Opportunity ID: 351160

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: W81EWF-24-SOI-0009
Funding Opportunity Title: National Information Collaboration on Ecohydraulics (NICE): A Framework for Narrowing Data Gaps at the Intersection of Ecohydraulics and Fish Attributes
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: 12.630 — Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 1
Posted Date: Nov 27, 2023
Last Updated Date: Nov 27, 2023
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jan 26, 2024
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jan 26, 2024
Archive Date: Feb 25, 2024
Estimated Total Program Funding: $63,000
Award Ceiling: $63,000
Award Floor: $0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: This opportunity is restricted to non-federal partners of the Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU).

Additional Information

Agency Name: Engineer Research and Development Center
Description:

There are many locks and dams, navigation channels, and increasingly beneficial sediment-use sites across the Mississippi watershed and throughout the United States. Interest is high in understanding navigation impacts on fisheries and how navigation infrastructure can be used to manage fisheries in the role of navigation. Currently, fisheries impacts are often not explicitly accounted for in lock and dam operations. For example, nearly all dams in the Mississippi Basin and southeastern United States are, by and large, not designed to accommodate fish passage for native fish. Moreover, many of these dams are now being viewed as possible components for control and management of aquatic nuisance species. Some native fishes are now protected under provisions of the Endangered Species Act further heightening interest in the possible influence of locks and dams on fish movement. A primary challenge of the proposed work is to develop strategies that allow fish movement past locks and dams while not impacting navigation operations.

 

The National Information Collaboration for Ecohydraulics (NICE) has been established with the mission of applying ecohydraulic principles to navigation infrastructure at multiple scales and facilitating accurate engineering forecasts of fisheries outcomes based on research and development for multiple contexts.

The goal of this project is to develop a framework for an operational ecosystem viewer suitable for online deployment and daily reporting of ecosystem status at various locations. This framework will be based on scientific principles. It will include information on ecosystem attributes such as fish, but also environmental attributes such as hydraulics. 

In addition, this project will develop an R&D plan to guide work conducted under NICE for the next 5 years. This plan will examine current data, data gaps, and serve as a roadmap for narrow data gaps using R&D under the NICE purview. The initial funding amount will not cover all possible locations around the nation envisioned in the plan; therefore, partnering and other alternatives should be considered.

Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Kisha Craig

Contract Specialist

Phone 6016345397
Email:kisha.m.craig@usace.army.mil

Version History

Version Modification Description Updated Date

Folder 351160 Full Announcement-FOA -> W81EWF-24-SOI-0009_FOA NICE-Ecohydraulics Framework.pdf

Packages

Agency Contact Information: Kisha Craig
Contract Specialist
Phone 6016345397
Email: kisha.m.craig@usace.army.mil
Who Can Apply: Organization Applicants

Assistance Listing Number Competition ID Competition Title Opportunity Package ID Opening Date Closing Date Actions
12.630 PKG00283915 Nov 27, 2023 Jan 26, 2024 View

Package 1

Mandatory forms

351160 RR_SF424_5_0-5.0.pdf

351160 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf

351160 SFLLL_2_0-2.0.pdf

351160 RR_KeyPersonExpanded_4_0-4.0.pdf

Optional forms

351160 RR_SubawardBudget_3_0-3.0.pdf

351160 RR_Budget_3_0-3.0.pdf

351160 RR_PersonalData_1_2-1.2.pdf

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