Continue the national coral disease coordinator position to enhance coordination of coral disease preparedness, response, prevention, and recovery
Active Cooperative Agreement Awarded Last action
- Award ID
- NA24OARX417C0519
- Recipient
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University Of Florida UEI NNFQH1JAPEP3
- Awarding agency
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Commerce
- Obligated
- $910,000
Award facts
- Assistance listing
- 11.417 Sea Grant Support
- Completion date 43% complete
- Place of performance
- Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Award details come from USAspending.gov.
Description
- Purpose
- The purpose of this grant is to continue the national coral disease coordinator position to enhance coordination of coral disease preparedness, response, prevention, and recovery. The coordinator will continue to provide leadership and coordination to the US national response to stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) across all currently affected and potentially vulnerable U.S. Coral reef jurisdictions. The coordinator will also facilitate inter-jurisdictional collaboration, information-sharing, training, workshops, and cross-pollination on coral disease response efforts.
- Activities
- The coordinator will coordinate a cross-jurisdictional response to sctld; provide support for capacity building and strategic response efforts; facilitate information-sharing; serve as a liaison with federal agencies in disease response, preparedness, and prevention efforts; coordinate with local coral disease and emergency response coordinators; identify and work to address information and research gaps; identify and engage new partners; support the implementation of noaas sctld strategy; CO-chair the U.S. Coral reef task force coral disease working group; update leadership; provide training for research managers and field researchers; and review and assist in the development of reports and recommendations. The coordinator will plan and facilitate a series of in-person trainings and collaborative workshops targeted at coral managers and practitioners in affected and unaffected areas and facilitate the translation of the quarterly NOAA southeast and caribbean regional collaboration team (SECART) newsletter.
- Expected outcomes
- Identification and use of technical and financial resources to support jurisdiction needs; development and implementation of regional and national action plans; archived national level data on disease characteristics, spread, and treatment effectiveness; identification of new partners, including potential international collaborators; creation of effective groups and frameworks for collaboration and coordination; leadership updated on the status of the disease and associated response efforts; training provided to stakeholders on disease detection and response; enhanced collaboration among regional sctld response and prevention efforts; increased engagement/action from governmental and nongovernmental partners; and increased knowledge and skill among sctld response practitioners, leading to more effective response and prevention efforts.
- Intended beneficiaries
- Direct beneficiaries of the coordination and support provided by this position include U.S. Coral reef jurisdictions (puerto rico, florida, U.S. Virgin islands, hawaii, american samoa, guam, commonwealth of the northern mariana islands); federal agencies that participate in the U.S. Coral reef task force coral disease working group (U.S. Coast guard, environmental protection agency, national oceanographic and atmospheric administration (NOAA), national park service, smithsonian institution, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Geological survey); and other local partners and stakeholders involved in coral disease response, prevention, preparedness, and recovery.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment | $227,000 | |
| Amendment | $225,000 | |
| Amendment | $225,000 | |
| Original award | $233,000 |
Quick answers
Who received award NA24OARX417C0519?
NA24OARX417C0519 was awarded to University Of Florida by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Department of Commerce) on September 1, 2024.
How much is award NA24OARX417C0519 worth?
$910,000 has been obligated on NA24OARX417C0519.
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