U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grant for Yamashina Institutes

Opportunity ID: 45399

General Information

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 701819R135
Funding Opportunity Title: Yamashina Institutes
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Assistance Listings: 15.650 — Research Grants (Generic)
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Version: Synopsis 1
Posted Date: Feb 19, 2009
Last Updated Date:
Original Closing Date for Applications: Mar 06, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Mar 06, 2009
Archive Date: Apr 05, 2009
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $300,000
Award Floor: $100,000

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Yamahsina Institute for Ornithology

Additional Information

Agency Name: Region 7
Description: This agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, Tokyo, Japan, will further the Institute’s mission and a goal of the Service to recover the short-tailed albatross. The Yamashina Institute for Ornithology will conduct various activities designed to contribute to the recovery of short-tailed albatross, including:

–Continue efforts to establish a nesting colony on Mukojima, by translocating and hand-rearing short-tailed albatross chicks;
–Continue efforts to track short tailed albatross chicks fledged from Torishima and Mukojima and albatrosses at sea through satellite telemetry, thus determining travel patterns and identifying potential conflicts with specific commercial fisheries; and
–Continue monitoring both short-tailed albatross breeding colonies on Torishima Island.

Link to Additional Information:
Grantor Contact Information: If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Rich Primmer
Email:rich_primmer@fws.gov

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