Opportunity Information: Apply for EPA ORD 10 GED31588
Apply for EPA ORD 10 GED31588
- The Environmental Protection Agency in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Characterization and modeling of Nitrogen loading from transportation sources and attenuation by roadside vegetation buffers in an urbanized watershed" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 66.511 Office of Research and Development Consolidated Research/Training/Fellowships.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 27, 2010 and posted on Jan 27, 2010.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 17, 2010 Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $155,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $155,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information.
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Opportunity Summary:
This EPA Office of Research and Development cooperative agreement opportunity (EPA ORD 10 GED31588; CFDA 66.511) sought a single project to improve how atmospheric nitrogen from transportation sources is quantified in an urban watershed and to determine how much of that nitrogen can be reduced or intercepted by roadside vegetation buffers. The work is framed around Tampa and the Tampa Bay watershed, where atmospheric nitrogen deposition had become the largest pollutant source to the watershed and bay and was already the focus of an active "super deposition" TMDL assessment study site. While Tampa is the featured setting, the solicitation also leaves room for comparable urbanized watersheds, as long as the proposed methods clearly translate to similar transportation-dense urban transition zones.
At its core, the grant is asking applicants to connect three things into a defensible, decision-useful picture: (1) the loading of atmospheric nitrogen attributable to transportation activities (for example, emissions and subsequent deposition patterns near roads and corridors), (2) the movement and delivery of that pollution through the urban landscape to sensitive waters, and (3) the degree to which roadside vegetation and urban green infrastructure can attenuate those loads. The EPA describes this in the broader context of ecosystem services in cities, emphasizing not only measuring services (like nitrogen removal and particulate capture by vegetation) but also mapping the "connectivity networks" that link where services are produced, how they travel through the landscape, and where people and ecosystems ultimately benefit. In practice, that means proposals were expected to combine air deposition and watershed thinking with spatially explicit analysis that can support environmental management and valuation discussions.
A major expectation of the solicitation is strong geospatial capability and compliance with federal geospatial data requirements. The award was anticipated to involve or relate to geospatial information, so applicants needed to show they could use, produce, document, and deliver spatial datasets appropriately. The opportunity also signals that proposals should not reinvent the wheel: applicants were encouraged to explicitly account for ongoing university and agency work that uses tools such as UFORE/i-Tree to estimate urban vegetation benefits (including nitrogen and particulate removal). Competitive applications would therefore be expected to leverage existing monitoring networks, emissions inventories, land cover/urban forestry datasets, roadway and traffic data, and prior modeling efforts, then improve robustness specifically in urban transition and transportation zones where data gaps and model uncertainty are often highest.
In terms of the research emphasis, the EPA was looking for innovative approaches that could more accurately attribute nitrogen deposition to transportation sources and then evaluate the mitigation potential of roadside vegetation buffers. That could include improved source characterization, higher-resolution spatial modeling near roadways, and methods to estimate attenuation performance under different buffer designs, vegetation types, or landscape configurations. Because the solicitation ties the work to ecosystem services and decision-making, the implied deliverables go beyond academic findings and toward outputs that managers can apply, such as spatially resolved estimates of transportation-related nitrogen loading, maps or network representations showing delivery pathways to receiving waters, and quantified scenarios illustrating how roadside vegetation could change nitrogen deposition impacts.
Administratively, this was a discretionary funding opportunity using a cooperative agreement instrument, meaning EPA anticipated substantial involvement during the project compared with a standard grant. There was no cost share requirement. The estimated total funding was $155,000, with an award range from $75,000 to a ceiling of $155,000, and EPA expected to make one award. The opportunity was posted January 27, 2010, and closed March 17, 2010, with an archive date of April 16, 2010. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others" with further clarification in the announcement (Section III). For access issues or questions about the full announcement, the listed contacts were Jim Harvey (850-934-9237) and Larry Hodgson (740-261-5036).
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is this funding opportunity about?
This EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) cooperative agreement opportunity sought a single project to improve how atmospheric nitrogen from transportation sources is quantified in an urban watershed, and to determine how much of that nitrogen can be reduced or intercepted by roadside vegetation buffers.
Which agency and program issued the opportunity?
The opportunity was issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development (ORD). The reference provided is EPA ORD 10 GED31588, with CFDA 66.511.
What type of award was offered (grant or cooperative agreement)?
The instrument was a cooperative agreement. This indicates EPA anticipated substantial involvement during the project compared with a standard grant.
