Opportunity Information: Apply for F17AS00123
The funding opportunity titled "Evaluation of Legacy and Contaminants of Emerging Concern on the Health and Nutritional Status of Double Crested Cormorants" (Funding Opportunity Number F17AS00123) is a discretionary grant issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. It falls under the environment and natural resources funding activity category and is associated with CFDA 15.662. The notice was created on February 22, 2017, with an original closing date of March 1, 2017, but it is not a typical open solicitation because there is no application process for outside applicants.
This notice functions as an intent to make a single-source award to Dr. Ludwig without competition, using the justification authority referenced as 505 DM 2.14.B.4. The agency states that competing the award is not practical because Dr. Ludwig has more than 50 years of specialized experience working with colonial waterbirds in the Great Lakes region. That long-term, region-specific expertise is presented as uniquely valuable for the work, and the Fish and Wildlife Service considers him an irreplaceable source of knowledge for this particular research effort.
The project itself focuses on evaluating both legacy contaminants (pollutants that persist in the environment from historical industrial and chemical use) and contaminants of emerging concern (newer or increasingly recognized pollutants) and how these substances relate to the health and nutritional status of double-crested cormorants. While the notice does not lay out a full technical workplan, it makes clear that the intent is to generate actionable scientific insight into contaminant exposure and biological effects in a colonial waterbird species that can serve as an indicator for broader ecosystem conditions in the Great Lakes.
A key rationale for the award is cost efficiency paired with expertise. Dr. Ludwig is described as a retired biologist who will contribute his time and extensive knowledge to the project, reducing overall costs to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service while still delivering high-value scientific input. The award ceiling listed is $50,272, and the agency expects to make one award.
The required project start date is April 1, 2017, and the project period is scheduled to end on September 1, 2019. The anticipated output is described in terms of improved understanding of colonial waterbird research and its relevance to environmental management and restoration priorities in the region. Specifically, the work is intended to inform evaluation of "Beneficial Use Impairments" related to wildlife deformities and reproductive impairments within Great Lakes Areas of Concern, with explicit geographic relevance to Michigan and Indiana in the United States as well as locations in Canada. In practical terms, the grant is positioned as supporting decision-making and assessment work tied to binational Great Lakes remediation and ecological health goals, using cormorants as a focal species for examining contaminant-linked health outcomes.Apply for F17AS00123
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Evaluation of Legacy and Contaminants of Emerging Concern on the Health and Nutritional Status of Double Crested Cormorants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.662.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 22, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 01, 2017 There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source grant to Dr. Ludwig under justification 505DM 2.14B 4.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $50,272.00 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).
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