The National Park Service is offering a grant through a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) program in partnership with University of Alaska Fairbanks. The grant aims to fund a project continuing the study of cruise ship impact on southeast Alaska coastal and ocean national parks and wilderness areas. The project involves applying the modified WRF/Chem model to analyze the emissions inventory from cruise ships. The study will assess the impacts on air quality under various scenarios, including future fuel quality regulations, ship speed regulations, cruise-ship entry quotas, and climate changes. This grant aligns with the Department of the Interior’s policy and focuses on collaborative research and training on NPS resources.
Opportunity ID: 257089
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | P14AS00127 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cruise Ship Impact |
| 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: | Jun 09, 2014 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service (NPS), intention to provide additional funds on an agreement that was not previously posted on grants.gov in the total funding amount of $293,873. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | – This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service (NPS), intention to provide additional funds on an agreement that was not previously posted on grants.gov in the total funding amount of $293,873. |
| Archive Date: | Jul 09, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $58,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $58,000 |
| Award Floor: | $58,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Public and State controlled institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service (NPS), intention to fund a project continuation for the following project with University of Alaska Fairbanks under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) program. CESUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. The project funding is increased by $58,000 to add an additional UAF research Professional. This is a continuation of an existing agreement, number P11AC90465 ending on September 30, 2015. The total project funding is $293,873.00. STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Agreements Concerning Cooperative Research and Training on NPS Resources (16 U.S.C. § 1a-2(j)): The Secretary may enter into agreements with public or private educational institutions, States and their political subdivisions, for the purpose of developing adequate, coordinated, cooperative research and training programs concerning the resources of the National Park System, and pursuant to such agreements, to accept from and make available to the cooperator such technical and support staff, financial assistance for mutually agreed upon research projects, supplies and equipment, facilities, and administrative services relating to cooperative research units as the Secretary deems appropriate. STATEMENT OF JOINT OBJECTIVES/PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN: The purpose of this agreement is to collaboratively work with University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Atmospheric Sciences to apply the modified WRF/Chem model to southeast Alaska coastal and ocean national parks and wilderness areas. This effort will have two general components. The first component will include set up of the model over the southeastern Alaska pants and wilderness areas and develop an emissions inventory from cruise ships. Simulations will be run to test the mode¿s capacity to capture local fluctuations in weather, and examine the impacts from cruise ship emissions by comparing model results from simulations with (SEM) and without (REF) cruise-ship emissions from recent meteorological conditions for the length of the cruise season (May-Sept). The second component will extend the investigations to simulate conditions under a suit of scenarios that permit a better understanding of how the impacts to air quality will vary with (1) future regulations in fuel quality, (2) existing regulations of ship speed, via unregulated cruise schedules or in response to specific park regulations, (3) cruise-ship entry quotas into Glacier Bay, and (4) future changes in climate. SINGLE-SOURCE JUSTIFICATION: Department of the Interior Policy (505 DM 2) requires a written justification which explains why competition is not practicable for each single-source award . The National Park Service did not solicit full and open competition for this award based the following criteria: Continuation of agreement P11AC90465. Technical contact information:Michael Bower, michael_bower@nps.gov, National Park Service, Alaska Region, |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Tina Spengler, Agreements Officer, 907 644-3303
Tina_Spengler@nps.gov Email:Tina_Spengler@nps.gov |
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