Opportunity Information: Apply for F19AS00043
The Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F19AS00043) was a discretionary funding opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service under CFDA 15.664. It was issued as a cooperative agreement, which typically means the agency expected to have substantial involvement in the project beyond simply providing funds, often through coordination, technical input, or shared planning during implementation. The program sits within the broad federal activity areas of environment, natural resources, and science and technology research and development.
The core purpose of this specific award was to support work focused on Washington's sea otters. The funded project was designed to conduct an annual census of the Washington sea otter population. That census work is intended to generate practical, management-ready information, including where sea otters are distributed, what their overall population status looks like, and how the population is trending over time (for example, whether numbers and occupied areas are increasing, stable, or declining). These kinds of annual surveys are important because they create a consistent dataset that can be compared year to year, helping wildlife managers detect changes early and make more informed conservation and response decisions.
In addition to the census, the project also included a clear applied wildlife-response component: providing assistance with stranded sea otters in Washington. Stranding response generally involves helping address situations where sea otters are found dead, injured, ill, or otherwise in distress, and it can include field coordination, documentation, sample collection, transport support, or connecting stranded-animal reports to the appropriate response network. Including stranding assistance alongside the census indicates the award aimed to strengthen both ongoing monitoring and real-time response capacity for sea otter conservation in the state.
From an administrative and funding standpoint, the opportunity had an award ceiling of $33,000 and anticipated making a single award. Eligibility was listed as unrestricted (open to any type of entity), subject to any clarifications that may have been included in the full opportunity text. The opportunity was created on November 16, 2018, with an original closing date of November 20, 2018, and the posting indicates the recipient had already been selected, meaning it was no longer open for applications at the time reflected in the source data.Apply for F19AS00043
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the environment, natural resources, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance" 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 Nov 16, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 20, 2018 The recipient has been selected.. (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 $33,000.00 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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Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance (F19AS00043) - FAQ
What is this grant opportunity?
The Fish and Wildlife Coordination and Assistance grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F19AS00043) was a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), under CFDA 15.664.
Which federal agency offered the opportunity?
The opportunity was offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service.
What type of award was used for this opportunity?
This opportunity was issued as a cooperative agreement. Cooperative agreements typically indicate the agency expects substantial involvement in the project beyond providing funds, such as coordination, technical input, or shared planning during implementation.
Was this a discretionary or formula funding opportunity?
It was a discretionary funding opportunity.
What broad activity areas does this program fall under?
The program sits within federal activity areas related to environment, natural resources, and science and technology research and development.
What was the main purpose of the specific award described here?
The core purpose was to support work focused on Washington's sea otters, specifically by conducting an annual census of the Washington sea otter population and providing assistance with stranded sea otters in Washington.
What did the annual census component aim to accomplish?
The annual census was intended to produce management-ready information, including sea otter distribution, overall population status, and population trends over time (such as whether numbers and occupied areas are increasing, stable, or declining).
Why is an annual sea otter census considered important in this project?
Annual surveys create a consistent dataset that can be compared year to year. This helps wildlife managers detect changes earlier and make more informed conservation and response decisions.
What does "management-ready information" mean in the context provided?
In this context, it refers to practical information useful for wildlife management decisions, including where sea otters are located (distribution), how the population is doing overall (status), and how it is changing over time (trend).
What is meant by "population trend" in the description?
Population trend refers to whether the sea otter population size and the areas they occupy are increasing, stable, or declining over time based on consistent year-to-year survey results.
What was included in the stranded sea otter assistance component?
The project included providing assistance with stranded sea otters in Washington. Stranding response generally involves addressing cases where sea otters are found dead, injured, ill, or otherwise in distress, and may include field coordination, documentation, sample collection, transport support, or connecting reports to the appropriate response network.
Does the opportunity description define stranding response as a specific set of activities?
The description provides examples of what stranding response generally involves (coordination, documentation, sample collection, transport support, and routing reports to the appropriate network), but it does not list a single fixed or exhaustive set of required activities.
What geographic area was the work focused on?
The work was focused on Washington, specifically Washington's sea otter population and stranded sea otter assistance in Washington.
What was the maximum funding amount available (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling listed for this opportunity was $33,000.
How many awards were anticipated?
The opportunity anticipated making a single award.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was listed as unrestricted, meaning it was open to any type of entity, subject to any clarifications that may have been included in the full opportunity text.
When was the opportunity created and when did it close?
The opportunity was created on November 16, 2018, and had an original closing date of November 20, 2018.
Is this funding opportunity still open for applications?
No. The posting indicates the recipient had already been selected, meaning it was no longer open for applications at the time reflected in the source data.
What does it mean that the recipient had already been selected?
It means the selection decision had already been made and the opportunity was effectively closed to new applications in the posted record.
What is the CFDA number associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity is associated with CFDA 15.664.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number for this grant?
The Funding Opportunity Number is F19AS00043.
Does the description indicate the agency would be involved during the project?
Yes. Because it was a cooperative agreement, the description indicates the agency expected substantial involvement during implementation, often through coordination, technical input, or shared planning.
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