Opportunity Information: Apply for G20AS00133
This funding opportunity, titled "Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Basin CESU" (Funding Opportunity Number G20AS00133), was released by the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), specifically through the Western Ecological Research Center. It is a discretionary science and technology/research and development award to be issued as a cooperative agreement, meaning the USGS expects to have substantial involvement in the work as it is carried out. The opportunity is limited to a single eligible partner within the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program, with one award expected and a maximum funding level (award ceiling) of $20,000.
The supported project is titled "Refining Core Herd Home Range and Dispersal Kernel Estimates to inform Pathogen Spillover Risk for Desert Bighorn Sheep." The core purpose is to strengthen and adapt the U.S. Forest Service's "Risk of Contact Tool," which is used to evaluate the likelihood of contact between domestic sheep and goats and wild bighorn sheep. That contact matters because bighorn sheep have repeatedly experienced spillover of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, a bacterial respiratory pathogen that domestic sheep and goats can carry without showing symptoms. When spillover occurs, it can trigger serious respiratory disease outbreaks in bighorn populations, with significant consequences for conservation and herd persistence.
A key issue driving this project is that the Risk of Contact Tool was originally built using data from Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis), yet it is also being applied to desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni). Desert bighorn live in substantially different environmental conditions and have distinct ecological patterns compared to Rocky Mountain bighorn, so assumptions or parameters derived from one subspecies may not translate cleanly to the other. Because the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management use these risk assessments to inform real management decisions, including grazing allotment planning and other resource allocations, inaccurate or poorly calibrated risk estimates could lead to decisions that either inadequately protect bighorn herds or unnecessarily constrain livestock operations.
The project goal, therefore, is to address empirical information gaps about desert bighorn ecology that are directly relevant to disease transmission risk modeling. In practical terms, this involves refining estimates of desert bighorn core herd home ranges and dispersal kernels, which describe how animals use space and how far individuals are likely to move or disperse from their typical areas. By improving those spatial ecology inputs, the work is intended to make the Risk of Contact Tool more accurate and effective when used in desert bighorn range, ultimately supporting better-informed land and wildlife management decisions aimed at reducing pathogen spillover risk.
Key administrative details include a creation date of August 3, 2020, an original closing date of August 21, 2020, and a CFDA number of 15.808. Eligibility is described as "Others," with the important clarification that the award is intended for one CESU partner under the Great Basin CESU structure.Apply for G20AS00133
- The Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Basin CESU" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.808.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 03, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 21, 2020. (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 $20,000.00 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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