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Project Title: New Seagrass Surveys of Post Construction Survey Site to Determine Recovery and Site Conditions for Environmental Natural Resource Technical Support U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District.A cooperative agreement is being offered ONLY to members of the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Program Region(s) identified above. Award will be made upon mutual agreement and acceptance of the terms and conditions contained in the request for proposal and the of the recipients CESU Master Agreement.Note the established CESU Program indirect rate is 17.5%.Responses to this Request for Statements of Interest will be used to identify potential organizations for this project. Approximately $300,000-350,000 is expected to be available to support this project for the Base Period Task 1 and 2. Additional funding may be available to the successful recipient for optional tasks.Period of Performance. The base period of the agreement will extend 150 days from date of award. There may be up to three 12-month optional tasks based on availability of funding. Budget for optional tasks is dependent upon the progress of Task 1-2 and must be determined at time of award.Description of Anticipated Work: See attached Statement of Objectives found on the Related Documents Tab.NOTE: At this time we are only requesting that you demonstrate available qualifications and capability for performing similar or same type of work by submitting a Statement of Interest. A full proposal and budget are NOT requested at this time.Submission of Your Statement of InterestStatements of Interest are due by 12:00 P.M., Central Time, on 16 Aug 2024.Submit your Statement of Interest via e-mail attachments or direct questions to:Sandy JustmanGrants SpecialistUSACE, Fort Worth DistrictEmail: [email protected]: 817-886-1073Chanley JenkinsProject ManagerUSACE, Fort Worth DistrictEmail: [email protected]: 918-671-9132Review of Statements Received: All statements of interest received from a member of the CESU Region(s) identified above will be evaluated by a board comprised of one or more people at the receiving installation or activity, who will determine which statement(s) best meet the program objectives: offer the most highly qualified Principal Investigator, have the most relevant experience and the highest capability to successfully meet the program objectives. Submitters whose statements are determined to best meet the program objectives will be invited to submit a full proposal.This funding opportunity is ONLY available for Cooperative Ecosystem Study Units under the Gulf Coast South Florida Caribbean CESU Units.For the full RSOI description and submittal information click on the Related Documents Tab.

Project Title: Baseline Biological Surveys at Naval Radio Transmitter Facility LaMoure, North DakotaA cooperative agreement is being offered ONLY to members of the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Program Region(s) identified above. Award will be made upon mutual agreement and acceptance of the terms and conditions contained in the request for proposal and the of the recipients CESU Master Agreement. Note the established CESU Program indirect rate is 17.5%.Responses to this Request for Statements of Interest will be used to identify potential organizations for this project. Approximately $221,000 is expected to be available to support this project for the base period.NOTE: This project will be awarded under the authority of 16 USC 670c-1, Sikes Act: For projects for the implementation and enforcement of integrated natural resources management plans, priority shall be given to award to Federal and State agencies having responsibility for the conservation or management of fish or wildlife.Period of Performance. The Base Period will be 28 months from the date of award. The 28 period of period of performance will start with field work in the spring of 2025 through the summer and conducting a second field season from spring to summer 2026 with an additional few months to compile the report.Description of Anticipated Work: See attached Statement of ObjectivesNOTE: At this time we are only requesting that you demonstrate available qualificationsand capability for performing similar or same type of work by submitting a Statement ofInterest. A full proposal and budget are NOT requested at this time.Submission of Your Statement of Interest1. Statements of Interest are due by 12:00 P.M., Central Time, on 16 AUG 2024.2. Submit your Statement of Interest via e-mail attachments or direct questions to:Sandy JustmanGrants SpecialistUSACE, Fort Worth DistrictEmail: [email protected]: 817-866-1073Brian HesfordProject ManagerUSACE, Fort Worth DistrictEmail: [email protected]: 402-200-8268Review of Statements Received: All statements of interest received from a member of the CESU Region(s) identified above will be evaluated by a board comprised of one or more people at the receiving installation or activity, who will determine which statement(s) best meet the program objectives: offer the most highly qualified Principal Investigator, have the most relevant experience and the highest capability to successfully meet the program objectives. Submitters whose statements are determined to best meet the program objectives will be invited to submit a full proposal.For the full description of the RSOI please click on the Related Documents Tab.

