Opportunity Information: Apply for F16AS00119
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- The DOI-FWS in the education, environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Assessing abundance and migratory connectivity of boreal wetland birds on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.655.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 29, 2016 and posted on Feb 29, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 31, 2016. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $32,896.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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Opportunity Summary:
This grant opportunity, titled "Assessing abundance and migratory connectivity of boreal wetland birds on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska" (Funding Opportunity Number F16AS00119), supports a cooperative research effort focused on wetland-associated breeding landbirds and shorebirds of conservation concern in the Anchorage area, with a major emphasis on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER). The project is meant to improve understanding of how these priority bird species use wetlands during the breeding season, how their habitat use differs between JBER recreational lakes and other Anchorage wetlands, and what that information can say about broader trends, movements, and connectivity across seasons. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI-FWS) is the sponsoring agency, and the work is framed as both a field monitoring and applied spatial analysis effort, with results expected to feed into reporting and publication.
Funding is provided through a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates a hands-on partnership where the agency and collaborators coordinate closely on study design, implementation, analysis, and deliverables. The award ceiling is $32,896, with one award expected. The opportunity was posted February 29, 2016, created the same day, and had a closing date of March 31, 2016. The activity areas span education, environment, and natural resources, reflecting that the project combines research with training and public engagement. Eligibility is limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, signaling that the work is intended to be anchored by a university or similar academic entity with the capacity to manage students, data systems, and scientific outputs.
The core work responsibilities are substantial and revolve around organizing people, collecting and managing monitoring data, building spatial products, and producing formal scientific and technical outputs. A key requirement is coordination with Audubon Alaska to recruit, train, and supervise citizen scientists who will monitor wetlands in Anchorage parks and on JBER recreational lakes. This citizen science component is not incidental; it is central to expanding survey coverage, building a repeatable monitoring approach, and generating a dataset large enough to detect patterns in site use by species of conservation concern. Alongside recruitment and training, the awardee must also compile and summarize the citizen-science survey data, particularly focusing on use of JBER recreational lakes and other wetland sites, which implies responsibility for quality control, database organization, and clear summary products that can be used by agency biologists.
In addition to volunteer coordination, the opportunity requires recruitment, training, and supervision of university students to participate directly in the Anchorage and JBER surveys. This positions the project as a workforce development effort as well as a research program, expecting the lead institution to provide structured oversight in the field and in the lab/office. Students are also expected to contribute to geospatial work: compiling wetlands spatial data for JBER and then working with USFWS biologists to develop spatial models of habitat use by the focal species. Those models are expected to be comparative, meaning the team will evaluate how habitat associations and patterns on the base align with or differ from those observed across Anchorage wetlands more broadly. That comparison suggests an applied management angle, where understanding differences in wetland characteristics, disturbance, access, or landscape context could inform conservation actions or recreational-lake management on JBER.
Finally, the project expects the awardee to take a lead role in pulling the study together through coordinated analysis, report writing, and manuscript preparation in collaboration with USFWS and JBER biologists. The deliverables are therefore not limited to raw data collection; the end goal is to translate monitoring results into interpretable findings about wetland bird habitat use, trends over time (to the extent the data support trend inference), and annual movements or migratory connectivity. Even though the specific methods for assessing connectivity are not spelled out in the brief description, the emphasis on movements indicates that the analysis and write-up should connect breeding-season wetland use in Anchorage and on JBER to broader life-cycle considerations, likely through synthesis of observations, spatial modeling outputs, and coordination with agency expertise.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the title of this grant opportunity?
The opportunity is titled "Assessing abundance and migratory connectivity of boreal wetland birds on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska."
What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON)?
The Funding Opportunity Number is F16AS00119.
Which agency is sponsoring this opportunity?
The sponsoring agency is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI-FWS).
What type of funding instrument is being used?
Funding is provided through a cooperative agreement, which generally involves close coordination between the agency and the awardee on study design, implementation, analysis, and deliverables.
What is the primary focus of the project?
The project supports a cooperative research effort focused on wetland-associated breeding landbirds and shorebirds of conservation concern in the Anchorage area, with a major emphasis on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER).
Where will the work take place?
The work is centered in the Anchorage area in Alaska, with a major emphasis on wetlands on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER). It also includes other Anchorage wetlands for comparison.
Which habitats and sites are specifically emphasized?
The opportunity emphasizes wetlands used during the breeding season, including JBER recreational lakes and other wetlands across Anchorage parks and related sites.
