W81EWF-24-SOI-0014: Ecosystem Services Evaluation Decision Research and Development
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 2024.
Engineer Research and Development Center offered grants of up to $525,000 to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $1.5 million in total. Applications closed on March 11, 2024.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed January 12, 2024. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award ceiling$525,000
- Total funding$1.5 million
- Expected awards1
- Cost sharingNot required
- Funding typeCooperative Agreement
Key dates
| Posted | January 11, 2024 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | March 11, 2024 |
| Archived by Grants.gov | April 10, 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 Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU).
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 $525,000 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
This project will establish an interdisciplinary collaboration between USACE and a University partner. This collaboration will develop a decision-framework to measure the value of ecosystem services from current and proposed water resource projects delivered via a web-based portal. This decision support framework will enable planners and managers to enter a limited number of relevant criteria and parameters and receive an estimate for the value of various ecosystem services. Estimation of the value of ecosystem services for proposed projects may be positive or negative depending on proposed changes. Anticipated ecosystem services that will be valued may include: water quality, recreation, harvest, species protection, wetland protection, carbon sequestration, open space, and flood protection. Successful proposals will also (a) clearly identify question(s) the proposed project will seek to answer (i.e., project technical objectives); (b) clearly describe the tasks and data required to answer those question(s) (i.e., data quality objectives); and (c) describe envisioned project deliverables by task and by year. Proposals that demonstrate intent to maximize use of existing federal and other organizations ecosystem services programs, initiatives and data are encouraged. Successful proposals will identify quantitative and qualitative success criteria for each project task and objective; identification of go/no-go decision points at the end of each year is also encouraged. This project will: 1) Review and determine appropriate metrics to measure the value of ecosystem services that capture appropriate aspects of proposed water resource projects and currently public lands associated with water resource management. 2) Estimates of the value of ecosystem services (quantitative and semi-quantitative) will be derived from the best available data in the environmental economics literature through a thorough review of the relevant literature and meta-analyses that allow for more accurate transfer of estimate values in the literature to projects. 3) Develop and test an ecosystem services evaluation decision support framework. 4) Deliver ecosystem services evaluation decision support framework via web-based portal. 5) Perform an in-depth assessment of the value of ecosystem services that are generated from oyster reef restoration using economic experiments and/or other methods.
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-0014 still open?
No. It closed on March 11, 2024. A newer notice is open: W912HZ26S0001, closes January 1, 2027 (55 days left).
Who can apply for Ecosystem Services Evaluation Decision Research and Development?
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 Ecosystem Services Evaluation Decision Research and Development?
Closed March 11, 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 $525,000 each. About $1.5 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.