This USGS grant aims to refine the U.S. Forest Service’s Risk of Contact Tool for desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni). Desert bighorn face recurrent spillover of the Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae pathogen from domestic sheep and goats, impacting their populations. Currently, the tool, vital for USFS and BLM resource decisions like grazing allotments, is based on data from Rocky Mountain bighorn, despite ecological differences with desert bighorn. This project will address critical empirical gaps in desert bighorn ecology. The information gathered will be used to adapt the Risk of Contact Tool, enabling more effective assessment of pathogen spillover risk and supporting improved conservation and management decisions for desert bighorn sheep. This grant is for enhancing disease transmission risk assessment.
Opportunity ID: 328468
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | G20AS00133 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Basin 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: | Aug 03, 2020 |
| Last Updated Date: | Aug 03, 2020 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 21, 2020 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 21, 2020 |
| Archive Date: | Nov 03, 2020 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $20,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $20,000 |
| 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 Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The Western Ecological Research Center of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering a funding opportunity to one CESU Partner of the Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU) Program. The project is titled ¿Refining Core Herd Home Range and Dispersal Kernel Estimates to inform Pathogen Spillover Risk for Desert Bighorn Sheep¿. The aim of this project is to improve effectiveness of the U.S. Forest Services¿ Risk of Contact Tool for use on desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni). Bighorn sheep (O. canadensis) have faced recurrent spillover of the bacterial respiratory pathogen Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, which is carried asymptomatically by domestic sheep and goats. The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) make resource decisions (such as allocation of grazing allotments) based in part on risk of disease transmission from domestic sheep and goats to bighorn. Transmission risk is often assessed using the USFS¿ Risk of Contact Tool (Tool). Although the Tool is based on data from the Rocky Mountain bighorn (O. canadensis canadensis), it is also used to inform resource decisions for desert bighorn, which due to contrasting environmental conditions in their ranges, differ ecologically from Rocky Mountain bighorn. The goal of this project is to fill empirical gaps about desert bighorn ecology and to use this information to adapt the Risk Contact Tool for more effective use within the range of desert bighorn. |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
Related Documents
Folder 328468 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 | G20AS00133 | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Basin CESU | PKG00262842 | Aug 03, 2020 | Aug 21, 2020 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
328468 SF424_3_0-3.0.pdf
328468 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
328468 SF424A-1.0.pdf
328468 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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