Assessment of Habitat Complexity and Ecological Functions Provided by Gravel Bars Resulting From Gravel Augmentation and Channel Rehabilitation | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

This grant opportunity, titled "Assessment of Habitat Complexity and Ecological Functions Provided by Gravel Bars Resulting From Gravel Augmentation and Channel Rehabilitation" (Funding Opportunity Number R13AS20006), was posted by the Bureau of Reclamation, Mid Pacific Region, as a discretionary funding announcement using a cooperative agreement as the award instrument. The core intent is to support scientific and technical research that evaluates how gravel augmentation and channel rehabilitation create or improve gravel bars, and how those physical changes translate into habitat complexity and ecological functions in river systems. In practical terms, the project is framed around understanding whether engineered or restored gravel features in channels actually produce the kinds of habitat conditions that fish and other aquatic species need, and whether those conditions persist and function as intended.

The project purpose centers on restoring complex habitat structures that can support multiple life stages of anadromous salmonids (species like salmon and steelhead that migrate between freshwater and the ocean) as well as other aquatic animals. Gravel bars and related channel features can influence flow patterns, sediment sorting, water depth variation, velocity refuges, spawning substrate availability, and the creation of microhabitats that different organisms rely on at different times. By assessing habitat complexity and ecological function, the work implied by this opportunity would typically involve field measurements and analytical approaches that connect physical habitat attributes (such as gravel size distribution, bar geometry, channel morphology, and hydraulics) to biological outcomes (such as habitat use, productivity, or survival-relevant conditions for juveniles, adults, and spawning).

The Bureau of Reclamation indicated it intended to make a single award and specifically planned to award the cooperative agreement to the University of California, Berkeley. Even though the notice lists a broad range of eligible applicants (including state governments, private and public institutions of higher education, federally recognized tribal governments, tribal organizations, nonprofits, small businesses, and individuals), the announcement language makes clear the agency had an identified partner in mind for this effort. The funding activity category is "Science and Technology and other Research and Development," and the CFDA number associated with the program is 15.517 under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act. No cost sharing or matching requirement is listed, meaning applicants would not be expected to provide a mandatory non-federal match as a condition of receiving the award.

Financially, the opportunity lists an estimated total funding amount of $85,000, with an award ceiling of $85,000 and an award floor of $0, reflecting a single anticipated award up to the full amount. The announcement timeline shows a posted date of February 15, 2013, with creation on February 19, 2013. The original closing date was March 1, 2013, later adjusted to a current closing date of March 4, 2013, and the archive date is March 31, 2013. These dates indicate this was a time-limited notice of intent/announcement leading quickly to award processing rather than a long open competition window.

For questions or issues accessing the full announcement, the point of contact provided is Christina Munoz, Grants Management Specialist at the Bureau of Reclamation, reachable by email at cmunoz@usbr.gov. The notice directs all questions concerning the NOI to her, reinforcing that the administrative contact for the opportunity is handled through Reclamation’s grants management channel in the Mid Pacific Region.

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