Project Grant 20236701339910
- This $493,641 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will fund the Partnership for Pollinator Friendly Lawns in the Southeastern United States. Led by Mississippi State University with subawards to the University of Georgia Research Foundation and Auburn University, this multi-disciplinary project aims to develop best management practices and stakeholder training programs to...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Adaptive Science program (CFDA 15.670) provides $312,817 to Oregon State University to assess the impacts of widespread threats to native pollinators, particularly bees, within the sagebrush-steppe ecosystem. The project aims to quantify how bee communities respond to threats such as wildfire and invasive annual grasses, generating foundational knowledge to inform landscape-scale management decisions for improving...
- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), under the Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808), awarded a $248,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Polistes Foundation, Inc. This 4-year award aims to enhance the delivery of pollinator research and identification capabilities in the United States through collaborative partnerships. Key outcomes will include: 1) identifying opportunities to enhance pollinator science and training through interagency collaborations, 2) establishing partnerships with...
- The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, awarded a $310,302 Cooperative Agreement to Pollinator Partnership, doing business as Coevolution Institute, under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902). The award, with a performance period from January 5, 2024 to March 30, 2027, supports the "URBAN FARMING FOR POLLINATORS" project. Pollinator Partnership, a woman-owned non-profit organization focused on...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $240,000 provides funding from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026 to support research examining the genetic, physiological, and environmental drivers of plant-pollinator niche dynamics across scales of biological organization. The award is made under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the scientific enterprise through increased knowledge and understanding of...
- The Xerces Society Inc. will receive $524,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service to expand pollinator and beneficial insect outreach and education to gardens nationwide. Funded through the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935), this three-year award beginning May 25, 2023 will support the Xerces Society's collaboration with the USDA People's Garden Initiative....
- This Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, under the Forest Health Protection (CFDA 10.680) program, provides $250,579.00 to evaluate treatments for Beech Leaf Disease at the forest scale. The award was made on December 17, 2024 to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, doing business as SUNY ESF, and has an ultimate completion date of May 31, 2029. The project aims to develop and improve forest health monitoring...
- The Bee Informed Partnership, Inc. will receive a $142,676 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). Through this funding, the Bee Informed Partnership will determine the composition, diversity, and recombination rates of deformed wing virus variants in honey bee and Varroa mite populations across U.S. commercial...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program project grant, with a total award of $193,780, supports collaborative research to understand how fluctuations in pollinator abundance affect the population dynamics of plant species. The awardee, The Corporation of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory At Gothic, will conduct a long-term field experiment manipulating pollination environments for two perennial plant species. The research aims to leverage 9-11 years of...
- The Xerces Society Inc. was awarded a $300,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 to conduct the Great Plains Bumble Bee Atlas from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. The award is being administered under the Candidate Species Conservation program (CFDA 15.660), which aims to secure information and undertake restoration activities to help prevent the need to list species under the Endangered Species Act. Through this funding,...
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** MORE THAN 450 MILLION ACRES ARE MANAGED FOR TIMBER PRODUCTION IN THE U.S., SUPPLYINGA LARGE PORTION OF THE WORLD'S FOREST PRODUCTS AND > 5% OF THE GLOBAL GDP. DESPITE GROWING EVIDENCE THAT HARVESTED FORESTSHOLD EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR POLLINATOR HABITATCONSERVATION, VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT EFFECTIVE POLLINATOR-FRIENDLY MANAGEMENT. IDENTIFYING FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THAT PROMOTE POLLINATOR POPULATIONSIS CRITICAL FOR BROAD, NATIONAL POLLINATOR CONSERVATION EFFORTS. FOCUSING ON A GLOBALLY SIGNIFICANT TIMBER REGION, THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, WE PROPOSE TO: EVALUATE TECHNIQUES FORCREATING NATIVE PLANT ENHANCEMENTS IN HARVESTED FORESTS FOR PROMOTING POLLINATOR POPULATIONS. TO ACHIEVE OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE WE PROPOSE A LANDSCAPE-SCALE FLORALENHANCEMENT EXPERIMENT TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:Q1: DO FLORAL ENHANCEMENTS AUGMENT BEE COMMUNITY ABUNDANCE, DIVERSITY AND TRAITDIVERSITY RELATIVE TO UNMANIPULATED POST-HARVEST FORESTSQ2: DO FLORAL ENHANCEMENTS AUGMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH THROUGH DILUTING DISEASETRANSMISSION? Q3: DO FLORAL ENHANCEMENTS AUGMENT OFFSPRING PRODUCTION OF COLONIAL AND SOLITARYBEES? Q4: DO FLORAL ENHANCEMENTS PROMOTE THE COLONIZATION AND PERSISTENCE OF SPECIES OFCONSERVATION CONCERN, INCLUDING FEDERALLY PETITIONED BUMBLE BEE SPECIES?Q5: HOW CAN WE PROMOTE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMED BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICESFOR WILD BEES IN HARVESTED FORESTS?
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $750.0k | 4/26/23 |