Re: [Texascavers] Cave and Mine Bat Monitoring in the State of Colorado

[Rod Goke]

Notice that the Synopsis announcing this grant was created and posted July 1, 2011 and that the "Closing Date for Applications" is July 22, 2011, which coincides with the last day of the NSS Convention. It's hard to imagine a more difficult time to write a grant application for anyone attending the 2011 NSS Convention. How do you suppose these dates were chosen? Interestingly, however, the Word document for the full announcement lists the "issue date" as June 27, 2011, and the "closing date & time" as August 5, 2011, so it is not clear (to me, anyway) whether the true deadline for submitting an application is July 22 or Aug. 5. Neither date allows a comfortable amount of time for NSS Convention attendees to prepare grant applications, but Aug. 5 certainly would be better than July 22. WNS research is not my field, so I have no interest in applying for this grant myself, but if any of you do, it might pay to investigate the details instead of assuming that everything is as it appears in the Synopsis. In my experience with government agencies, I've seen cases where requests for contract proposals, grant applications, etc. appeared to have been written to favor a preferred recipient while discouraging or disadvantaging applications from others. Could it be that this is such a case and that the writer of the synopsis is trying to discourage applications from people associated with the NSS? Rod -----Original Message----- From: germa...@aol.com Sent: Jul 3, 2011 5:53 PM To: Texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] Cave and Mine Bat Monitoring in the State of Colorado Hi Cave Scientists: The BLM just announced a grant to help study WNS in Colorado caves and mines. They are only giving one grant for $100,000 with a 5 year performance period. The opportunity is open to anyone. Deadline to apply is July 22, 2011. Description To facilitate a coordinated surveillance effort to effectively monitor, detect and combat White-Nose Syndrome (WNS) in caves and mines under the jurisdiction of Bureau of Land Management in the State of Colorado. The Synopsis can be seen here: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=102913 The full announcement is a Word doc and can be downloaded here: http://www07.grants.gov/search/announce.do;jsessionid=twL9TQDJmq0kw5K2vTy37bQlnjfJShfdVlFnLb38lNGL2b0ydQSJ!-370087949 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com