The USGS Southeast Ecological Science Center in Gainesville, Florida is offering a grant for researching the impact of harbor dredging in Port of Miami on faunal communities in Biscayne Bay’s Rickenbacker Basin. The project aims to monitor changes in benthic habitats due to the Port expansion activities. The study will assess changes in these habitats and their association with the dredging project. Pre-impact baseline data from the South Florida Seagrass Fish and Invertebrate Assessment Network project will be used for comparison. Applications for this research grant must focus on monitoring the ecosystems impacted by the Port improvements and provide valuable insights for conservation efforts. Deadline: November 17, 2014.
Opportunity ID: 269400
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | G15AS00011 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, South Florida/Caribbean |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.808 — U.S. Geological Survey_ Research and Data Collection |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Nov 05, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 17, 2014 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 17, 2014 |
| Archive Date: | Feb 05, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $49,200 |
| Award Ceiling: | $0 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESU¿s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the South Florida/Caribbean Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The USGS Southeast Ecological Science Center, Gainesville, Florida is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research investigating: Monitoring of Faunal Communities of Biscayne Bay¿s Rickenbacker Basin in Relation to Harbor Dredging in Port of Miami. The Port of Miami is being improved in order to capitalize on the increase in trade expected with the expansion of the Panama Canal. Improvements include dredging to widen and deepen major channels within Miami Harbor. Dredging commenced in November 2013 and is scheduled to continue for eighteen months. The modifications to the Port have the potential to impact over 400 acres of benthic habitat within Biscayne Bay, and the adjacent coastal area including: seagrass, hard bottom reef, rock rubble, and unvegetated sediments. Channel deepening and widening activities will be conducted within the Rickenbacker Basin of the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve. It is estimated that 0.2 acres of seagrass habitat within the existing channel and 7.7 acres of seagrass habitat outside of the existing channel will be impacted (USACE, 2011). Due to the sensitive nature of the benthic communities in this region, monitoring of those communities is warranted to determine what changes, if any, occur within the Basin, outside of the region of direct impact. The proposed project will assess changes in the monitored communicates, and to what extent, if any those changes are associated with the Port of Miami expansion activities. In addition, thirty reference sites located in North Biscayne Bay (Julia Tuttle Basin) will also be monitored to support statistical inferences drawn from the field observations. A long term dataset (2005-2011) collected in the region as part of the South Florida Seagrass Fish and Invertebrate Assessment Network (FIAN) project, (http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/scopesofwork03/assessnetwk.html) will provide pre-impact baseline information needed to evaluate the impacts of dredging. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/home.html |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Faith Graves, 703-648-7356
fgraves@usgs.gov Email:fgraves@usgs.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 269400 Full Announcement-1 -> FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Faith Graves, 703-648-7356 fgraves@usgs.gov Email: fgraves@usgs.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.808 | G15AS00011 | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, South Florida/Caribbean | PKG00209668 | Nov 05, 2014 | Nov 17, 2014 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
269400 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
269400 Project-1.1.pdf
269400 SF424A-1.0.pdf
269400 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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