Which bird groups are included?
The focus is on wetland-associated breeding landbirds and shorebirds, specifically species of conservation concern.
What are the main project goals?
The goals include improving understanding of (1) how priority bird species use wetlands during the breeding season, (2) how habitat use differs between JBER recreational lakes and other Anchorage wetlands, and (3) what these patterns indicate about broader trends, movements, and migratory connectivity across seasons.
Does the project include both fieldwork and analysis?
Yes. The work is framed as both field monitoring and applied spatial analysis, with results expected to feed into reporting and publication.
What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling is $32,896.
How many awards are expected?
One award is expected.
When was the opportunity posted, and what were the open and close dates?
The opportunity was posted (and created) on February 29, 2016, and it had a closing date of March 31, 2016.
What activity areas does this project fall under?
The activity areas span education, environment, and natural resources, reflecting a combination of research, training, and public engagement.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education.
Why is eligibility limited to certain institutions?
Based on the description, the work is intended to be anchored by a university or similar academic entity with capacity to manage students, data systems, and scientific outputs.
Is there a citizen science component?
Yes. A central requirement is coordination with Audubon Alaska to recruit, train, and supervise citizen scientists who will monitor wetlands in Anchorage parks and on JBER recreational lakes.
What role does Audubon Alaska play?
The awardee is expected to coordinate with Audubon Alaska specifically to recruit, train, and supervise citizen scientists for wetland monitoring.
What are the awardee's responsibilities related to citizen scientists?
The awardee must help organize people, support recruitment, train and supervise citizen scientists, and compile and summarize the resulting survey data, including quality control, database organization, and creation of clear summary products usable by agency biologists.
Does the project also involve university students?
Yes. The opportunity requires recruitment, training, and supervision of university students to participate in surveys in Anchorage and on JBER.
How does the project support workforce development or training?
By requiring structured recruitment, training, and supervision of university students in field surveys and associated office/lab tasks (including geospatial work), the project is positioned as a workforce development effort alongside research.
What kinds of data management tasks are expected?
The awardee is expected to compile and summarize citizen-science survey data, particularly focused on JBER recreational lakes and other wetland sites. This implies responsibility for quality control, database organization, and producing summaries suitable for USFWS use.
What geospatial or spatial analysis work is expected?
Students (under awardee supervision) are expected to compile wetlands spatial data for JBER and work with USFWS biologists to develop spatial models of habitat use by focal species.
Are the habitat-use models intended to be comparative?
Yes. The models are expected to evaluate how habitat associations and patterns on JBER align with or differ from those observed across Anchorage wetlands more broadly.
What is the intended management or applied outcome of the comparison between JBER and other wetlands?
The comparison suggests an applied management angle: understanding differences in wetland characteristics, disturbance, access, or landscape context could help inform conservation actions or recreational-lake management on JBER.
What deliverables are expected at the end of the project?
Deliverables go beyond raw data collection and include coordinated analysis, report writing, and manuscript preparation in collaboration with USFWS and JBER biologists. Results are expected to feed into reporting and publication.
Who will the awardee collaborate with during analysis and write-up?
The awardee is expected to collaborate with USFWS and JBER biologists for coordinated analysis, reporting, and manuscript preparation.
What kinds of findings is the project expected to produce?
The project is expected to translate monitoring results into interpretable findings about wetland bird habitat use, trends over time (to the extent supported by the data), and annual movements or migratory connectivity.
Are the specific methods for assessing migratory connectivity described?
No. The brief description emphasizes movements and connectivity, but it does not spell out specific methods. It indicates that the analysis and write-up should connect breeding-season wetland use in Anchorage and on JBER to broader life-cycle considerations through synthesis of observations, spatial modeling outputs, and coordination with agency expertise.
What is meant by "cooperative agreement" in this context?
In this context, the cooperative agreement is described as indicating a hands-on partnership where the agency and collaborators coordinate closely on the study design, implementation, analysis, and deliverables.
Is the monitoring intended to be repeatable over time?
Yes. The citizen science component is described as central to expanding survey coverage and building a repeatable monitoring approach capable of generating a dataset large enough to detect patterns in site use by species of conservation concern.
What sites are citizen scientists expected to monitor?
Citizen scientists are expected to monitor wetlands in Anchorage parks and on JBER recreational lakes.
What is the expected emphasis within the Anchorage area?
While the broader study area includes Anchorage wetlands generally, the major emphasis is on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), particularly its recreational lakes.
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