The USFWS Sea Duck Joint Venture Competitive Grants are aimed at providing funding for priority science needs in FY2017. Proposals are being accepted to address various needs, including developing techniques for sea duck surveys, analyzing breeding population data, automating bird counts in aerial photographs, and improving post-release survival of sea ducks. Other priorities include evaluating population monitoring and information needs, determining breeding and molting areas, assessing recruitment issues for the American Common Eider, and examining population structures. This funding opportunity is made possible through U.S. Congressional appropriations and targets important conservation efforts for North American sea ducks.
Opportunity ID: 285857
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | F16AS00330 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | FY17 Sea Duck Joint Venture Competitive Grants |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment Natural Resources Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 7 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.637 — Migratory Bird Joint Ventures |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 08, 2016 |
| Last Updated Date: | Aug 02, 2016 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 26, 2016 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 26, 2016 |
| Archive Date: | Oct 28, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $180,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $180,000 |
| Award Floor: | $5,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | The Sea Duck Joint Venture (SDJV) is a conservation partnership under the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. Its mission is to promote the conservation of all North American sea ducks through partnerships by providing greater knowledge and understanding for effective management. The SDJV has evolved from a broad-based science program to a more focused program intended to provide information most needed by managers to make informed decisions about sea duck management and conservation. The programs overall strategies and priorities are outlined in a strategic plan and an implementation plan and may be found at http://seaduckjv.org/. The SDJV is coordinated and administered by the USFWS. Funding is being made available to the SDJV through U.S. Congressional appropriations and some of this funding is used to address priority science needs of the SDJV. This funding opportunity is made under the authority of Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956; 16 U.S.C. 742. The SDJV will accept proposals for the following priority science needs in FY2017: 1. Science Need: Develop or refine techniques to estimate detection probabilities, misidentification rates, and count biases during aerial sea duck surveys. 2. Science need: Support for the Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey WBPHS review including analyzing data with respect to reallocation of survey effort 3. Science Need: Develop and/or evaluate methods for efficiently automating counts of birds in aerial photographs of large flocks, including birds with varying distribution and density patterns, and uniform vs dimorphic plumages. 4. Science Need: Determine population monitoring and information needs for management and conservation of sea ducks on the Great Lakes. 5. Science Need: Evaluate and modify veterinary and/or husbandry techniques to improve post-release survival of sea ducks, particularly surf scoter, white-winged scoter, and long-tailed duck, marked with implantable transmitters. 6. Science Need: Demonstrate the spatial resolution of stable isotope analysis of sea duck feather samples to determine breeding and molting areas in the absence of reference samples, particularly for scoters and long-tailed ducks. 7. Science Need: Determine if recruitment is a problem for the American Common Eider (ACOEI) and if so, identify the limitations. This broad topic includes elements that could affect fecundity (e.g. breeding propensity, clutch size, nest success, hatching success), duckling survival (direct: duckling predation; indirect: habitat, disease, etc.), etc. 8. Science Need: Determine whether sufficient population structure exists across the range of priority sea duck species to assess whether their populations should be managed as stocks or sub-populations, and ensure that research directed at reducing uncertainty in key demographic rates for population modeling efforts are applied at the appropriate geographic scales |
| Link to Additional Information: | Full Announcement |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Sea Duck Joint Venture Coordinator Tim Bowman +19077863569
tim_bowman@fws.gov Email:tim_bowman@fws.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| The USFWS has received inquiries about how many feather samples it has available; see the attached Excel table titled â¿¿Sea duck feather samplesâ¿, which provides a preliminary list of feather samples by flyway, species, age, and sex class. | Aug 02, 2016 | |
| Aug 02, 2016 |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | F16AS00330 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | FY17 Sea Duck Joint Venture Competitive Grants |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment Natural Resources Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 7 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.637 — Migratory Bird Joint Ventures |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 08, 2016 |
| Last Updated Date: | Aug 02, 2016 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 26, 2016 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 26, 2016 |
| Archive Date: | Oct 28, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $180,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $180,000 |
| Award Floor: | $5,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | The Sea Duck Joint Venture (SDJV) is a conservation partnership under the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. Its mission is to promote the conservation of all North American sea ducks through partnerships by providing greater knowledge and understanding for effective management. The SDJV has evolved from a broad-based science program to a more focused program intended to provide information most needed by managers to make informed decisions about sea duck management and conservation. The programs overall strategies and priorities are outlined in a strategic plan and an implementation plan and may be found at http://seaduckjv.org/. The SDJV is coordinated and administered by the USFWS. Funding is being made available to the SDJV through U.S. Congressional appropriations and some of this funding is used to address priority science needs of the SDJV. This funding opportunity is made under the authority of Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956; 16 U.S.C. 742. The SDJV will accept proposals for the following priority science needs in FY2017: 1. Science Need: Develop or refine techniques to estimate detection probabilities, misidentification rates, and count biases during aerial sea duck surveys. 