This grant is for the purpose of organizing and executing a first-ever national symposium on whitetail deer. The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA), with its unparalleled staff expertise and extensive network of stakeholders including state agencies, academics, and landowners, is uniquely qualified to lead this initiative. The symposium aims to establish a comprehensive agenda and secure participant buy-in for critical whitetail deer management strategies. This effort holds vital interest for the National Wildlife Refuge System, which oversees 426 refuges encompassing millions of acres within whitetail deer habitats. QDMA will utilize its robust communication systems to ensure effective organization, broad participant engagement, and dissemination of the symposium’s outcomes.
Opportunity ID: 108153
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 9321010070 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Whitetail Symposium |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment |
| Category Explanation: | The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) is uniquely qualified for this award. QDMA’s own staff is the most comprehensive single collection of whitetail deer experts in the world. In addition, through its work with state agencies, health labs, academics, corporations, and landowners, QDMA has unequalled access to a more extensive network of experts and stakeholders relevant to whitetail deer management. This award requires QDMA to use those networks to establish an agenda and participant buy-in for a first-ever national symposium on whitetail deer. This symposium is of vital interest to the National Wildlife Refuge System which manages 426 refuges totalling 10 million acres within the range of whitetail deer. In addition, QDMA has unique communication systems, both web-based and print, which can be used to organize this symposium, engage participants, and communicate outcomes. |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.631 — Partners for Fish and Wildlife |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 26, 2011 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 31, 2011 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 31, 2011 |
| Archive Date: | Sep 30, 2011 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $40,000 |
| Award Floor: | $40,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This opportunity is not a request for applications. The determination not to compete is based on Department Policy (4) Unique Qulifications – The applicant is uniquely qulified to perform the activity based upona variety of demonstrable factors such as locatin, property ownership, voluntary support capacity, cost-sharing ability, if applicable, technicle expertise, or other such unique qulifictions. See notice of intent under full annoucement |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) is uniquely qualified for this award. QDMA’s own staff is the most comprehensive single collection of whitetail deer experts in the world. In addition, through its work with state agencies, health labs, academics, corporations, and landowners, QDMA has unequalled access to a more extensive network of experts and stakeholders relevant to whitetail deer management. This award requires QDMA to use those networks to establish an agenda and participant buy-in for a first-ever national symposium on whitetail deer. This symposium is of vital interest to the National Wildlife Refuge System which manages 426 refuges totalling 10 million acres within the range of whitetail deer. In addition, QDMA has unique communication systems, both web-based and print, which can be used to organize this symposium, engage participants, and communicate outcomes. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Larry Williams, Chief of Budget, Performance, and Workforce
(703) 358-2594 Email:Larry.Williams@fws.gov |
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Folder 108153 Full Announcement-1 -> usfws noi lwilliams 93210-1-0070 7-22-11 lw.pdf
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