The U.S. Geological Survey is offering a grant to CESU partners with expertise in spatial statistics and modeling of wildlife diseases. The grant focuses on evaluating different vaccination strategies for an oral sylvatic plague vaccine (SPV) to mitigate plague in wildlife populations. By exploring the effects of vaccination, environmental conditions, and other mitigation tactics on plague transmission dynamics, the research aims to inform effective plague control programs. Models will assess the impact of vaccination percentages, building vaccination firewalls, colony sizes, insecticide dusting, and long-term effects on small mammal communities. Additionally, the sensitivity of models to parameter uncertainty and climate variables will be explored to predict climate change effects on plague transmission. Closing date: Aug 09, 2019.
Opportunity ID: 318179
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | G19AS00096 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Rocky Mountain 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 2 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 09, 2019 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jul 29, 2019 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 26, 2019 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 09, 2019 |
| Archive Date: | Oct 09, 2019 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $47,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $47,000 |
| 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 Rocky Mountain Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The U.S. Geological Survey¿s (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner having demonstrated capability in spatial statistics and spatial-temporal statistical modeling of wildlife diseases. Disease mitigation tactics for wildlife are limited, and vaccination is one tool that holds promise for reducing the effects of disease on wildlife. We have developed spatially-explicit models parameterized from lab and field trials of an oral sylvatic plague vaccine (SPV), that allow us to explore the effects of vaccination and other plague mitigation tactics, as well as local environmental conditions on plague transmission dynamics. These models will provide important information for management agencies implementing plague control programs under increasingly erratic weather conditions. This opportunity is to evaluate different vaccination strategies for SPV, and address question such as what percentage of prairie dogs in a colony are required to be vaccinated in order for a population to survive under persistent pressure from plague. Can vaccination firewalls be built surrounding infected prairie dog towns and successfully prevent the spread of plague? Are small colonies less likely to benefit from the effect of SPV? Does dusting with insecticides play a role in designing the optimal strategy for plague management? What are the predicted long-term effects of a vaccination strategy on small mammal communities? How will optimal strategies change under drought conditions? USGS have developed a spatially-explict model of prairie dog and flea dynamics that includes options for including plague in the system. This model incorporates data from the SPV field trials, and laboratory trials at NWHC. Prairie dogs proceed from susceptible to infected by encountering other infected prairie dogs, being bitten by infected fleas, or encountering a carcass that has suffered plague mortality. These encounters occur based on multinomial probabilities parameterized from field and lab data. The model includes fleas in 4 stages of plague exposure include susceptible, early phase, latent phase, and late phase, which allows us to explore hypothesis regarding the role of early phase versus late phase transmission of plague from fleas to prairie dogs (currently in debate in the literature see Lorange et al. 2005, Eisen et al., 2006). Currently USGS is exploring the sensitivity of the models due to parameter uncertainty. These models include a parameter to indicate whether a prairie dog is susceptible or not to plague based on whether the prairie dog consumed a vaccine-laden bait (based on field trials) and the estimated probability the vaccine is effective (based on lab trials). In addition, reproduction and mortality of fleas can be linked to climate variables such as temperature and humidity to provide predictions regarding the effects of climate change on plague transmission. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://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
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| to extend due date | Jul 29, 2019 | |
| Jul 09, 2019 |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | G19AS00096 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Rocky Mountain 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 2 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 09, 2019 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jul 29, 2019 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 26, 2019 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 09, 2019 |
| Archive Date: | Oct 09, 2019 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $47,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $47,000 |
| 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 Rocky Mountain Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The U.S. Geological Survey¿s (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner having demonstrated capability in spatial statistics and spatial-temporal statistical modeling of wildlife diseases. Disease mitigation tactics for wildlife are limited, and vaccination is one tool that holds promise for reducing the effects of disease on wildlife. We have developed spatially-explicit models parameterized from lab and field trials of an oral sylvatic plague vaccine (SPV), that allow us to explore the effects of vaccination and other plague mitigation tactics, as well as local environmental conditions on plague transmission dynamics. These models will provide important information for management agencies implementing plague control programs under increasingly erratic weather conditions. This opportunity is to evaluate different vaccination strategies for SPV, and address