Currently, many BOEM-funded marine minerals field studies produce results based on data collected in a discrete, ecologically arbitrary footprint (i.e., a dredge or leasing area) over a relatively short period of time (2-4 years). While these offer valuable insight into site-specific conditions and responses, analyzing these data at finer or coarser scales, often integrating external datasets (e.g., species distribution relative to regional stratification) is often limited due to scope, data availability, and budget limitations. With several robust datasets focused on the ecology before and after marine minerals activities, it is an opportune time to re-evaluate past studies and proactively consider future methods. BOEM has identified the need to better understand how the spatial and temporal scales (explicit or implicit) in the study designs, sampling strategies, and analytical or statistical methods underlying BOEMs biological and ecosystem studies can implicate results, findings, and interpretations. The purpose of this study is to evaluate past MMP studies and provide guidance on how to plan studies at the appropriate scale or nested scales. This will ensure that BOEM is maximizing the design, methods, and application of environmental studies for assessments and decisions.Objectives include identifying how well the spatial and temporal scales of MMP research and authorized activities match (or mismatch) the scales of habitat and organismal distribution and naturally occurring phenomena that may substantially influence habitat or organismal distribution. With this information, this study will provide recommendations and propose appropriate methods or approaches that consider relevant scales for future MMP research.Specific objectives include:Defining spatial and temporal scales of dredge disturbance and potentially impacted habitat and organisms, from a single dredge pass to the entire Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico OCS (e.g., as demonstrated for wind energy by Stokesbury et al., 2022 and Trifonova et al., 2022); describe these relative to other common ocean uses and disturbances (e.g., fishing or storms)Defining supporting concepts, such as disturbance, impact, response, and resilienceIdentify important habitats, functional guilds, and organisms and the scales at which they are, or are not, affected by dredgingResampling existing datasets or synthesizing regional datasets to examine and illustrate different scales of analysis and how that affects interpretationsDeveloping recommendations for future research methods and modelsThe study would develop a methods paper to outline data requirements and proposed execution of how to identify scale bias in MMP studies. This paper would also identify the spatial and temporal scales of potential impact from BOEM-authorized dredging activities. Based on these recommendations, existing datasets on fish and habitat from relevant BOEM studies, plus data from partners like U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the National Marine Fisheries Service, states, or local communities, would be reviewed for data richness. If sufficient data exists for reanalysis, spatial and temporal relationships could be investigated at multiple scales. Based on the methods paper and reanalysis, recommendations for study design and analysis will be provided.

Methods to quantify and predict vulnerability to harmful algal blooms (HABs) has not been developed for most lakes and reservoirs in the U.S. (and the world). This limits the ability for water quality stakeholders to 1) avoid costly emergency events, 2) efficiently design source water monitoring, 3) evaluate the impact of interventions, and 4) maintain trust with the public. Current approaches for detection and prediction of harmful algal blooms rely on infrequent satellite imagery and/or water samples, and provide predictions only at specific sites (i.e., where samples are taken). Furthermore, the models used to make predictions do not typically provide an ability to diagnose the specific drivers of HABs, beyond weather variables. The challenges confronting water quality stakeholders like the USACE are to 1) improve the spatial and temporal resolution of HAB predictions; 2) have the ability to diagnose the causes of HABs in managed reservoirs. The overarching goal of this project is to develop and test a hybrid modeling system that combines watershed, hydrodynamic and machine learning models to provide accurate predictions of HABs in USACE reservoirs, at high spatial and temporal resolution. The products that this project will create include: 1) A hybrid modeling system for making accurate predictions of HABs at USACE reservoirs, improving on the state-of-the-art in terms of spatial coverage and temporal frequency; 2) Demonstrated utility of the hybrid modeling system for identifying the drivers of HABs, and for estimating the efficacy of interventions; Documentation and training to enable deployment of the hybrid modeling system at additional USCAE reservoirs.

The purpose of the R Program is to provide grants for Initiating, Restoring, or Enhancing Intercity Rail Passenger Transportation operations.

