The Department of Interior is offering this grant to establish a crucial long-term seagrass monitoring program at Padre Island National Seashore (PAIS). This non-competitive task agreement, under the Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, is for the purpose of implementing a robust monitoring framework to assess seagrass condition, distribution, persistence, and overall health in the Upper Laguna Madre. The program adopts a hierarchical strategy, aligning with established methodologies, to define quantitative relationships between physical and biotic parameters controlling seagrass well-being. This approach, while broadly used by federal and state agencies, is uniquely designed for Texas, ensuring comprehensive and relevant data collection for vital marine ecosystems at PAIS.
Opportunity ID: 239296
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NPSS-NOI-PAIS-26707 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | A Long-Term Seagrass Monitoring Program for Upper Laguna Madre, Padre Island National Seashore |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.945 — Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 05, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 06, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 06, 2013 |
| Archive Date: | Sep 05, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $36,784 |
| 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 funding announcement is not a request for applications. This is a single source award to the University of Texas at Ausin. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | This is a Notice of Intent (NOI) to award a non-competitive Task Agreement under the Gulf Coast, Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Master Cooperative Agreement (P12AC51051) in accordance with Department of Interior, 505 Departmental Manual 2.12C. The purpose of this project is to implement a monitoring program for seagrasses at Padre Island National Seashore (PAIS). The approach follows the hierarchical strategy for seagrass monitoring outlined by Neckles et al. (2011) to establish the quantitative relationships between physical and biotic parameters that ultimately control seagrass condition, distribution, persistence, and overall health. The approach follows a broad template adopted by several federal and state agencies across the country, but which is uniquely designed for Texas (Dunton et al., 2011). Please see attached Full Announcement for more information. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Rose McClelland
Contracting Specialist Phone 504-589-3882 Email:rose_mcclelland@nps.gov |
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Folder 239296 Full Announcement-1 -> nps-noi-pais-26707).pdf
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