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This funding opportunity provides $1.8 million to Mississippi State University’s ASSURE program to develop and deliver specialized training in unmanned aircraft systems for emergency management and first responders across the nation.

This grant provides emergency financial support to Louisiana law enforcement agencies for reimbursing extraordinary expenses incurred during the terrorist attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to the U.S. Center for SafeSport to enhance safety measures and prevent abuse in U.S. Olympic and Paralympic sports for young athletes.

Funding Opportunity Description Naval Weapons Station (NAVWPNSTA) Seal Beach Detachment Fallbrook (Detachment Fallbrook, installation) is located in north San Diego County, adjacent to Camp Pendleton and the town of Fallbrook. Detachment Fallbrook resides within the California Floristic Province, which is a Mediterranean type climate and is recognized as a biodiversity hotspot of global significance ecosystem known for high biodiversity and endemism. On the installation, there is a diversity of flora and fauna. The low-intensity land use requirement of the military mission has kept over 90% of Detachment Fallbrook lands as undeveloped and largely natural open space that supports a range of plant communities and provides habitat for many sensitive species, including federally listed threatened and endangered species. The intent of this project is to study five taxonomic groups: amphibians (including the federally endangered Arroyo Toad [ARTO, Anaxyrus californicus] and federally proposed Spadefoot Toad [Spea hammondii]; reptiles (including federally proposed Southwestern Pond Turtle [Actinemys pallida]); mammals (with a focus on bats [Chiroptera] and other mammals of potential management interest); plants (with a focus on rare, endangered, and species of potential management concern); and invertebrates (including the federally proposed Monarch Butterfly [Danaus plexippus]). One species, ARTO, is both a California species of special concern and a federally listed endangered species. The ARTO is surveyed regularly per a 2003 United States Fish and Wildlife Service (UFWS) Biological Opinion (BO) to support the implementation of fire management on the installation (FWS-SDG-04B0004-04F0005). Of particular interest with the ARTO is tracking the riverine portion of the population over time as well as characterizing its uplands occupancy. The installation also supports a diverse herpetofaunal population (reptiles and other amphibians). Numerous herpetofaunal species on the installation are considered California species of special concern and a couple, the Spadefoot Toad and Southwestern Pond Turtle, have been proposed for federal listing. This taxonomic group is routinely surveyed to assess diversity and trends in species within the installation, as well as monitor for exotic or rare species that may not have been detected yet. One group of mammals, the bats, has received a lot of conservation attention in North America in recent years. This is due in part to their ecological and economic value in the face of alarming population declines following the spread of a fungal disease known to be associated with white-nose syndrome. Bats occur throughout the installation, to include roosting in bat boxes and within manmade structures such as magazines; there are current mission/bat conflicts that require evaluation and management support. There are other mammalian species of potential management concern at Detachment Fallbrook that have been less well studied, including San Diego Black-tailed Jackrabbit, American Badger, and Woodrats. Plant diversity on the installation is high with over 600 plant species documented on Detachment Fallbrook. The majority of plant species are classified as native; however, approximately 30% are non-native. Detachment Fallbrooks 2016 Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP) identifies which species have voucher specimens on file and which species are on the Detachment Fallbrook Watch List because more information (e.g., confirmation of presence) is needed. In response, botanical diversity at Detachment Fallbrook is surveyed periodically for differing management purposes, including early detection of invasive species, vigilance for rare or listed species, assessing parameters for habitat restoration and recovery, etc. Finally, in addition to being ecologically significant (e.g., as important food source, pollinators, decomposers, etc.), some invertebrate species in our region are of particular management interest because they are invasive pests (e.g., Gold-Spotted Oak Borer, Shothole Borer) or species at risk and/or proposed for listing (e.g., Monarch Butterfly). The Monarch Butterfly is known to occur on Detachment Fallbrook and is of current management interest because it is slated to be listed in 2024, but the Navy does not have good data on its potential habitat and distribution. Brief Description of the Anticipated Work: The Navy is seeking statements of interest that address two objectives: 1) to conduct mandatory surveys for ARTO, along with surveys for other amphibians and reptiles (with an emphasis on species proposed for federal listing), bats, plants and invertebrates (with an emphasis on Monarch Butterfly), and as required by the aforementioned BOs and DoD instructions. 2) to continue surveys for these taxonomic groups per requirements in accordance with the installations INRMP as enforced through 16 USC 670c-1 (Natural Resources Management - Sikes Act), Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction 4715.03 and Operation Naval Instruction 5090-1. Please see enclosure 1 for full scope of work and enclosure 2 for applicable terms and conditions.

This grant provides funding to U.S. universities to support early-career faculty members in developing innovative research related to space technology, specifically in advanced diagnostics for spacecraft atmospheric entry and autonomous spacecraft navigation using machine learning.

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for an applied learning project. The projects overarching goal is for monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) approaches for democracy, human rights, and governance (DRG) programming that incorporate feedback and expertise from the communities and individuals impacted by DRG programming. DRLs goal is to build a portfolio of evidence to further identify democracy, human rights, and labor rights program strategies that are effective. The DRL Evaluation Innovation Fund is an initiative that integrating evidence into program design, implementation, and evaluation in foreign assistance.

