Category: Past Funding Opportunities

Synopsis: The US Geological Survey is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in developing a near real-time avian influenza (AI) risk assessment tool that is publicly available on the web, and which can be used to provide current and future “personalized” AI risk assessments to aid large and small poultry producers in implementing effective and efficient biosecurity measures.  Transboundary diseases at the poultry/wild bird interface, where pathogens are exchanged between wild and domestic species, can have significant impacts to wildlife, domestic animal, and human health.  Additionally, these diseases can often create devastating effects on economies at multiple scales.  AI is a transboundary disease that can have particularly overwhelming impacts, as demonstrated by the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak in 2014–2015, which cost US taxpayers $950 million dollars, with an overall economic impact estimated at $3.3 billion.  The current 2022-2023 outbreak of HPAI virus H5N1 is likely to have a greater economic impact, given its longevity.  Additionally, low pathogenic AI outbreaks in poultry facilities occur annually with associated economic effects, and transmission of novel viral types from poultry to wild birds has negatively impacted wild populations. Therefore, preventing and reducing the impacts of transboundary diseases is of critical importance from an ecological and societal perspective.

Agency: Department of the Interior, Geological Survey

Due date: June 23rd

Total amount: $285,000

For more information see the posting on Grants.gov

Synopsis: The US Geological Survey is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in working with DOI management agencies whose trust resources are impacted by ticks or tick-borne diseases to: 1) use decision analysis to frame and evaluate management decision problems and help natural resource, agricultural and public health agencies navigate difficult tradeoffs and uncertainty, 2) provide a generalizable framework that may be useful to direct future surveillance, research, and management activities on ticks and tick-borne diseases. 

Agency: Department of the Interior, Geological Survey

Due date: June 23rd

Total amount: $117,699

For more information see the posting on Grants.gov

Research Objectives: Determine a suitable remote sensing methodology for detecting and characterizing locations and types of land-use change that have altered tidal flows and salinity gradients in coastal tidal habitats, produce corresponding map products and journal papers for the research.

Estimated funding: $300,000

Application deadline: 06/08/2023

Apply electronically through grants.gov. 

Questions are to be directed to Faith Graves: fgraves@usgs.gov

See the RFP for more information.

Everglades National Park (ENP) has been actively involved in Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) and non-CERP projects to improve the quantity, quality, timing, and distribution of water moving through the Everglades. Information that enhances our understanding of the relative influence of rainfall and restoration projects on the ENP hydrology would help Park Managers to better manage wildlife and habitat that depend on hydrological changes. Currently, the ability to quantify such information is lacking.

Funding: Not to exceed $275,000.00 for a 2 year period of performance.

Eligibility: This opportunity is open to non-federal members of the CESU National Network. Information on the CESU National Network can be accessed at http://www.cesu.psu.edu/.

Deadline: 5:00 pm, Saturday, May 20, 2023.

Inquiries: Questions regarding technical requirements and/or scope of the proposed project should be addressed to Rajendra Paudel, Ecosystem Modeler, SFNRC: Email: rajendra_paudel@nps.gov; phone: (305) 224-4250.

Submit your application package to Carol Daniels, Senior Science Advisor, South Florida Caribbean-CESU Email: carol_daniels@nps.gov.

Documents:

• RFP
• Budget Spreadsheet (Excel)

Everglades National Park (ENP) and Biscayne National Park (BNP) are actively involved in Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) projects to improve quantity, quality, timing, and distribution of water moving through south Florida and specifically addressing the system’s water quality challenges. The ability to meet water quality changes is lacking information on phosphorus (P) sources from regional landscape, especially the immediate watersheds of ENP and BNP.

Funding: Not to exceed $300,000.00 for a 3 year period of performance.

Eligibility: This opportunity is open to non-federal members of the CESU National Network.

Deadline: 5:00 pm, Saturday, May 20, 2023.

Inquiries: Questions regarding technical requirements and/or scope of the proposed project should be addressed to Dilip Shinde, Ecologist, SFNRC. Email: Dilip_Shinde@nps.gov.

