Opportunity Information: Apply for BOR LC 20 N004
This Notice of Intent to Award is a discretionary cooperative agreement opportunity from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (CFDA 15.517) focused on bat conservation monitoring under the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (LCRMSCP). The work centers on taking acoustic recordings collected at bat monitoring stations in LCRMSCP areas and turning those recordings into standardized, decision-ready metrics that describe bat activity and species presence over time. The opportunity is structured for a single expected award, with an award ceiling of $384,654, and is limited to eligible applicants from state governments.
The core project has two main parts. First, the recipient will manage and analyze acoustic data provided by Reclamation, specifically recordings from acoustic bat monitoring stations installed at LCRMSCP locations. This implies responsibilities such as organizing large volumes of sound files, maintaining clear metadata (station, date, time, deployment period, and other relevant context), applying consistent processing workflows, and producing outputs that can be integrated into ongoing program reporting and long-term monitoring datasets. Second, the recipient will quantify several specific bat-activity indicators for the four bat species that are covered and evaluated by the LCRMSCP. The required indicators include: (1) the volume of "bat minutes" per species per night (a measure of activity intensity), (2) presence per species per night (whether each species is detected on a given night), and (3) mean nightly bat minutes per species per month (a monthly summary showing average nightly activity levels). Together, these outputs allow the program to track both how frequently bats occur and how active they are across nights and months, which supports conservation performance evaluations and trend comparisons.
A key feature of this opportunity is that it emphasizes continuity and comparability with prior monitoring years. The acoustic recordings collected by Bureau of Reclamation biologists are to be processed using the same filters and methods that the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) and USBR used from 2016 through 2018, as described in the agreement. The notice explicitly references the use of Analook and Kaleidoscope software, along with established acoustic filters, which signals that the awardee should already be capable of working within that existing analytical framework rather than inventing a new one. This requirement is intended to keep costs down and avoid inefficiencies, which is why the notice also stresses the need for regional expertise in analyzing acoustic bat files. In practice, that means the awardee is expected to have experience with the local bat fauna and the typical call characteristics and misclassification issues that arise in the region, improving accuracy and reducing the time and expense associated with troubleshooting and reprocessing.
Administratively, the opportunity was posted on December 13, 2019, with an original closing date of December 26, 2019, and it is labeled as a notice of intent to award, meaning the agency is indicating its plan to make an award (often to a specific or anticipated partner) rather than running an open, highly competitive competition. The activity category is Environment, the funding instrument is a cooperative agreement (suggesting substantial agency involvement or coordination during performance), and only one award is anticipated. Overall, the grant supports a specialized, method-consistent acoustic analysis effort designed to convert field-collected bat audio data into standardized metrics that can be used to evaluate the status and activity patterns of four priority bat species under the LCRMSCP.Apply for BOR LC 20 N004
- The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.517.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 13, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 26, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $384,654.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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