question such as what percentage of prairie dogs in a colony are required to be vaccinated in order for a population to survive under persistent pressure from plague. Can vaccination firewalls be built surrounding infected prairie dog towns and successfully prevent the spread of plague? Are small colonies less likely to benefit from the effect of SPV? Does dusting with insecticides play a role in designing the optimal strategy for plague management? What are the predicted long-term effects of a vaccination strategy on small mammal communities? How will optimal strategies change under drought conditions? USGS have developed a spatially-explict model of prairie dog and flea dynamics that includes options for including plague in the system. This model incorporates data from the SPV field trials, and laboratory trials at NWHC. Prairie dogs proceed from susceptible to infected by encountering other infected prairie dogs, being bitten by infected fleas, or encountering a carcass that has suffered plague mortality. These encounters occur based on multinomial probabilities parameterized from field and lab data. The model includes fleas in 4 stages of plague exposure include susceptible, early phase, latent phase, and late phase, which allows us to explore hypothesis regarding the role of early phase versus late phase transmission of plague from fleas to prairie dogs (currently in debate in the literature see Lorange et al. 2005, Eisen et al., 2006). Currently USGS is exploring the sensitivity of the models due to parameter uncertainty. These models include a parameter to indicate whether a prairie dog is susceptible or not to plague based on whether the prairie dog consumed a vaccine-laden bait (based on field trials) and the estimated probability the vaccine is effective (based on lab trials). In addition, reproduction and mortality of fleas can be linked to climate variables such as temperature and humidity to provide predictions regarding the effects of climate change on plague transmission. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://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 |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | G19AS00096 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Rocky Mountain 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: | Jul 09, 2019 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jul 09, 2019 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 26, 2019 |
| Archive Date: | Oct 09, 2019 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $47,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $47,000 |
| 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 Rocky Mountain Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The U.S. Geological Survey¿s (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner having demonstrated capability in spatial statistics and spatial-temporal statistical modeling of wildlife diseases. Disease mitigation tactics for wildlife are limited, and vaccination is one tool that holds promise for reducing the effects of disease on wildlife. We have developed spatially-explicit models parameterized from lab and field trials of an oral sylvatic plague vaccine (SPV), that allow us to explore the effects of vaccination and other plague mitigation tactics, as well as local environmental conditions on plague transmission dynamics. These models will provide important information for management agencies implementing plague control programs under increasingly erratic weather conditions. This opportunity is to evaluate different vaccination strategies for SPV, and address question such as what percentage of prairie dogs in a colony are required to be vaccinated in order for a population to survive under persistent pressure from plague. Can vaccination firewalls be built surrounding infected prairie dog towns and successfully prevent the spread of plague? Are small colonies less likely to benefit from the effect of SPV? Does dusting with insecticides play a role in designing the optimal strategy for plague management? What are the predicted long-term effects of a vaccination strategy on small mammal communities? How will optimal strategies change under drought conditions? USGS have developed a spatially-explict model of prairie dog and flea dynamics that includes options for including plague in the system. This model incorporates data from the SPV field trials, and laboratory trials at NWHC. Prairie dogs proceed from susceptible to infected by encountering other infected prairie dogs, being bitten by infected fleas, or encountering a carcass that has suffered plague mortality. These encounters occur based on multinomial probabilities parameterized from field and lab data. The model includes fleas in 4 stages of plague exposure include susceptible, early phase, latent phase, and late phase, which allows us to explore hypothesis regarding the role of early phase versus late phase transmission of plague from fleas to prairie dogs (currently in debate in the literature see Lorange et al. 2005, Eisen et al., 2006). Currently USGS is exploring the sensitivity of the models due to parameter uncertainty. These models include a parameter to indicate whether a prairie dog is susceptible or not to plague based on whether the prairie dog consumed a vaccine-laden bait (based on field trials) and the estimated probability the vaccine is effective (based on lab trials). In addition, reproduction and mortality of fleas can be linked to climate variables such as temperature and humidity to provide predictions regarding the effects of climate change on plague transmission. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://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 |
Related Documents
Folder 318179 Full Announcement-FUNDING OPPORTUNITY -> 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 | G19AS00096 | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Rocky Mountain CESU | PKG00252763 | Jul 09, 2019 | Aug 09, 2019 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
318179 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
318179 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
318179 SF424A-1.0.pdf
318179 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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