Project Title: Ecosystem Management Technical Assistance to Promote Carbon Sequestration, Navy Region Southeast A cooperative agreement is being offered ONLY to members of the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Program Region(s) identified above. Award will be made upon mutual agreement and acceptance of the terms and conditions contained in the request for proposal and the of the recipients CESU Master Agreement. Note the established CESU Program indirect rate is 17.5%. Responses to this Request for Statements of Interest will be used to identify potential organizations for this project. Approximately $1,008,700 is expected to be available to support this project for the base period. Additional funding may be available to the successful recipient for optional tasks and/or follow on work in subsequent years. NOTE: This project will be awarded under the authority of 10 USC 670c-1, Sikes Act: For projects for the implementation and enforcement of integrated natural resources management plans, priority shall be given to award to Federal and State agencies having responsibility for the conservation or management of fish or wildlife. Period of Performance. The base period of agreement will extend 24 months from date of award. There may be up to four 12-month follow-on periods based on availability of funding. Description of Anticipated Work: See attached Statement of Objectives NOTE: At this time we are only requesting that you demonstrate available qualifications and capability for performing similar or same type of work by submitting a Statement of Interest. A full proposal and budget are NOT requested at this time. Submission of Your Statement of InterestStatements of Interest are due by 12:00 P.M., Central Time, on 15 August 2024.Submit your Statement of Interest via e-mail attachments or direct questions to:Sandy JustmanGrants SpecialistUSACE, Fort Worth DistrictEmail: [email protected]: 817-886-1073Kathy S. MitchellProject ManagerUSACE, Fort Worth DistrictEmail: [email protected]: 817-886-1709Review of Statements Received: All statements of interest received from a member of the CESU Region(s) identified above will be evaluated by a board comprised of one or more people at the receiving installation or activity, who will determine which statement(s) best meetthe program objectives: offer the most highly qualified Principal Investigator, have the most relevant experience and the highest capability to successfully meet the program objectives. Submitters whose statements are determined to best meet the program objectives will beinvited to submit a full proposal.Please see the Related Documents Tab for the full RSOI Package Details for submittal and project information.

A full study proposal and proposed budget is NOT requested at this time. Brief Description of Anticipated Work: This work requires professional and technical support for installation natural resources programs to facilitate successful implementation of the Army Wildland Fire Policy and related regulations. Refer to the Statement of Interest Package Statement of Objectives for complete details. Anticipated Period of Performance: Base Period: 12 months from award date. Follow-on periods: Up to six 12-month follow-on periods subject to funding availability. Responses or clarifications: Submit your Statement of Interest via e-mail attachments or direct questions via email (2 weeks prior to SOI due date) to:Sheri VendemiaGrants SpecialistUSACE, Fort Worth DistrictEmail: [email protected] Hesford, Project ManagerUSACE, Fort Worth DistrictEmail: [email protected]: 402-200-8268 Timeline for Review of Statements of Interest: RSOIs are required to be posted on www.Grants.gov for 30 days prior to the Government making a decision and requesting full proposals..

A full study proposal and proposed budget is NOT requested at this time. Brief Description of Anticipated Work: This work requires on-site support for a large field project at Edwards AFB to implement the Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP). Support will include invasive species removal and monitoring, wetlands support, tri-colored black bird support, and native plant restoration. Refer to the Statement of Interest Package / Statement of Objectives for complete details. Anticipated Period of Performance: One 18-month base period (12 months from award date + 6 months administrative for onboarding/preparation plus analysis and reporting). Responses or clarifications: Submit your Statement of Interest via e-mail attachments or direct questions (no later than 31 July 2024) to::Cheryl VendemiaGrants SpecialistUSACE, Fort Worth DistrictEmail: [email protected] LeptienProject ManagerUSACE Fort Worth DistrictEmail: [email protected] Timeline for Review of Statements of Interest: RSOIs are required to be posted on www.Grants.gov for 30 days prior to the Government making a decision and requesting full proposals..Refer to Related Documents for RSOI Package details.

With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to fund four regional childrens advocacy centers that will deliver coordinated training and technical assistance within and across the regions to members of multidisciplinary teams, programs, and organizations to improve the investigation and prosecution of child abuse and neglect and the provision of childrens advocacy center services to child victims and their families.

With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks applications to support a national network of 61 multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional task forces engaged in investigations, forensic examinations and prosecutions related to technology facilitated child sexual exploitation. Additionally, task forces provide forensic technical assistance to law enforcement and prosecutorial officials and provide community education information to parents, educators, prosecutors, law enforcement and others working to combat child exploitation. The successful applicant will provide program support to OJJDP; the ICAC task forces; ICAC National Training Program providers; and other federal, state, and local law enforcement officials partnering with the ICAC task force program specifically by maintaining, strengthening, and enhancing the ICAC Child Online Protection System (ICACCOPS) investigative tools.

