Cooperative Agreement 70NANB21H131

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472) will advance the development of surface-attached satellite telemetry tags for monitoring North Atlantic right whales. The $679,552 project, running from August 2024 to July 2027, aims to create a bioinspired adhesive mounting tag platform that can provide significantly longer attachment durations than current suction cup tags, enabling the collection...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472), will advance the development of new, miniaturized satellite telemetry tags for tracking cetaceans. The $796,400 project, with a completion date of March 31, 2027, aims to: Develop a new generation of consolidated satellite tags with reduced size and potential health impacts; Assess the robustness of these tags in laboratory and field...

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), supports the continued growth and development of the Neotoma Paleoecology Database. Neotoma is a high-quality, expert-curated open data resource for paleoecological and paleoenvironmental data that has become a widely used international resource. The $192,942 award will enable Neotoma to scale up its operations by enhancing critical systems to support higher rates of data additions, more...

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $326,898 Project Grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to the Foundation for Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research (Metr) to develop new generation consolidated satellite tags for cetaceans. The award, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, supports research to improve understanding of beaked whale populations and their behaviors in relation to naval operations. Metr has received several...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program, aims to process and analyze audio recordings of songbirds in Eastern National Park Service (NPS) parks. The $129,383.95 award will fund a postdoctoral research associate to develop and improve methods for processing and analyzing sound recordings of forest birds, with the goal of enhancing the NPS's...

The U.S. Department of the Navy, through the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), has awarded a $113,760 Cooperative Agreement to Wildlife Innovations, a for-profit company. This 5-year award will support the conservation management of the California least tern, an endangered seabird species, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California. Specifically, Wildlife Innovations will conduct endangered species monitoring, manage predator...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $216,214 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) grant to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to enhance recovery of the threatened Western Snowy Plover and endangered California Least Tern at the Eden Landing Ecological Reserve in the San Francisco Bay area. The project involves field monitoring of breeding success, habitat enhancement activities, and installation of a Motus wildlife tracking system to study plover...

This Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation program (CFDA 15.635), will seek to improve the conservation status of the red knot and Hudsonian godwit in southern Argentine Patagonia. The key products and services to be delivered include: Increasing community knowledge and support for conservation actions Expanding the area and degree of protection for urban nature reserves Conducting...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $259,330 Project Grant under its Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program to the University of Pittsburgh. This 1-year grant, awarded on May 1, 2024, will support research on "The Datafied Animal: Biologging, Machine Learning and Wildlife Conservation." The project will analyze the ethical, social, and practical implications of using new technologies like miniaturized animal tags, GPS-telemetry, and machine learning...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) provides $111,020.00 to restore suitable nesting habitat for the critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Puerto Rico. The goal is to reduce threats and enhance the quality of nesting beaches across approximately 128 acres along the southwest, south, and southeast coasts of the island, including Vieques. Planned restoration actions include constructing...