducted to inform decision-makers.  Following consultation with federal and state agencies, the efficacy of tick biocontrol methods in the field will be evaluated.  The university will partner with USGS to assess potential non-target effects of the biocontrol on wildlife and the environment.

Closing Date for Applications: Jul 21, 2023  Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.

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This project will be a collaborative effort to examine and develop gene-based treatments for invasive plants, specifically the non-native Phragmites australis (common reed) and Hydrocharismorsus-ranae (European frog-bit). Ongoing investments in this research generated primary genomic and transcriptomic data for Phragmites australis, but similar data are not available for Hydrocharis morsus-ranae. In addition, no genetic studies have explored what environmental signals induce or enhance their development, stress tolerance, and capacity to grow more aggressively under projected climate conditions in the Great Lakes region. Therefore, this project will create genomic resources required to identify primary genetic targets for the control of these and potentially other invasive species identified as high-priorities for resource managers in the Great Lakes.

Closing Date for Applications: Jul 21, 2023  Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.

For more information see the full listing on Grants.gov

Description: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is announcing the potential availability of funding for agreements for the purposes of supporting cooperative research in soil science and soil survey. The purpose of the 2023 Soil Survey Cooperative Research Proposals is to promote research that informs and improves soil survey. As such, each proposal must include significant collaboration with soil survey personnel (such as National Soil Survey Center Research staff, Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) Soil Survey or Regional offices). The proposal’s deliverables and their connection to soil survey must be clearly explained. 

Award Ceiling: $500,000

Award Floor: $50,000

Closing Date for Applications: Jul 22, 2023 11:59 pm Eastern Time

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Description: US Geological Survey is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU Partner for research on the effects of continued deer reductions on tick and tick-borne pathogens in U.S. National Parks. Vector-borne illnesses are a growing public health concern in the United States, acting as both an occupational and recreational hazard. Ticks, specifically, carry pathogens that cause human illnesses including Lyme disease, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, anaplasmosis, and tularemia, among others. The CDC found that reported cases of tickborne bacterial and protozoan illness had increased from >22,000 cases in 2004 to >48,000 in 2016, with Lyme disease accounting for 82% of all cases…

Closing Date for Applications: Jul 07, 2023  Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.

Award Ceiling: $100,000

For more information see the listing on grants.gov

Description: U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK) is offering a funding opportunity to CESU Partner to evaluate tick impact on moose.  Moose populations are perceived to be in decline along the southern edge of their range in North America, with parasite infections being cited as playing a key role in these declines. In the northeastern United States, moose declines are largely attributed to winter tick infestations that cause calf mortality and decrease productivity. While winter ticks appear to affect moose susceptibility to late winter mortality, the impact of parasitism by winter ticks may also be exacerbated by secondary parasite infections…

Closing Date for Applications: Jul 07, 2023  Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.

Award Ceiling: $130,000

For more information see the listing on grants.gov