Category: Past Funding Opportunities

ERDC seeks applications to conduct mist-netting and radio telemetry of bats on US Army Garrison West Point.

Assistance Listing Number: 12.630
Date Issued:   02/21/2023
Key Dates: Phase I announcement will be open to receive statements of interest continuously until 1700 Central Time (CT), 21 March 2023, at which point all statements of interest must be received. If invited to Phase II, full proposal applications will be due at 1700 Central Time (CT), 21 APR 2023.
Estimated Award Ceiling: $25,000
Estimated Total Program Funding: $25,000
Agency Contact: Angela D. Holcomb e-mail: Angela.D.Holcomb@usace.army.mil.

For more information see the Project Announcement.

The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking a partner to (1) review wild pig management efforts across the agency and (2) help develop guidance and tools to enhance ongoing efforts.

Funding Source: National Park Service
Deadline: 5pm, Friday, March 3, 2023
For more information see the RFP

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. 

Funding Opportunity Number:  G23AS00189

Deadline for Applications: February 27, 2023

Funding: US Geological Survey

How to apply: Applications must be submitted electronically via grants.gov

For more information see the grant opportunity on Grants.gov.

The first successful loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nest at Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS) in Maryland occurred in 2017. This was followed by successful nests in 2019, 2020, and 2021. A total of nine nests have been documented, five with hatchling emergences. ASIS is at the northern range of the species, and successful nesting in the park is important for the species’ recovery and northern range expansion. Loggerhead sea turtles have strong site fidelity, so it is reasonable to expect that nest activity will increase. However, inundation and substrate temperature contribute to nest success (or failure), and the phenological sensitivity of C. caretta to these factors are unknown at this latitudinal extreme and other parts of the mid-Atlantic region. Analyzing the effects of inundation and temperature on egg/hatchling mortality will allow ASIS to identify the likelihood and timing of nest failure (if it occurs) and support science-based decision making within a future management plan for sea turtles, with considerable input from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Ecological Services Program.

Funding Source: National Park Service

Deadline: The deadline for responding to this letter of interest is January 13, 2023.

General Information: Send Letters of Research Interest (LOIs) to Lindsay Ries (Lindsay_Ries@nps.gov). A panel will review the LOIs and select the top candidate(s) for full proposal development.

Documents:

• Request for Statements of Interest

Scope: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is announcing a new 2023 Federal Funding Opportunity for projects that improve the understanding of physical/biogeochemical effects of hypoxia and potential synergies with other stressors on living resources, habitats, and food webs. This information will enable proactive management to address current and future changes in habitat and species composition.

Deadline for Full Applications: JANUARY 10, 2023

Eligibility: US institutions of higher education and others

Funding: NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science is making $1.5 million available through this competition to fund the first year of 3-5 projects. If funds become available for this program, 3-5 projects are expected to be funded at the level of $300,00 to $400,000 per year per proposal for up to four years.

Full applications may cover a project/award period up to 4 years.

For more information see the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is soliciting proposals for MENTOR-Bat, a global conservation fellowship program focused on the linkages between the health of bats, people, and the environment. Having co-evolved with a variety of viral pathogens, bats have become reservoir hosts to many pathogens and, therefore, live with the viruses without suffering from the effects of the disease.

Funding Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Deadline: The posting period shall be 14 days.

Posted: 23 August 2022

More information is available on the CESU Network Funding Opportunities web page.

The purpose of this agreement is to conduct scheduled INRMP projects related to sampling for fauna species and habitats, including federally listed and at-risk species, at three northern Maine Naval installations. Physical surveys will provide quality assurance checks for previously collected data and document new occurrences while addressing recommendations made by the USFWS during annual INRMP reviews.

Funding Source: U.S. Department of Defense

Deadline: 06 September 2022

Documents:

• Request for Statements of Interest
• Scope of Work

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are in the process of conducting high-resolution aerial imagery surveys under the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS). The objective of AMAPPS is to provide baseline data on regional and seasonal species abundance and distribution in the nearshore and offshore environments to aid decision-making concerning offshore development, transportation, military exercises, and conservation.

Funding Source: BOEM (Bureau of Ocean Energy Management)

Deadline for Submissions: 29 August 2022 at 5pm ET

More information

• Duty location: 142 West Potomac St, Williamsport, MD
• Start date: Flexible! Earliest date would be ~September or October
• Length of internship: 30 weeks
• Stipend: $570.58/week (approximately $14.26/hr)
• Mix of office and fieldwork
• Position may be eligible for a 1,200-hour AmeriCorps Education Award ($4,441.50)
• Completion of internship will provide special hiring authority (Public Land Corps) that will allow interns to apply for Federal jobs open only to current government employees (an amazing benefit!)

The C&O Canal National Historical Park traverses 184.5 miles along the Potomac River from Cumberland and into Washington, DC. Owing to the diverse physiographic regions the park crosses, the park supports 200 rare, threatened, and endangered plant species and dozens of threatened species of wildlife. Given its spatial extent and pressures from external projects and development, the use of GIS is critical to the conservation and management of sensitive species.

The intern will gain experience in geodatabase construction and management and metadata development. They will learn how to collect data with Survey123 and Collector and create workflows for managing data from field collection through quality control to a user interface on the portal. They will learn how to collect data with tablets, how to format and utilize external GNSS receivers, and how to set up and use total stations as well as basic orienteering. The intern will report directly to the park GIS Specialist but will have ample opportunity to work with and assist other park staff, including botanists, biologists, and archeologists. Questions and resumes can be submitted to Kevin_Stanfield@nps.gov or to Andrew Landsman at Andrew_Landsman@nps.gov. The official application portal can be shared when it becomes available.

BOEM is searching for a team or teams to help them annotate imagery of seabirds, cetaceans, and sea turtles in high-resolution aerial imagery that USFWS and BOEM have been collecting; the opportunity is numbered M22AS00298 on grants.gov 

Funding Source: BOEM (Bureau of Ocean Energy Management)

Deadline: 5pm ET Aug 08, 2022