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Opportunity Summary:

The Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F16AS00394) is a discretionary funding announcement from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, under CFDA 15.678. It is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning the work is supported through federal financial assistance with an expectation of substantial involvement or coordination with the federal agency during the project period. The opportunity sits in the environment and natural resources category and is specifically aimed at supporting research and monitoring activities that help inform conservation and refuge management decisions.

This particular notice is not a typical open competition. It functions as a notification that the agency plans to issue a single-source award to one institution, the College of William and Mary. In other words, the award is intended for a named recipient rather than being broadly competed among multiple applicants. The posting also states that the announcement is for notification purposes only, reinforcing that there is no standard application window in the way most competitive grant postings operate. Eligible applicants are listed as public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, which aligns with the chosen recipient institution type.

The planned project period is approximately 3.5 years, with the core scientific work described as a three-year avian community survey focused on shoreline and marsh habitats at Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge in Poquoson, Virginia. The main driver for the project is a current lack of comprehensive bird data from the refuge. According to the description, these surveys are intended to be the first systematic, structured effort to document how birds use Plum Tree Island NWR across time, filling a baseline information gap that can affect habitat management, restoration priorities, and long-term monitoring strategies.

The survey work is designed to capture bird use across multiple seasons and key life-history periods rather than focusing on a single snapshot in time. While there is special emphasis on certain targets, including rails (a group of marsh-associated birds that are often difficult to detect), the project also explicitly includes monitoring during fall and spring migration as well as the breeding season. Importantly, the surveys will be conducted in all seasons so the refuge can develop a full-year picture of avian presence, relative abundance, and seasonal patterns of habitat use. This year-round approach supports understanding not just which species occur on the refuge, but when they occur, how use shifts through the annual cycle, and which habitats are most important during migration, wintering, and nesting periods.

Financially, the announcement lists an award ceiling of $300,000. The posting indicates “Expected Awards: 0,” which can appear confusing but typically reflects that the notice is not set up as a competitive forecast of multiple awards; instead, it is describing a single-source action that may not be tracked in the same way as standard competed opportunities. The opportunity was created on August 9, 2016, and no traditional closing date is provided because, again, it is not an open solicitation. Overall, the grant supports targeted, baseline ecological monitoring at a specific national wildlife refuge, delivered through a cooperative agreement with a designated university partner, with the end goal of producing systematic avian community data that the Fish and Wildlife Service can use for management and conservation planning.

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