| Funding Opportunity ID: | 335312 |
| Opportunity Number: | G21AS00614 |
| Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with USGS-Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | |
| CFDA Number(s): | 15.808 |
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESU’s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. |
| Agency Code: | DOI-USGS1 |
| Agency Name: | Department of the Interior
U. S. Geological Survey |
| Posted Date: | Aug 16, 2021 |
| Close Date: | Sep 03, 2021 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Last Updated Date: | Aug 16, 2021 |
| Award Ceiling: | $1,650,000 |
| Award Floor: | $1,350,000 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | |
| Expected Number of Awards: | |
| Description: | The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner to help implement a national-scale effort tracking bats and coronaviruses through the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat). This work will provide an intense wildlife coronavirus surveillance effort conducted in partnership with Federal, State, Tribal, and non-governmental organization partners. Data obtained from coronavirus surveillance in bats and the environment will be used to model SARS-CoV-2 occurrence patterns and understand the role of wildlife and the environment in human COVID-19 infection dynamics. This work aims to inform risk assessments on viral transfer between human and wildlife populations and would inform actions to help prevent or minimize recurrence of outbreaks in the future. |
| Version: | 2 |
| Modification Comments: | revise closing date |