This grant provides funding for research on how dam operations impact riparian plant communities along the Colorado River, specifically targeting organizations affiliated with the Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to South African local organizations focused on reducing HIV rates among adolescent girls, young women, and other vulnerable youth through targeted interventions and community engagement.

This initiative seeks input from gas turbine manufacturers and suppliers in the U.S. to identify challenges in the domestic supply chain and inform future investments for reliable electricity generation.

The grant titled "Building Biomedical Engineering Education, Research, and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU eBETA)" aims to enhance biomedical engineering and technology capacity at HBCUs by providing funding for research infrastructure, academic training, and technology innovation over two phases.

The SOPHI grant by USAID/Cambodia aims to enhance the accessibility and use of integrated, sustainably-financed primary and community healthcare, by strengthening community health systems, improving policy and coordination, increasing health financing, and promoting social behavior change for priority public health programs.

The FY25 COPS Office Invitational Program is a funding opportunity by the U.S. Department of Justice that provides up to $2,000,000 to selected law enforcement agencies and related organizations to develop innovative strategies for enhancing community policing and promoting safer communities.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to state and local government agencies that sponsor Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces, ensuring they remain ready for emergency response operations across various disaster scenarios.

Open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a project to create a trusted judicial advocacy network, modeled after the American Inns of Court, that furthers professionalism, integrity, and mutual respect among peers in North Macedonias legal community. Through this network, members will learn from one another and through targeted training and other opportunities to promote judicial independence, thereby contributing to strengthening rule of law.

This grant provides funding to small businesses with prior NSF research support to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative technologies through a streamlined proposal process.

The aim of USAID/Namibias Key Populations - Resilience, Innovation, Sustainability, and Empowerment (KP-RISE) activity is to provide innovative HIV service delivery, build capacity of KP-led organizations, promote policy, legal and societal environment to increase access to health services, and to use data for program improvement and advocacy. USAID desires to support Activities which offer high impact prevention options to those that are HIV negative, initiate those who are HIV+ and not yet on treatment, reinitiate those who are HIV positive and whose treatment has lapsed, and provide care and support for all.At this time USAID has not selected a type of obligating instrument for the anticipated activity. In the spirit of co-design, feedback provided to this RFI will be utilized in the finalization of the activitys design.

The US Geological Survey is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in Global Food-Security Support-Analysis Data (GFSAD) project. Climate variability and ballooning populations are putting unprecedented pressure on agricultural croplands and their water use, which are vital for ensuring global food and water security in the twenty-first century. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic, military conflicts, and changing diets have added to looming global food insecurity. Therefore, there is a critical need to produce consistent and accurate global cropland products at fine spatial resolution (e.g., farm-scale, 30m or better), which are generated consistently, accurately, and routinely (e.g., every year). In order to address these issues, the proposed study will make use of Landsat-8, 9, and Sentinel-2A&2B surface reflectance products already available in the Google Earth Engine (GEE) cloud, and NASA’s Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) Landsat derived product (HLSL30) for 2013-present and Sentinel-2 derived product (HLSS30) for 2015-present, that together have sub-5-day global coverage at nominal 30m resolution. The four cropland products will be generated using 14 mature MLAs that the team has extensive experience with such as random forest, support vector machines, decision trees, and spectral matching techniques (e.g., Thenkabail et al., 2021, Oliphant et al., 2019, Teluguntla et al., 2018, 2015, Xiong et al., 2017a, Thenkabail et al., 2012, 2009, 2007, 2005) as outlined in the methods section, utilizing GEE and\or other cloud platforms.

The NIST Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), authorized by 15 U.S.C. 278k, is seeking applications from eligible applicants to enter into a cooperative agreement to operate an MEP Center in the State of Florida. The MEP Center will provide manufacturing extension services to small and mid-sized manufacturers (SMMs) in the State of Florida. The MEP Center will become part of the MEP National Network, which consists of 51 MEP Centers located in every State and Puerto Rico, and over 1,440 trusted advisors and experts at approximately 460 MEP service locations.

This funding opportunity is designed for partners affiliated with the Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit to advance research on the spatial ecology of large marine vertebrates in the Gulf of Mexico, focusing on data integration and management for conservation and resource management efforts.

This is a Request for Information (RFI) to obtain information, opinions, and recommendations from all interested parties with respect to the proposed new fishery activity in the Philippines. This is not a Request for Proposals, a Request for Quotation, an Invitation for Bids, or a Solicitation, nor is it an indication that USAID/Philippines will issue a solicitation to address the goals, objectives or challenges described herein. Responses to this notice are not offers, and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract or agreement. USAID will not pay respondents for information provided in response to this RFI. Responses to this RFI will not be returned, and respondents will not be notified of the result of the review. If a Solicitation is issued, it will be posted on SAM.gov or Grants.gov. Parties are responsible to regularly check those websites for updates or solicitations, and must respond to such a solicitation separately from any response to this announcement. Respondents are solely responsible for bearing any expenses associated with preparation and submission of their response to this RFI. Responses to this RFI are strictly voluntary. Parties may respond to all or to some of the questions. Responding or not responding to this RFI will neither advantage nor disadvantage any organization or lead to an organizational conflict of interest in any subsequent solicitation. USAID will not publicize responses nor acknowledge receipt of answers in response to this RFI. Responses will be held confidential within USAID.