How many awards was EPA expecting to make?
EPA expected to make one award.
How much funding was available?
The estimated total funding was $155,000. The award range was $75,000 up to a ceiling of $155,000.
Was a cost share or match required?
No cost share requirement was stated for this opportunity.
What is the main geographic focus of the work?
The work was framed around Tampa and the Tampa Bay watershed, where atmospheric nitrogen deposition had become the largest pollutant source to the watershed and bay and was the focus of an active "super deposition" TMDL assessment study site.
Could projects focus on locations other than Tampa?
Yes. While Tampa is the featured setting, the solicitation allowed room for comparable urbanized watersheds, as long as the proposed methods clearly translate to similar transportation-dense urban transition zones.
What are the core technical questions the project needed to connect?
The solicitation emphasized connecting three elements into a defensible, decision-useful picture: (1) atmospheric nitrogen loading attributable to transportation activities (including emissions and deposition patterns near roads and corridors), (2) movement and delivery of that pollution through the urban landscape to sensitive waters, and (3) the extent to which roadside vegetation and urban green infrastructure can attenuate those loads.
What does the opportunity mean by "ecosystem services" in cities?
EPA described the work in the context of ecosystem services in cities, including measuring services such as nitrogen removal and particulate capture by vegetation, and mapping connectivity networks that link where services are produced, how they move through the landscape, and where people and ecosystems benefit.
What kinds of methods or approaches were implied to be competitive?
Competitive proposals were expected to combine air deposition and watershed perspectives with spatially explicit analysis. The opportunity also emphasized innovative approaches to more accurately attribute nitrogen deposition to transportation sources and evaluate mitigation potential of roadside vegetation buffers, potentially including higher-resolution spatial modeling near roadways, improved source characterization, and attenuation estimates under different buffer designs, vegetation types, or landscape configurations.
What types of data sources were applicants encouraged to use?
Applicants were encouraged to leverage existing resources rather than reinvent tools. Examples mentioned or implied include monitoring networks, emissions inventories, land cover and urban forestry datasets, roadway and traffic data, and prior modeling efforts.
Did EPA encourage the use of any specific existing tools?
Yes. The solicitation referenced ongoing university and agency work using tools such as UFORE/i-Tree to estimate urban vegetation benefits, including nitrogen and particulate removal. Applicants were encouraged to explicitly account for this kind of ongoing work.
What was the emphasis regarding transportation-related nitrogen in "urban transition zones"?
The solicitation highlighted that robustness needed improvement specifically in urban transition and transportation zones, where data gaps and model uncertainty are often highest.
What kinds of deliverables were implied by the opportunity?
The description suggests deliverables beyond academic findings, aimed at decision support. Examples implied include spatially resolved estimates of transportation-related nitrogen loading, maps or network representations showing delivery pathways to receiving waters, and quantified scenarios illustrating how roadside vegetation could change nitrogen deposition impacts.
Was geospatial capability a major requirement?
Yes. The opportunity anticipated involvement with geospatial information and emphasized strong geospatial capability and compliance with federal geospatial data requirements. Applicants needed to demonstrate the ability to use, produce, document, and deliver spatial datasets appropriately.
What is the timeline for when the opportunity was open?
The opportunity was posted on January 27, 2010, and closed on March 17, 2010. An archive date of April 16, 2010 was also listed.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was listed broadly as "Others," with further clarification indicated to be in the full announcement (Section III).
Who can be contacted for access issues or questions about the full announcement?
The listed contacts were Jim Harvey (850-934-9237) and Larry Hodgson (740-261-5036).
How is this opportunity connected to TMDL work?
The Tampa Bay setting was described as already being the focus of an active "super deposition" TMDL assessment study site, and the opportunity framed the research in that broader management context.
What pollution source was highlighted as especially important in the target watershed?
Atmospheric nitrogen deposition was described as having become the largest pollutant source to the watershed and bay in the Tampa Bay context.
What is meant by roadside vegetation buffers in this opportunity?
Within the solicitation, roadside vegetation buffers refer to vegetation along roads and transportation corridors that may intercept or reduce atmospheric nitrogen loads, and the project goal included quantifying how much nitrogen could be reduced or intercepted by such buffers.
Does the opportunity focus only on nitrogen, or other pollutants too?
The primary focus is atmospheric nitrogen from transportation sources and its deposition and delivery to waters. The ecosystem services discussion also mentions particulate capture by vegetation as an example of services, but the central research emphasis described is nitrogen.
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