Opportunity Information: Apply for F18AS00138
The Great Lakes Piping Plover Protection, Monitoring and Research opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F18AS00138) is a U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) discretionary funding action focused on endangered species conservation in the Great Lakes Basin. The work centers on protecting, monitoring, and supporting research for the endangered Great Lakes population of the piping plover, a shorebird whose nesting success depends heavily on intensive seasonal field monitoring and on-the-ground protection measures at breeding sites.
This funding is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning the federal agency expects to have substantial involvement in the project rather than simply issuing a pass-through grant. The total anticipated award amount is up to $120,000, with one expected award. The opportunity was created on May 14, 2018, with an original closing date of May 21, 2018, but it is not open for competition. Instead, it serves as a notice of intent to make a single-source award to the University of Minnesota, and it explicitly states there is no application process.
The justification for a sole-source approach is that the University of Minnesota has been conducting piping plover monitoring and protection work for many years and is considered uniquely qualified to continue it. The notice emphasizes the university's established experience, specialized expertise, and practical on-the-ground capacity to keep the program running effectively. In particular, it highlights that the university already has local relationships that help secure housing for piping plover monitors and can reliably recruit and coordinate volunteers who support field staff, which is often essential for covering multiple sites across a large geographic region during the breeding season.
In practical terms, the project is meant to sustain the core conservation infrastructure that helps the Great Lakes piping plover population persist and recover. That typically includes consistent monitoring of breeding pairs, nests, and chicks; implementing protective measures to reduce disturbance or predation; and collecting data that informs management decisions and ongoing research. The overarching purpose is continuity: maintaining proven, time-sensitive monitoring and protection activities without interruption, using an organization that already has the operational knowledge, trained personnel pathways, and regional coordination needed to deliver results across the basin.
Key administrative details include the CFDA number 15.662, the activity category of Environment and Natural Resources, and the awarding agency being the Fish and Wildlife Service within the Department of the Interior. Although the eligibility field lists "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," the substance of the notice makes clear that this particular action is intended solely for the University of Minnesota under the cited single-source justification.Apply for F18AS00138
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Great Lakes Piping Plover Protection, Monitoring and Research" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.662.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 14, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 21, 2018 There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement to the University of Minnesota under justification 505DM 2.14B 2 and 4.. (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 $120,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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