Formula Grant F25AF01191

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $132,710 Project Grant to Bioconciencia A.C. from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024 under the White-nose Syndrome National Response Implementation program (CFDA 15.684). The grant will support continued efforts to document winter bat ecology in Mexico and assess potential entry and spread of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) fungus. Key activities include winter colony counts and searches for new bat hibernacula, with...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $292,721 Project Grant to Purdue University under the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation program (CFDA 15.657) to track the migratory behavior and winter activity of endangered bat species in Mammoth Cave National Park. The research will use the MOTUS wildlife tracking system to monitor the movement of Indiana bats, northern long-eared bats, and tricolored bats as they migrate and congregate at fall swarm sites. The...

This $191,220 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the CFDA 15.808 Research and Data Collection program, supports research to assess the impacts of contaminants on bat populations in the context of Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) cases. The primary objectives are to: 1) Review how bats are considered in existing NRDAR cases, including exposure pathways, species traits, and contaminant classes; 2) Identify NRDAR cases likely to...

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,...

This $130,000.00 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) supports Bat Conservation International, Inc. (BCI) in conducting internal wildlife surveys at abandoned mine openings in the Mojave National Preserve (MOJA) in California. The goal of this project is to complete surveys to identify the presence of wildlife, particularly Townsend's big-eared bat and desert tortoise,...

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...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $308,653 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to New Mexico State University (NMSU) for a 3-year research project investigating the interactive effects of bats and insects on shrub encroachment dynamics in the Chihuahuan Desert. The project aims to quantify bat activity, diet, and arthropod abundance across grass-dominated, shrub-dominated, and transitional habitats to evaluate how insectivorous bats are affected by and...

This Project Grant award, provided by the Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service under the White-nose Syndrome National Response Implementation program (CFDA 15.684), focuses on elucidating the population genetics and connectivity of tri-colored bats (Perimyotis subflavus) and monitoring the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans and its impact, white-nose syndrome, across the southern leading edge of the disease. The $220,249.94 award to Kennesaw State University Research And...

This $1,228,154.45 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the White-nose Syndrome National Response Implementation program (CFDA 15.684) supports the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABAT). NABAT is an interagency initiative designed to monitor bat distribution and abundance across North America, providing critical data to inform conservation management decisions. Through this award, the Wildlife Management Institute, Inc. will deliver a comprehensive...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the White-nose Syndrome National Response Implementation program (CFDA 15.684) will provide $325,110 to the University of Montana to conduct research on the impacts of white-nose syndrome on bat populations. The key products and services to be delivered include: Generating whole genome sequences from cave myotis bat specimens to identify genes associated with different disease outcomes and assess the susceptibility of...