# National Information Collaboration on Ecohydraulics (NICE): Ecohydraulics of Sensitive Areas

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/w81ewf-24-soi-0003-national-information-collaboration-on-ecohydraulics-nice/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/350980

> Dept. of the Army -- Corps of Engineers offered grants of up to $450,000 to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $450,000 in total. Applications closed on January 19, 2024.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | W81EWF-24-SOI-0003 |
| Agency | Dept. of the Army -- Corps of Engineers |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | January 19, 2024 |
| Award ceiling | $450,000 |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $450,000 |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 12.630 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

This opportunity is restricted to non-federal partners of the Californian Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU).

## What the grant funds

THIS IS A 2 PHASE APPROACH. SOIs DUE: 14 December 2023 FULL PROPOSAL DUE: 19 January 2024 Background There are many locks and dams, navigation channels, and increasingly beneficial sediment-use sites across the Mississippi watershed and throughout the United States. Interest is high in understanding navigation impacts on fisheries and how navigation infrastructure can be used to manage fisheries in the role of navigation. Currently, fisheries impacts are often not explicitly accounted for in lock and dam operations. For example, nearly all dams in the Mississippi Basin and southeastern United States are, by and large, not designed to accommodate fish passage for native fish. Moreover, many of these dams are now being viewed as possible components for control and management of aquatic nuisance species. Some native fishes are now protected under provisions of the Endangered Species Act further heightening interest in the possible influence of locks and dams on fish movement. A primary challenge of the proposed work is to develop strategies that allow fish movement past locks and dams while not impacting navigation operations. The National Information Collaboration for Ecohydraulics (NICE) has been established with the mission of applying ecohydraulic principles to navigation infrastructure at multiple scales and facilitating accurate engineering forecasts of fisheries outcomes based on research and development for multiple contexts. Program Description/Objective: This project aims to advance the management of navigation channel maintenance in environmentally sensitive locations through novel field studies, partnerships, and laboratory studies. The primary objective would be to improve maintenance procedures and expand locations or times of channel maintenance thus reducing impacts to commercial navigation, including increasing beneficial use while reducing fisheries impacts and concerns. In addition to locks and dams, there are miles of navigation channels vital to commercial navigation. Relating channel maintenance such as using hopper dredging to fisheries outcomes simultaneously is difficult for a variety of technical and logistical reasons making those studies rare. Studies that instrument navigation channels and produce multidimensional tracks in navigation channels and especially during narrowly timed navigation maintenance events are envisioned.

## Questions people ask

### Is W81EWF-24-SOI-0003 still open?

No. It closed on January 19, 2024. A newer notice is open: W912HZ26S0001, closes January 1, 2027 (55 days left).

### Who can apply for National Information Collaboration on Ecohydraulics (NICE): Ecohydraulics of Sensitive Areas?

Dept. of the Army -- Corps of Engineers accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for National Information Collaboration on Ecohydraulics (NICE): Ecohydraulics of Sensitive Areas?

Closed January 19, 2024. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $450,000 each. About $450,000 in total for one award.

### Who has won Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Battelle Memorial Institute, Msi Stem Research & Development Consortium, University of California San Diego. The program made 1,101 awards worth $1.3 billion in that time.