Intervention to Stop an Epidemic of Sarcoptic Mange in San Joaquin Kit Foxes

Funding Opportunity Number: F15AS00471 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Natural ResourcesCFDA Number: 15.657Eligible Applicants Public and State controlled institutions of higher educationAgency Name: DOI-FWSClosing Date: This is a Notice of Intent to award a Single Source Award. The recipient has already been selected.Award Ceiling: $49,925Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Sep 23, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: Funds under this award are to be used to place mange-preventive collars on at-risk kit foxes and perform follow-up monitoring to detect differences in mange incidence as a result of the intervention. University of California, Davis (UCD) staff will monitor mange incidence in the surrounding two study sites with remote cameras at bait stations and Sarcoptes mite PCR in feces near bait stations, and telemetry. This award is made under the authority of: Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq, as amended.
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Natural Resources Source Type: funding