2. Science need: Support for the Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey WBPHS review including analyzing data with respect to reallocation of survey effort 3. Science Need: Develop and/or evaluate methods for efficiently automating counts of birds in aerial photographs of large flocks, including birds with varying distribution and density patterns, and uniform vs dimorphic plumages. 4. Science Need: Determine population monitoring and information needs for management and conservation of sea ducks on the Great Lakes. 5. Science Need: Evaluate and modify veterinary and/or husbandry techniques to improve post-release survival of sea ducks, particularly surf scoter, white-winged scoter, and long-tailed duck, marked with implantable transmitters. 6. Science Need: Demonstrate the spatial resolution of stable isotope analysis of sea duck feather samples to determine breeding and molting areas in the absence of reference samples, particularly for scoters and long-tailed ducks. 7. Science Need: Determine if recruitment is a problem for the American Common Eider (ACOEI) and if so, identify the limitations. This broad topic includes elements that could affect fecundity (e.g. breeding propensity, clutch size, nest success, hatching success), duckling survival (direct: duckling predation; indirect: habitat, disease, etc.), etc. 8. Science Need: Determine whether sufficient population structure exists across the range of priority sea duck species to assess whether their populations should be managed as stocks or sub-populations, and ensure that research directed at reducing uncertainty in key demographic rates for population modeling efforts are applied at the appropriate geographic scales |
| Link to Additional Information: | Full Announcement |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Sea Duck Joint Venture Coordinator Tim Bowman +19077863569
tim_bowman@fws.gov Email:tim_bowman@fws.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | F16AS00330 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | FY17 Sea Duck Joint Venture Competitive Grants |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment Natural Resources Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 7 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.637 — Migratory Bird Joint Ventures |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 02, 2016 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 26, 2016 |
| Archive Date: | Oct 28, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $180,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $180,000 |
| Award Floor: | $5,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | The Sea Duck Joint Venture (SDJV) is a conservation partnership under the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. Its mission is to promote the conservation of all North American sea ducks through partnerships by providing greater knowledge and understanding for effective management. The SDJV has evolved from a broad-based science program to a more focused program intended to provide information most needed by managers to make informed decisions about sea duck management and conservation. The programs overall strategies and priorities are outlined in a strategic plan and an implementation plan and may be found at http://seaduckjv.org/. The SDJV is coordinated and administered by the USFWS. Funding is being made available to the SDJV through U.S. Congressional appropriations and some of this funding is used to address priority science needs of the SDJV. This funding opportunity is made under the authority of Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956; 16 U.S.C. 742. The SDJV will accept proposals for the following priority science needs in FY2017: 1. Science Need: Develop or refine techniques to estimate detection probabilities, misidentification rates, and count biases during aerial sea duck surveys. 2. Science need: Support for the Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey WBPHS review including analyzing data with respect to reallocation of survey effort 3. Science Need: Develop and/or evaluate methods for efficiently automating counts of birds in aerial photographs of large flocks, including birds with varying distribution and density patterns, and uniform vs dimorphic plumages. 4. Science Need: Determine population monitoring and information needs for management and conservation of sea ducks on the Great Lakes. 5. Science Need: Evaluate and modify veterinary and/or husbandry techniques to improve post-release survival of sea ducks, particularly surf scoter, white-winged scoter, and long-tailed duck, marked with implantable transmitters. 6. Science Need: Demonstrate the spatial resolution of stable isotope analysis of sea duck feather samples to determine breeding and molting areas in the absence of reference samples, particularly for scoters and long-tailed ducks. 7. Science Need: Determine if recruitment is a problem for the American Common Eider (ACOEI) and if so, identify the limitations. This broad topic includes elements that could affect fecundity (e.g. breeding propensity, clutch size, nest success, hatching success), duckling survival (direct: duckling predation; indirect: habitat, disease, etc.), etc. 8. Science Need: Determine whether sufficient population structure exists across the range of priority sea duck species to assess whether their populations should be managed as stocks or sub-populations, and ensure that research directed at reducing uncertainty in key demographic rates for population modeling efforts are applied at the appropriate geographic scales |
| Link to Additional Information: | Full Announcement |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Sea Duck Joint Venture Coordinator Tim Bowman +19077863569
tim_bowman@fws.gov Email:tim_bowman@fws.gov |
Related Documents
Folder 285857 Full Announcement-Full Announcement -> NOFO_F16AS00330_SDJV_FY17.pdf
Folder 285857 Revised Full Announcement-Revision info -> Sea_duck_feather_samples.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Sea Duck Joint Venture Coordinator Tim Bowman +19077863569 tim_bowman@fws.gov Email: tim_bowman@fws.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.637 | PKG00226447 | Jul 08, 2016 | Sep 26, 2016 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
285857 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
285857 SF424B-1.1.pdf
285857 SF424A-1.0.pdf
285857 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
Optional forms
285857 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
285857 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
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