The USFWS is offering a grant through the Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative to support projects addressing landscape-level conservation in Western Alaska. This grant is open to applicants within or outside the CESU Network. The grant aims to fund projects focusing on topics such as invasive plant identification, coastal change studies outreach, and enhancing social media utilization for conservation purposes. Applications must align with WALCC’s mission to inform conservation practices in the face of landscape stressors, particularly climate change. Closing date for proposals is October 21, 2013.
Opportunity ID: 242594
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | F13AS00352 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative; FY14 |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Environment |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 3 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 15.669 — Cooperative Landscape Conservation |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date:: | Sep 13, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date:: | Sep 13, 2013 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Oct 21, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Oct 21, 2013 |
| Archive Date:: | Nov 21, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | $ 50,000 |
| Award Ceiling:: | $30,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $15,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description:: | Unit (CESUs) Network but is not limited to applicants using the CESU Network. The CESUs network provides research, technical assistance, and education to federal land management, environmental, and research agencies and their partners. The partners serve the biological, physical, social, cultural, and engineering disciplines needed to address natural and cultural resource management issues at multiple scales and in an ecosystem context. Applicants who are not partners within the CESU Network may apply for cooperative assistance funding through this announcement. The USFWS is seeking proposals on behalf of the Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative hereafter shown as WALCC. The Mission of the WALCC is to promote coordination, dissemination, and development of applied science to inform landscape level conservation, including terrestrial marine linkages, in the face of landscape scale stressors, focusing on climate change. This Notice of Funding Availability has three Topics. Topic 1: Invasive Plant Identification and Record input Smartphone App. Topic 2: Develop an outreach/science product overviewing current coastal change studies and related priority information needs in western Alaska. Topic 3: Improve Western Alaska LCCs utilization of social media by identifying Facebook partners and providing advice to LCC staff. |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 2 | Sep 13, 2013 | |
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:
Package No: 1
| Assistance Listings: | 15.669 |
| Competition ID: | |
| Competition Title: | |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00185190 |
| Opening Date: | Sep 13, 2013 |
| Closing Date: | Oct 21, 2013 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | Karen A. Murphy |
| Who Can Apply:: | Organization and Individual Applicants |
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Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) [V2.0] Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A) [V1.0] Assurances for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424B) [V1.1] Project Narrative Attachment Form [V1.1] |
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Packages
| Assistance Listings | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions | Who Can Apply: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.669 | PKG00185190 | Sep 13, 2013 | Oct 21, 2013 | View | Karen A. Murphy | Organization and Individual Applicants |