NIJ FY 14 Cost-Effective Aviation Technologies and Research to Support Counter-Poaching Operations Related to Endangered, Protected, and/or Regulated Wildlife

Post Date

July 24th 2014

Application Due Date

October 22nd 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

NIJ-2014-3946

CFDA Number(s)

16.560

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Law, Justice and Legal Services
Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $956250

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals from interested parties to: (1) identify and assess the highest priority technology needs of the Kenyan Wildlife Services (KWS) Air wing in furtherance of their counter-poaching mission; (2) purchase and deliver aircraft and supporting technologies as informed by the needs assessment; and (3) conduct an operational evaluation of the purchased and delivered aircraft and supporting technologies. While the technology will be delivered to the Kenyan Wildlife Service, the operational evaluation of the aircraft and supporting technology will be made widely available to U.S. State and local law enforcement п particularly those in rural and tribal jurisdictions operating in similar environments as the KWS Air Wing п who are implementing or considering the use of low-cost aircraft to support their mission. This project in part fulfils and promotes the objectives of the Presidential Executive Order on Combating Wildlife Trafficking issued July 1, 2013, which calls for enhanced domestic efforts to combat wildlife trafficking and increased assistance to foreign nations in building capacity to combat wildlife trafficking.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Justice

• Office:

  Office of Justice Programs

• Agency Contact:

  For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, or via e-mail to support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except federal holidays.
  Applicants

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Points of contact.

• Agency Email Address:

  Michael.O'Shea@ojp.usdoj.gov or Maureen.McGough@ojp.usdoj.gov

• Location:

  National Institute of Justice

• More Information:

  Link to solicitation announcement.