W81EWF-24-SOI-0010: Identifying and Evaluating Impacts to Wetlands from the Savannah River Estuary
Closed
This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: ERDC Broad Agency Announcement (W912HZ26S0001). Status: Closes January 1, 2027 (55 days left). It is in our archive of Engineer Research and Development Center notices from 2023.
Engineer Research and Development Center offered grants of up to $302,500 to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $1.6 million in total. Applications closed on February 2, 2024.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed December 1, 2023. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award ceiling$302,500
- Total funding$1.6 million
- Expected awards1
- Cost sharingNot required
- Funding typeCooperative Agreement
Key dates
| Posted | December 1, 2023 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | February 2, 2024 |
| Archived by Grants.gov | March 3, 2024 |
Who can apply
This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
This opportunity is restricted to non-federal partners of the Piedmont-South Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU). Disclosures of current and pending support made in this application may render an applicant ineligible for funding. Prior to award and throughout the period of performance, ERDC may continue to request updated continuing and pending support information, which will be reviewed and may result in discontinuation of funding. Religious organizations are entitled to compete on equal footing with secular organizations for Federal financial assistance as described in E.O. 13798, “Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty.”
Is this a realistic fit?
- Past Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering awards averaged $1.1 million; this notice allows up to $302,500 per award.
- Most of the program's money (69% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
- No cost sharing or match is required.
What the grant funds
As part of the SHEP, USACE prepared a Monitoring and Adaptive Management Plan (MAMP) that outlines numerous projects and processes that will be carried out to assess project-induced impacts to the environment. One project identified in the MAMP is the monitoring of marsh sites in the Savannah River Estuary located in Georgia and South Carolina. Work was initiated in 2013 that entailed data collection, integration, and analysis of prior and new research to identify and evaluate impacts to tidal wetlands and their native flora and fauna from recent changes in coastal infrastructure. The SHEP pre-construction phase of monitoring has been completed, creating a baseline in which to compare during and post-construction anticipated effects. This effort begins another 5-year monitoring commitment for the during/post-construction phases to ensure the predicted levels of environmental effects are not exceeded. Program Description/Objective: The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) prepared for the SHEP details potential environmental impacts that may occur as a result of the deepening project. One potential result identified in the FEIS is the conversion of some freshwater marsh to brackish marsh and some saltwater marsh to brackish marsh. To monitor these conversions, fieldwork will be conducted at 12 marsh sites in the Savannah River Estuary to identify environmental changes to flora within these tidal wetlands during and after SHEP construction activities. For continuity, field work must replicate the procedures used by Clemson University, Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources from 2014-2023 for the SHEP. Those procedures follow work that was conducted by the USGS Florida Fish and Wildlife Cooperative Research Unit (FL Coop Unit) during a wetlands monitoring project in 2000/2001. Field research conducted should be able to establish changes between salinity levels and vegetative communities by: · Documenting the impacts of hydrologic changes on the tidal marshes as a result of the harbor deepening. This work would include evaluating tidal flooding over various types of marshes and salinity levels in the surface waters and in the root zone of the marsh vegetation.
Who has won Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering (12.630) awarded $1.3 billion across 1,101 grant awards, an average of $1.1 million per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battelle Memorial Institute | Ohio | 1 | $82.6 million |
| Msi Stem Research & Development Consortium | District of Columbia | 1 | $78.2 million |
| University of California San Diego | California | 4 | $53.1 million |
| Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | Connecticut | 4 | $38.1 million |
| The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 3 | $35.0 million |
Applying now
This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, W912HZ26S0001, which is open now.
The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.
Questions people ask
Is W81EWF-24-SOI-0010 still open?
No. It closed on February 2, 2024. A newer notice is open: W912HZ26S0001, closes January 1, 2027 (55 days left).
Who can apply for Identifying and Evaluating Impacts to Wetlands from the Savannah River Estuary?
Engineer Research and Development Center accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.
What is the deadline for Identifying and Evaluating Impacts to Wetlands from the Savannah River Estuary?
Closed February 2, 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 $302,500 each. About $1.6 million 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.