The Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a grant for a project to analyze the parentage of lake sturgeon reared at the Ontonagon River streamside rearing trailer. This grant aims to utilize genomic DNA to evaluate the genetic diversity and ensure the maintenance of parental genetic diversity throughout the rearing and stocking process. West Virginia University is being awarded this grant without competition due to their existing baseline genetic data for Great Lakes lake sturgeon, which makes the analysis more efficient and economical. The project will contribute valuable information for the genetic evaluation of egg collection, fertilization, and rearing practices for lake sturgeon population restoration in the Great Lakes.
Opportunity ID: 308025
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | F18AS00275 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Ontonagon River streamside rearing trailer parentage analysis |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment Natural Resources |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.678 — Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 06, 2018 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 13, 2018 There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative to West Virginia University under justification 505DM 2.14.B.4. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 13, 2018 There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative to West Virginia University under justification 505DM 2.14.B.4. |
| Archive Date: | Aug 14, 2018 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $104,934 |
| Award Ceiling: | $104,934 |
| Award Floor: | $104,934 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative to West Virginia University under justification 505DM 2.14.B.4. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | Lake sturgeon is a species of management concern throughout the Great Lakes basin. Breeding populations of lake sturgeon in Lake Superior exhibit a high degree of spatial genetic structure, and have the highest level of genetic differentiation relative to the rest of the Great Lakes. Genetic guidelines for the stocking of lake sturgeon in the Great Lakes are available for sturgeon population restoration. Fishery agencies involved with rearing and stocking lake sturgeon in the Great Lakes follow specific guidelines for number of parents used, mating ratios, rearing approaches, size targets, tagging, and stocking numbers. The guidelines provide a target and potential for success, however inevitably other factors are involved at each stage from egg collection, hatch, fish survival, size at tagging, and stocking survival that influence adherence to recommended guidelines. Genetic techniques can provide insight into our ability to maintain the parental genetic diversity from egg collection and fertilization through to stocking of fish. This information is valuable for genetic evaluation of our egg collection, fertilization, and rearing practices. This project will use genomic DNA to determine the parentage of individual lake sturgeon reared at the Ontonagon River streamside rearing trailer.
This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement to West Virginia University without competition under justification 505DM 2.14.B.4. Competition for the award is not practical as the genomics lab at West Virginia University already has all baseline genetic data for Great Lakes lake sturgeon and geneticists have analyzed cohort genetic diversity in other Lake Superior populations making the proposed analysis more economical and efficient. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://www.grants.gov/ |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Henry Quinlan 715-682-6185
Henry_Quinlan@fws.gov Email:Henry_Quinlan@fws.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
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Related Documents
Folder 308025 Full Announcement-NOFO & Single Source -> 3-2452 Single Source .pdf
Folder 308025 Full Announcement-NOFO & Single Source -> NOFO.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Henry Quinlan 715-682-6185 Henry_Quinlan@fws.gov Email: Henry_Quinlan@fws.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.678 | PKG00244282 | Aug 06, 2018 | Aug 13, 2018 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
308025 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
308025 SF424B-1.1.pdf
308025 SF424A-1.0.pdf
308025 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
Optional forms
308025 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
308025 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
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