Cooperative Agreement L21AC10451

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $390,227 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to study the relationship between wing kinematics and flight maneuvers in bats. The goal is to leverage insights from bat flight to inform the design of more maneuverable bio-inspired drones. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Measuring the wing motion and flight...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded UCLA a $433,125 Project Grant effective February 1, 2026, through January 31, 2028, under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866). This research initiative will establish bat species as mammalian models for studying ovarian aging by leveraging newly developed methylation-based epigenetic clocks to accurately estimate chronological age in wild bat populations. The primary deliverables include validation of select bat...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 awarded a $285,714.29 cooperative agreement to Bat Conservation International, Inc. from November 1, 2021 through December 30, 2025 under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation (CFDA 15.657) federal grant program. The award will support collaboration between the awardee and the funding agency to process and share North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) data. The Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program aims...

The National Park Service awarded a $190,000 cooperative agreement to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from June 2022 through June 2027 under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System program (CFDA 15.945). The university will characterize bat population ecology within three national parks by using acoustic detectors and mist netting to capture, process, and radio track bats to day roosts and foraging areas from June through...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) provides $299,666.67 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to conduct a multi-year study on the presence, absence, and seasonal activity of the endangered northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) and the proposed-for-listing tricolor bat (Perimyotis subflavus) at Camp Shelby,...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $1,333,000 Project Grant under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). The grant will fund the development of the first draft of a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) for four bat species impacted by white-nose syndrome: the Indiana bat, northern long-eared bat, little brown bat, and tricolored bat. The HCP will provide guidance for forest management activities on...

Federal Grant Award Summary Genesee County, NY received a $323,807.37 Project Grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) to reconstruct the Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) system for Runway 10/28 at Batavia airport. The grant, awarded on August 22, 2025, funds the final construction phase of this critical runway visual guidance system replacement project, which addresses infrastructure that has reached the end of its useful...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $983,445.00, was granted by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under the CFDA 81.135 program. The project, titled "HERALD - HIGH ENERGY RENEWABLE AFX ELECTRODES," aims to deliver a closed-system electrochemical cell with lithium-air battery electrodes capable of achieving energy densities of 1,000 Wh/kg and 1,000 Wh/L, with a targeted levelized cost of storage below $0.30/kWh. The award was made to And Battery...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) Project Grant award of $240,000 from March 1, 2025 to February 29, 2028 supports a postdoctoral fellowship to investigate the sensorimotor behavioral dynamics of echolocating bats during collective flight. The research will analyze the echolocation sounds and flight behaviors of multiple bat species to understand how they dynamically adjust their echolocation in the presence of other bats. This work aims to...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded Grand Valley Water Users Association a Cooperative Agreement for $319,536 under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) effective February 2, 2026. The awardee will develop a Basis of Design Report and Final Design Package for upgrades to the Grand Valley Diversion Dam, specifically focusing on the installation of a new automated gate structure. This design work is intended to improve the accuracy and...