With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to provide funding to support training and technical assistance (TTA) services to develop, improve, or expand childrens advocacy centers (CACs) and multidisciplinary team responses to child abuse cases in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities.

With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to fund the Center for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities (R/ED) in Juvenile Justice to help strengthen state- and territory-level compliance with the R/ED core requirement of the Formula Grants Program and to support state, territory, Tribal, and community-level efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities among youth who come into contact with the juvenile justice system.

The U.S. Geological Surveys Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK) is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU Partner for research to assess distribution and threats to at-risk amphibians in the western USA. This research will focus specifically on how threats such as drought, non-native predators, habitat loss or transformation, environmental degradation, and pathogens are affecting the distribution and abundance of amphibians in the West. Field work will occur in the Northwest, Southwest, Rocky Mountains, and Great Plains, will occur primarily on BLM, NPS, USFWS, and USFS lands, and will focus on many species that are priorities to the Department of Interior and other partner agencies or stakeholders.

The goal of this program is to detect, prevent, eradicate, and/or control invasive plant species to promote ecological resiliency, watershed stability, and biological diversity on Federal, State, other public or private lands in the Great Lakes Basin. An informational webinar will be held on July 24th, 2024, at 10am Central/11 am Eastern. Connection information will be posted on the website and on this opportunity. Recording and transcript PowerPoint Presentation (PDF) The webinar recording is also posted on our website at https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r9/workingtogether/grants/?cid=FSEPRD898821.

The US Geological Survey is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in biogeochemistry to evaluate the bioaccessibility of lead and other elements in contaminated soils from variety of environments.

The United States Government, represented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at its Mission in Southern Africa through the Bilateral Health Office (BHO) is publishing this Request for Information to obtain information and input from all interested entities, U.S. and non-U.S. organizations, on a potential future HIV Prevention among Adolescent Girls and Young Women and Other Vulnerable Youth Populations (North) Activity (also referred to as DREAMS North) and or HIV Prevention among Adolescent Girls and Young Women and Other Vulnerable Youth Populations (South) Activity (also referred to as DREAMS South). The information will be used to help make planning decisions and may inform activity design to improve future development outcomes. This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for information gathering purposes and is published inaccordance with FAR Part 10 and FAR 15.201(e).

THIS IS NOT A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Global Health (GH), Office of Acquisition and Assistance, hereby issues this Request for Information (RFI) regarding Regional Implementation Science (IS) Research for Improved Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Programs. USAID is seeking information from interested parties located in West and Central Africa and East and Southern Africa to help refine the focus of this activity design. The potential new activity will utilize USAIDs New Partnership Initiative Global Health Annual Program Statement (NPI GH APS) number 7200AA19APS00013 to ensure local and regional partners are in the lead in driving research, uptake, and capacity.Interested parties are requested to respond using Google Forms links provided in the attached RFI documents by August 13, 2024, 5:00AM EDT. See attached RFI documents (English and French Versions) for the RFI terms, background and submission instructions. Interested parties may submit their responses to the RFI questions in English or French.

