Adaptive Science, Southeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies | F19AS00038

Opportunity Information: Apply for F19AS00038

This funding notice, titled "Adaptive Science, Southeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies" (Funding Opportunity Number F19AS00038), is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior) notice of intent to make a single-source award rather than an open, competitive grant solicitation. In practical terms, that means there is no full announcement to apply to and no broad application process associated with this posting. The Service is signaling its plan to issue one cooperative agreement, with an expected single award, and the intended recipient is the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA). The opportunity sits under CFDA 15.670 and is categorized as discretionary funding, using a cooperative agreement instrument, which typically indicates substantial involvement by the federal agency in the work as it is carried out.

The purpose of the planned cooperative agreement is to support regional-scale conservation planning and adaptive science coordination in the Southeast, one of the most biologically diverse parts of the United States. SEAFWA states in the notice that its member states have identified 6,682 Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) within their respective State Wildlife Action Plans. While those state lists are extensive and valuable, the project described here is about working collaboratively across the region to develop a more targeted, shared set of regional SGCN priorities. The underlying idea is that a streamlined regional list, developed using criteria tailored to the Southeast, can better reflect shared conservation values and stewardship responsibilities, and can help states and partners focus limited resources on the species that most warrant coordinated action across state lines.

A key outcome emphasized in the notice is improved cross-jurisdictional conservation work. By agreeing on a regional set of priority SGCN, the states and partners can more easily align monitoring, research, and management efforts, reduce duplication, and support species whose ranges and threats do not stop at state boundaries. The project is also framed as a substantive contribution to the Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy (SECAS), particularly its vision of cross-jurisdictional, future-oriented conservation that accounts for changing conditions over time (including the need for adaptation in the face of environmental change). In other words, the cooperative agreement is intended to strengthen the scientific and strategic backbone for coordinated conservation decisions in the Southeast by producing a regionally relevant prioritization approach and an agreed-upon list that can guide collaborative action.

From an administrative standpoint, the notice lists an original posting date of October 31, 2018, with an original closing date of November 7, 2018, but because it is explicitly a single-source intent to award, the presence of dates should be read more as a procedural requirement for posting rather than a window for general applicants to submit proposals. The eligibility field is labeled "unrestricted" in a generic sense, but the narrative makes clear the Service intends to award to SEAFWA specifically, with one expected award under a cooperative agreement mechanism.

• The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the education, environment, regional development, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Adaptive Science, Southeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.670.
• This funding opportunity was created on Oct 31, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 07, 2018 THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE ANNOUNCEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NOTICE.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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