Submit your application package to Carol Daniels, Senior Science Advisor, South Florida Caribbean-CESU Email: carol_daniels@nps.gov.

Documents:

• RFP
• Budget Spreadsheet (Excel)

The Scientists in Parks Program is now accepting applications for the Winter 23/24 Season. There are over 90 exciting internship opportunities in national parks across the country. These paid internships contribute to natural resource management needs at parks with projects related to biological sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, and science communications/education. Please help us spread the word and share these SIP positions with interested candidates. A list of positions and how to apply can be found at on the Scientists in the Park website. The application deadline is June 11, 2023. If you have any questions, please email us at Scientists_in_Parks@nps.gov. 

The National Park Service is receiving $190M through the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act to support ecosystem resilience and restoration and climate change vulnerability assessments. The northeast region expects to receive a portion of this funding to initiate one to five projects this year. Potential projects include: 1) Forest resilience, including restoration of degraded sites, removal of invasive species, and/or deer management; 2) Assessing climate change impacts to military and battlefield cultural landscapes; 3) Developing pathways for indigenous knowledge/science methodologies and community-engaged approaches for climate change response; 4) Climate change planning for floodplains; 5) Incorporating operational resilience into National Park Service facility management projects; 6) Restoration of salt marsh, seagrass, and grassland habitat.

Because of the high profile and impact of Inflation Reduction Act projects, the region needs periodic science communication products for each funded project that are clear and informative.

Project Timeline: Funding decisions for projects starting in FY 2023 will be announced by mid-April. If the region receives funding for at least one Inflation Reduction Act project, funds for this project will be obligated by September 30, 2023. If no projects are approved for FY 2023, the region will be requesting multiple projects to start in FY 2024, and funds for this project would be obligated in spring 2024. Once initiated, this project is expected to last for at least five years.

Funding Source: National Park Service

For more information see the Request for Letters of Research Interest.

The northeast region of the National Park Service (NPS) has proposed an ambitious effort to improve forest resilience and prepare for the effects of climate change by addressing forest regeneration debt (Miller et al. 2023) in 17 northeastern and mid-Atlantic parks. If funded through the Inflation Reduction Act, this initiative will include environmental assessments and implementation of management action to increase tree regeneration in park forests. An important component of the effort will be evaluating current park-level efforts to estimate deer population size and developing a consistent regional approach for long-term deer monitoring.

Project Timeline: Funding decisions for a start in FY 2023 will be announced by mid-April. If this project is approved, funds will be obligated by September 30, 2023. If the project is not approved for FY 2023, it will be competed for a start in FY 2024, and funds would be obligated in spring 2024. Regardless of the start date, the project is expected to take two years.

Funding Source: National Park Service

For more information see the Request for Letters of Research Interest.

The Overall Goals are to provide direct support to park managers by measuring and interpreting responses of wildlife to noise, monitoring noise levels in parks and protected areas, and quantifying the benefits of managing or mitigating noise.

Funding Source: National Park Service

Funding Opportunity Number: P23AS00293

Award Ceiling:    $360,000

Award Floor:    $100,000

NPS technical contact: Christopher Kavanagh, christopher_kavanagh@nps.gov

Anticipated Term of the Agreement: Fall 2023 – Fall 2026

Application Due Date: June 1, 2023 11:59PM MT

For more information see the announcement on Grants.gov

The US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center (SBSC), is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for field data collection of plant species composition, vegetation structure, and soil conditions in big sagebrush ecosystems. 

Big sagebrush ecosystems provide habitat for a range of wildlife species and support livestock grazing, which is an important contributor to the sustainability of rural western economies and is nearly ubiquitous within the sagebrush biome.  However, big sagebrush plant communities are in decline and being transformed by multiple threats including invasive annual grasses and changing climate.  

The goal of this opportunity is to enable scientists of CESU Partner to sample vegetation and soils in big sagebrush ecosystems.

The objective of this opportunity is data characterizing the species composition, vegetation structure and soil conditions at selected big sagebrush shrubland sites.

Deadline: 5pm ET, March 27, 2023
Funding Opportunity Number: G23AS00189
For more information see the notice on Grants.gov