Closed · W81EWF-22-SOI-0023 · CFDA 12.630 · Discretionary
Oyster larval transport/hydrodynamic modeling at Tangier/Pocomoke Sound, Virginia
Federal grant opportunity posted by Engineer Research and Development Center, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $100K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- August 23, 2022
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
Oyster larval transport/hydrodynamic modeling at Tangier/Pocomoke Sound, Virginia is a closed discretionary listing from Engineer Research and Development Center that offered Up to $100,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- up to $100K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 12.630
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Oyster larval transport/hydrodynamic modeling at Tangier/Pocomoke Sound, Virginia - is cataloged under number W81EWF-22-SOI-0023 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 12.630, posted by Engineer Research and Development Center. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on June 9, 2022 and last updated on July 15, 2022. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is Up to $100,000. The agency has projected $100,000 in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 1 award. If the agency funds the expected 1 award from the $100,000 estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $100,000. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on August 23, 2022. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
Up to $100,000
Close Date
August 23, 2022
Posted
June 9, 2022
Est. Total Funding
$100,000
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
Background: The Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Program will soon achieve the goal of successfully restoring oysters to 10 tributary rivers, 5 in Virginia and 5 in Maryland. This was the initial goal of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Oyster Goal Implementation Team (GIT). Restoration efforts are now being moved to the more open waters of the Chesapeake Bay mainstem, Tangier and Pocomoke Sound on the east side of the Bay mainstem near the Virginia/Maryland Border. In the late 1800s, this area was surveyed and found to hold 2,252 HA of oyster reefs, a subsequent survey in the 1980s found only 630 HA of oyster reefs, a 72% loss (Schulte 2017). Due to the non-random distribution of oyster reefs in the region, it is highly likely that the local currents and their ability to transport oyster larvae has played a key role in where reefs have come to be established and maintained over time. It is known that most oyster reef systems consist of both source and sink reefs, with the source reefs providing oyster larvae to auto-recruit on themselves, as well as provide larvae to reefs that are not located in waters where they can be self-sustaining on their own (Lipcius et al. 2015, Theuerkauf et al. 2021). There are hopes to construct a large-scale oyster reef restoration effort in this region. During the planning process, sites need to be selected and prioritized based on the benefits they can provide. Simulations from bio-physical models can be used to identify potential restoration sites based on how they fit in to the regional metapopulation. The hope of this work is to be able to utilize the information to select sites with the greatest potential to enhance the overall recruitment in the region. Brief Description of Anticipated Work: What are our objectives? We would like to assess the oyster larval transport dynamics of the Tangier/Pocomoke Sound region. We would like to identify source and sink areas for the regional oyster metapopulation to help us locate oyster reefs for maximum population enhancement benefits. We are interested in estimating the oyster population size that would enable a detectable regional benefit to oyster recruitment. Estimating the necessary oyster population to influence recruitment at a detectable level has, to our knowledge, never been done. The region is large and fairly open, however it is expected that due to the non-random locations of historical reefs, there are favorable currents in some areas conducive to oyster larval settlement.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
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Kisha Craig Contract Specialist Phone 6016345397
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