The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Fort Collins Science Center is offering this grant to a CESU partner for White-nose syndrome (WNS) research at El Malpais National Monument. This grant addresses WNS, a deadly fungal disease (Geomyces destructans) devastating hibernating bat populations, causing over 95% colony loss. WNS has spread westward, with the fungus recently detected significantly further west in Oklahoma and on a new host, Myotis velifer, near New Mexico. This funding supports continued monitoring and scientific investigation into this critical threat to bat species.
Opportunity ID: 232473
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | G13AS00042 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Colorado Plateau CESU |
| 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: | Apr 30, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 10, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 10, 2013 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 30, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $18,000 |
| 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 Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Fort Collins Science Center is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for an ongoing project at El Malpais National Monument. White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a new disease of the 21st century that is killing bats during their hibernation. Since its discovery in New York, white-nose syndrome has spread westward as far as western Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri. Throughout its current range of occurrence, WNS has affected 6 species of bats in the eastern United States with many areas having greater than 95% colony loss. WNS is caused by the fungus Geomyces destructans and noted that this fungus can be transmitted through direct bat to bat contact. In 2010, this causal fungal agent was discovered in the western panhandle of Oklahoma, approximately 621 miles from the current and closest range limits of WNS-affected areas in Tennessee and Kentucky. In addition to the range extension of G. destructans relative to the current location of WNS, this fungus has been found on a new host species, the cave myotis (Myotis velifer), approximately 200 miles from New Mexico, in the Oklahoma panhandle. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov/ |
| 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 232473 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 | G13AS00042 | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Colorado Plateau CESU | PKG00175730 | Apr 30, 2013 | May 10, 2013 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
232473 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
232473 Project-1.1.pdf
232473 SF424A-1.0.pdf
232473 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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