This grant, offered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is for innovative research focusing on urban ecosystem services. The primary purpose is to quantify and value these services, specifically addressing atmospheric nitrogen deposition, a significant pollutant in urbanized watersheds like Tampa Bay. Successful applicants will quantify nitrogen loading from transportation sources and assess the potential for roadside vegetation buffers to attenuate these loads. The research should integrate existing models, such as UFORE or I-TREE, and available datasets to provide robust estimates of ecological benefits like nitrogen and particulate removal in urban transition and transportation zones. The aim is to enhance environmental decision-making through a deeper understanding of urban ecological processes.
Opportunity ID: 51391
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | EPA-ORD-10-GED31588 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Characterization and modeling of Nitrogen loading from transportation sources and attenuation by roadside vegetation buffers in an urbanized watershed |
| 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: | 66.511 — Office of Research and Development Consolidated Research/Training |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jan 27, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 17, 2010 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 17, 2010 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates. |
| Archive Date: | Apr 16, 2010 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $155,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $155,000 |
| Award Floor: | $75,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Description: | It is anticipated that the agreement that is awarded will involve or relate to geospatial information and will conform to all data requirements for geospatial information. The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking applications proposing innovative approaches to quantify both the generation of ecosystem services from the ecosystems most closely tied to humans in urban environments as well as developing the connectivity networks associate with the production, delivery through the landscape, and consumption of ecosystem services applied to consideration of the value of ecosystem services in environmental decision-making. Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen is now the greatest pollutant source to the watershed and bay and is the focus of a currently active super deposition TMDL assessment study site within the city of Tampa. Research should specifically address the ability of the applicant to quantify the loading of atmospheric nitrogen from transportation sources associated with the Tampa Bay watershed or similar urbanized watershed and be able to assess the potential for road side vegetation buffers to attenuate those loads. Universities are conducting research and using models such as UFORE or I-TREE in urban transition areas to model the ability of plants to provide ecological services and benefits such as nitrogen removal, particulate removal, etc. Proposed research should address research currently being conducted and the availability of existing data sets and information to provide more robust estimates of services in urban transition and transportation zones. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Characterization and modeling of Nitrogen loading from transportation sources and attenuation by roadside vegetation buffers in an urbanized watershed |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Jim Harvey, (850) 934-9237 or Mr. Larry Hodgson, (740) 261-5036
Email:harvey.jim@epa.gov or hodgson.larry@epa.gov |
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Jim Harvey, (850) 934-9237 or Mr. Larry Hodgson, (740) 261-5036 Email: harvey.jim@epa.gov or hodgson.larry@epa.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66.511 | PKG00016098 | Jan 27, 2010 | Mar 17, 2010 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
51391 SF424-2.0.pdf
51391 Project-1.1.pdf
51391 SF424A-1.0.pdf
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