Gulf Coast Joint Venture - UAV Waterbird Monitoring

Post Date

August 5th 2015

Application Due Date

August 12th 2015

THIS IS NOT A RFP

Funding Opportunity Number

F15AS00418

CFDA Number(s)

15.637

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Environment
Natural Resources
Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

The Southwest Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hereby provides NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE WITHOUT COMPETITION for a single season evaluation of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for surveying waterbird colonies.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $43809

• Award Range:

  $43809 - $43809

Grant Description

***NOTICE OF SINGLE SOURCE GRANT AWARD*** The Gulf Coast Joint Venture___s Monitoring Coordinator works with the Joint Venture___s waterbird, shorebird, landbird, and waterfowl technical working groups; Joint Venture staff; and others to identify and advance monitoring in furtherance of Joint Venture objectives. That series of consultations identified a need to develop and test colonial waterbird population monitoring platforms and protocols that are less biased by access and that explicitly incorporate detection probability. The careful application and rigorous evaluation of unmanned aerial vehicles as a potential waterbird monitoring platform was therefore identified as a priority pursuit. The Southwest Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hereby provides NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE WITHOUT COMPETITION for a single season evaluation of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for surveying waterbird colonies.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Sara Williams
  sara_n_williams@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  sara_n_williams@fws.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  sara_n_williams@fws.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov