# Environmental DNA Sampling in the Lower Roanoke River

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/w9126g-21-2-soi-4742-environmental-dna-sampling-in-the-lower-roanoke-river/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/334455

> Fort Worth District offered grants of up to $335,000 (at least $65,000) to any type of organization. It expected to make one award. Applications closed on July 27, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | W9126G-21-2-SOI-4742 |
| Agency | Fort Worth District |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | July 27, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | $335,000 |
| Award floor | $65,000 |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | not stated |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 12.300 |

## Who can apply

- Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"

ELIGIBILITY: This funding opportunity is ONLY available for Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units under the Piedmont South Atlantic Coast, Chesapeake Watershed & Southern Appalachian Mountains CESUs.

## What the grant funds

Project Title: Environmental DNA Sampling in the Lower Roanoke River Responses to this Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) will be used to identify potential investigators for a project to be funded by the US Army Corps of Engineers (Wilmington District)-Sustainable Rivers Program. The work involves comprehensive support of researchers in studying the relationship between river flows and rare fish using Environmental DNA (eDNA) while all in accordance with 10 U.S.C. § 2358 - Research and Development. Approximately $65,000.00 is expected to be available to support this project, for the base period. Additional funding may be available for follow on work in subsequent fiscal years to the successful recipient/awardee. Background: The Roanoke River is considered one of the most important riverine systems for diadromous fish reproduction on the Atlantic seaboard. Beginning in 2016, the Corps revised flood operations at John H. Kerr Hydropower project to implement a more naturally variable flow regime, referred to as Quasi-Run-of-River (QRR). Under QRR, flood control releases mimic the natural inflows to the project to the extent possible while maintaining other project purposes. Intensive monitoring of diadromous fish recruitment has occurred on the Roanoke both pre and post QRR, yet limited work to date has connected observed population data for juvenile alosines (blueback herring, alewife, hickory shad) with river flow events. The Roanoke River is in the nationwide Sustainable Rivers Program as one of the original eight rivers from 2002. It is an ideal river to test new technologies to understand effects of water management decisions, and to relate this work to how it can be used nationwide. In this instance, the Corps is interested in using environmental DNA (eDNA) to understand the relationship between flows and the response from rare fish. This includes spatial and temporal variability to gather more information about where the juveniles are congregating, the condition of that habitat, and the flow regimes associated with the presence of the fish. The e-DNA technology will be assessed to understand if it is an appropriate tool to inform release decisions at Corps reservoirs. Note: Must be a non-federal partner in the Piedmont - South Atlantic Coast, Chesapeake Watershed, or Southern Appalachian Mountains CESU Unit Region.

## Questions people ask

### Is W9126G-21-2-SOI-4742 still open?

No. It closed on July 27, 2021. A newer notice is open: N0001426SF002, closes April 9, 2027 (153 days left).

### Who can apply for Environmental DNA Sampling in the Lower Roanoke River?

Fort Worth District accepted applications from any type of organization. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Environmental DNA Sampling in the Lower Roanoke River?

Closed July 27, 2021. 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 $335,000 each.

### Who has won Basic and Applied Scientific Research grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were University of California San Diego, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Washington. The program made 6,165 awards worth $4.1 billion in that time.