Chesapeake Department: LandScope Chesapeake Expansion Award

This department has awarded NatureServe, Inc. for the Expansion of LandScope Chesapeake. NatureServe will recruit and supervise a full-time fellow and host a volunteer intern to enhance the platform’s content. They will collaborate with partner organizations to curate content, improve land protection reporting tools, expand interoperability with online resources, analyze user metrics, and promote LandScope at various events. Additionally, they will seek funding for platform enhancements. The deadline for this award was on July 15, 2015.

Opportunity ID: 277666

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General Information

Document Type:	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:	NPS-15-NERO-0077
Funding Opportunity Title:	Expansion of LandScope Chesapeake
Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:	–
Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:	Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification)
Category Explanation:	This is NOT a request for applications; this is just an announcement that an award has been given to NatureServe, Inc.for their work on the Expansion of LandScope Chesapeake.
Expected Number of Awards:	1
Assistance Listings:	15.935 — National Trails System Projects
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No
Version:	Synopsis 1
Posted Date:	Jul 06, 2015
Last Updated Date:	–
Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 15, 2015 This is NOT a request for applications; this is just an announcement that an award has been given to NatureServe, Inc.for their work on the Expansion of LandScope Chesapeake.
Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 15, 2015 This is NOT a request for applications; this is just an announcement that an award has been given to NatureServe, Inc.for their work on the Expansion of LandScope Chesapeake.
Archive Date:	Jul 16, 2015
Estimated Total Program Funding:	$35,000
Award Ceiling:	$35,000
Award Floor:	$35,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants:	Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility:	This is NOT a request for applications; this is just an announcement that an award has been given to NatureServe, Inc.for their work on the Expansion of LandScope Chesapeake.

Additional Information

Agency Name:	National Park Service
Description:	This is NOT a request for applications; this is just an announcement that an award has been given to NatureServe, Inc.for their work on the Expansion of LandScope Chesapeake. NatureServe Agrees To: 1. Recruit, retain, and supervise a full time LandScope Chesapeake Fellow with responsibilities for strengthening communication and outreach among Chesapeake Conservation Partnership organizations and promoting LandScope among target user groups. 2. Subject to successful matching through the Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program, host a one-year CCC volunteer intern who will expand the LandScope Chesapeake team’s capacity by acquiring and publishing identified priority geospatial, editorial, and multi-media content from partner organizations. 3. Work with the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Coordinator to expand the Conservation Partners section of LandScope Chesapeake to highlight and promote key partner organizations and to seek cross-promotion placements on partner sites. 4. Work with the lead points of contact in participating non-governmental organizations and federal and state agencies to identify, acquire, prepare, publish and curate spatial, visual, and narrative content for LandScope Chesapeake. 5. Enhance the LandScope Chesapeake land protection reporting and tracking tool to allow users to specify their area of interest, such as by selecting a sub-watershed or by drawing a custom polygon, and expand results to incorporate updated Chesapeake Bay Program analyses on protected lands in designated high value forests and wetlands (pending provision of these new map services and associated land protection statistics by USGS). 6. Seek opportunities to expand interoperability between LandScope Chesapeake and other partner-identified online resources beyond the current methods of cross-promotion via web links and integration of data and map web services by piloting dynamic integration of shared geoprocessing services and tools. 7. Through a combination of Google Analytics and/or online, emailed, or phone surveys, establish an understanding of existing usage, and a baseline against which to direct outreach to increase future usage. 8. Promote LandScope Chesapeake at workshops, conferences, meetings, and other venues which involve potential users and partners. 9. Work to secure funding from other sources to support targeted platform enhancements responding to identified partner needs.
Link to Additional Information:	–
Grantor Contact Information:	If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: Keith Zotti Partnership Program Specialist Phone 2155979153 Email:keith_zotti@nps.gov

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