PLEASE NOTE: this program has MANDATORY Notices of Intent, which are due via NSPIRES by June 17, 2024. See the full posting on NSPIRES for details. Proposers intending to use Grants.gov should contact Dr. Fernanda Jimenez Otero ([email protected]) no later than two weeks before the NOI due date using the subject line Grants.Gov use for ROSES-2024 E.11, to ensure that the Grants.gov system is available for final proposal submission. Proposers must retrieve the instructions document (zip file) associated with the application package for this opportunity as there is at least one required form that must be attached to the submitted proposal package. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) released its annual omnibus Research Announcement (NRA), Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2024 (OMB Approval Number 2700-0092, CFDA Number 43.001) on February 14, 2024. In this case "omnibus" means that this NRA has many individual program elements, each with its own due dates and topics. All together these cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. Awards will be made as grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and inter- or intra-agency transfers, depending on the nature of the work proposed, the proposing organization, and/or program requirements. However, most extramural research awards deriving from ROSES will be grants, and many program elements of ROSES specifically exclude contracts, because contracts would not be appropriate for the nature of the work solicited. The typical period of performance for an award is three years, but some programs may allow up to five years and others specify shorter periods. In most cases, organizations of every type, Government and private, for profit and not-for-profit, domestic and foreign (with some caveats), may submit proposals without restriction on teaming arrangements. Tables listing the program elements and due dates (Tables 2 and 3), a table that provides a very top level summary of proposal contents (Table 1), and the full text of the ROSES-2024 "Summary of Solicitation", may all be found NSPIRES at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2024. This synopsis is associated with one of the individual program elements within ROSES, but this is a generic summary that is posted for all ROSES elements. For specific information on this particular program element download and read the PDF of the text of this program element by going to Tables 2 or 3 of this NRA at http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2024table2 and http://solicitation.nasaprs.com/ROSES2024table3, respectively, click the title of the program element of interest, a hypertext link will take you to a page for that particular program element. On that page, on the right side under "Announcement Documents" the link on the bottom will be to the PDF of the text of the call for proposals. For example, if one were interested in The Lunar Data Analysis Program (NNH24ZDA001N-LDAP) one would follow the link to the NSPIRES page for that program element and then to read the text of the call one would click on C.8 Lunar Data Analysis Program (.pdf) to download the text of the call. If one wanted to set it into the context of the goals, objectives and know the default rules for all elements within Appendix C, the planetary science division, one might download and read C.1 Planetary Science Research Program Overview (.pdf) from that same page. While the letters and numbers are different for each element within ROSES (A.12, B.7, etc.) the basic configuration is always the same, e.g., the letter indicates the Science Division (A is Earth Science, B is Heliophysics etc.) and whatever the letter, #1 is always the division overview. Frequently asked questions for ROSES are posted at http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/faqs. Questions concerning general ROSES-2024 policies and procedures may be directed to Max Bernstein, Lead for Research, Science Mission Directorate, at [email protected], but technical questions concerning specific program elements should be directed to the point(s) of contact for that particular element, who may be found either at the end of the individual program element in the summary table of key information or on the web list of topics and points of contact at: http://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/program-officers-list. Not all program elements are known at the time of the release of ROSES. To be informed of new program elements or amendments to this NRA, proposers may subscribe to: (1) The SMD mailing lists (by logging in at http://nspires.nasaprs.com and checking the appropriate boxes under "Account Management" and "Email Subscriptions"), (2) The ROSES-2024 blog feed for amendments, clarifications, and corrections to at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/solicitations/roses-2024/, and (3) The ROSES-2024 due date Google calendars (one for each science division). Instructions are at https://science.nasa.gov/researchers/sara/library-and-useful-links (link from the words due date calendar).

USAID/Mozambique intends to design a new Activity - USAID EntoLocal - that will contribute to support the National Malaria Control Program and the National Institute of Health in planning and implementing entomological monitoring, and the provision of technical assistance for proven life-saving malaria vector control. This is anticipated to be a five (5) year award 2024 - 2029, with a total estimated value of approximately $15 million.The purpose of this communication is to obtain industry comment and input on the above-mentioned activity. More specifically, the RFI intends to: Assess the interest of potential organizations in submitting applications/proposals for the new USAID EntoLocal Activity Gain technical and organizational insights in the capacity of potential organizations. Explore innovative approaches to partnering with organizations working in the same area; and Collect inputs to contribute to the improvement of the proposed Program Description (PD)/Scope of Work (SOW).

To aid BOEMs ongoing modeling efforts, this study aims to develop a near real-time (NRT) modeling system for the endangered North Atlantic right whale population and a survey segment database of cetacean and other marine wildlife observations. The modeling system will predict whale density across the eastern seaboard using real-time visual and acoustic observations, coupled with environmental covariates.The study objectives are to integrate various survey datasets, including aerial and ship surveys, into a segment database and develop NRT models that can respond more quickly and flexibly to shifts in species space use and phenology. BOEM and the National Marine Fisheries Service will fund this study jointly.Initially, the system will serve as a research and development testbed, allowing a collaborative team of developers to address statistical challenges and refine software workflow. After the effectiveness of the density models has been established, daily predictions will be made operational and disseminated to the public. The system's capabilities could be expanded to issue short-term forecasts and encompass additional species, contingent on data availability and the development of suitable methods.