Isle Royale Institue Support

The summary for the Isle Royale Institue Support Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Isle Royale Institue Support
	CFDA Number:	Information not provided
	CFDA Description:	Information not provided
	Federal Agency Name:	National Park Service
	Category of Funding Activity:	Other
	Category Explanation:	Interdisciplinary/Research
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	A6310090048
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Aug 05, 2009
	Creation Date:	Aug 05, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 07, 2009
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Aug 07, 2009
	Archive Date:	Sep 06, 2009
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$125,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: This is a single source award to Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI. MTU is home to Isle Royale's internationally-acclaimed ecological research on wolves and moose, as well as several other realms of research that are critical to the Park, including global climate change, and forest systems analyses. MTU also has a well-established program for teacher professional development and education for diverse K-12 audiences, and an exisitng outreach network to public audiences of interest to the NPS (particularly teachers, diverse communities, underrepresented youth audineces, and other groups who traditionally have had limited access to Isle Royale)
Grant Description: Strategic partnership between Isle Royale National Park and Michigan Technological University (MTU)to jointly develop an education and research center identified as the Isle Royale Institute (IRI). The IRI fosters and facilitates cooperative activities in science, resource management, education and the vision for the future of the environment by providing an atmosphere and facilities which enchance study and thought. In 2009 IRI will prepare a business plan for the IRI, conduct two week-long teacher development courses, develop a pilot high-school student enrichment course based at Isle Royale NP, develop a pilot adult education course based at the Rock Harbor Lodge (Forever Resorts, Inc.) prepare a demonstration project of high-resolution sector scanning sonar for baseline documentation and monitoring of underwater resources, submit several proposalto stimulate the strategic development of research project and re-design the IRI web site to function as a portal to scientific dollaboration and an innovative educational resource.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: Tonya Bradley Contract Specialist Phone 402-661-1656

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