Fish and Wildlife Coordinatination and Assitance Program | F19AS00374

Opportunity Information: Apply for F19AS00374

The Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance Program opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F19AS00374) is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior) announcement intended to support a single, non-competitive (single source) cooperative agreement award. It is described as a notification-only posting rather than an open call for multiple applicants, with one expected award and a maximum federal funding amount (award ceiling) of $40,000. The funding activity area is categorized under science and technology and other research and development, and it is associated with CFDA number 15.664. Eligible applicants are nonprofit organizations, including both 501(c)(3) nonprofits and non-501(c)(3) nonprofits, as long as they are not institutions of higher education.

The focus of the award is updating and strengthening the Atlantic Flyway Shorebird Initiative (AFSI) Business Plan. The AFSI Business Plan was originally created to lay out strategies and actions to conserve 15 focal shorebird species that depend on habitats across the Atlantic Flyway, which spans a large migratory system linking breeding, stopover, and wintering areas. Since the plan was launched, partners have made meaningful progress building engagement and coordination, particularly by expanding collaboration in the Caribbean and South America and improving alignment among local and regional conservation efforts across the flyway. Even with those gains, the program statement emphasizes that conservation priorities identified through more recent processes and partner work in the Caribbean and South America now need to be fully integrated into the existing business plan, alongside the accomplishments and lessons learned from earlier implementation.

The project is framed around both long-term and short-term outcomes. Over the long term (noted as a 10-year outcome horizon), the work is meant to contribute to a durable platform that supports the stability and recovery of Atlantic Flyway shorebird populations. The longer-range results are described in terms of conditions to be achieved by 2025: maintaining or increasing the extent and value of shorebird habitat compared to a 2015 baseline, and increasing target shorebird populations by 10 (as written in the opportunity text). In the near term, by the end of the project period, the key deliverable is an updated AFSI Business Plan that more accurately reflects shorebird conservation needs and opportunities in the Caribbean and South America by incorporating relevant strategies and priorities identified there. A second near-term objective is to incorporate what has already been learned from implementing the plan to date, capturing practical lessons and demonstrated successes so the plan is clearer, more current, and more useful for guiding coordinated action.

The opportunity also highlights how this work supports departmental priorities. It is presented as advancing Priority 1 by promoting long-term conservation stewardship through sustainable use and by relying on the best available information to conserve migratory shorebirds. It is also tied to Priority 3 by emphasizing partnership and relationship-building with local and international stakeholders, improving communication channels with communities, and involving them in shaping conservation solutions. Finally, it connects to Priority 7 by helping strike a regulatory balance through improved information from outside the United States that can inform decisions related to the Endangered Species Act-listed Red Knot, a migratory shorebird whose life cycle depends on habitat conditions across international boundaries.

Administratively, the posting was created on September 6, 2019, with an original closing date of September 12, 2019, reinforcing that this was a time-bounded, single-award announcement rather than a broad, ongoing solicitation. The overall intent is to support coordinated, flyway-scale conservation planning by ensuring the AFSI Business Plan incorporates updated priorities from the Caribbean and South America and reflects real-world implementation experience, thereby strengthening the shared roadmap partners use to conserve shorebird species and the habitats they rely on throughout the Atlantic Flyway.

• The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fish and Wildlife Coordinatination and Assitance Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.664.
• This funding opportunity was created on Sep 06, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 12, 2019. (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 $40,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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