The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a grant to The University of Florida to assess the impacts of Hurricane Irma on the endangered silver rice rat population. The research includes conducting range-wide surveys using appropriate methods, comparing historic metrics, assessing recruitment rates, and modeling potential habitat vulnerability in the Keys under different scenarios of sea-level rise and storm impact. Closing date for this grant is August 15, 2018.
Opportunity ID: 308095
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | F18AS00293 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Assessing Impacts of Hurricane Irma on the Silver Rice Rat |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Education Environment Information and Statistics Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| 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 08, 2018 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 15, 2018 THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE ANNOUNCEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NOTICE. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 15, 2018 THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE ANNOUNCEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NOTICE. |
| Archive Date: | Aug 16, 2018 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $85,625 |
| Award Ceiling: | $1 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
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: | This opportunity is not a request for applications. The determination not to compete is based on Departmental policy (505 DM 2.14,B. (2) and is within the discretion of the Agency. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE, AND THERE IS NO FULL ANNOUNCEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NOTICE. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) intends to award a cooperative agreement to The University of Florida will assess the impacts of Hurricane Irma on the silver rice rat (SRR) population. Specifically, a range-wide survey of the SRR, an endangered species will be conducted using methods appropriate to the species and habitat (i.e., using floating live trap platforms in accordance with the USFWS Rice Rat Trapping protocol as well as camera traps) and compared with historic metrics of occurrence and population size. Occupied areas and the areas adjacent to them will then be resampled the following winter, approximately 12 months later. This will allow assessments of localized recruitment and colonization rates to determine if the population in recovering and resilient to hurricanes. Finally, the data from range-wide surveys will be used to model all potential SRR habitat in the Keys and to assess the vulnerability of these areas under different scenarios of sea-level rise and storm impact. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Grant Management Specialist Kerri Heywood 404 679-4066
kerri_heywood@fws.gov Email:kerri_heywood@fws.gov |
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