Opportunity Information: Apply for F18AS00333
The Southwest Region Migratory Bird Program grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F18AS00333) is a U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service funding announcement focused on natural resource work under CFDA 15.655. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically means the Fish and Wildlife Service expects to be substantially involved in coordinating or supporting the project as it is carried out rather than simply issuing funds and stepping back. The opportunity was posted on September 4, 2018, with an original closing date of September 10, 2018, indicating a very short window that aligns with the way certain targeted or pre-identified awards are sometimes processed.
This particular opportunity is explicitly described as a single-source award made under DOI policy 505 DM 2.14 B(1), which covers unsolicited proposals. In practical terms, that means the agency is not running a broad, competitive solicitation intended to fund multiple applicants. Instead, it is documenting a justification for supporting a specific recipient because of unique qualifications that make them the best or only reasonable choice for the work. While the eligibility field lists applicants as "unrestricted," the narrative makes clear the intent is to fund one expected award to a specific institution.
The intended recipient is Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK). The project they are being selected to perform is titled "Evaluation of the Western Gulf Coast Mottled Duck Breeding Population Survey." The purpose, as described, is to evaluate the breeding population survey for mottled ducks along the western Gulf Coast, which implies assessing the survey's design, implementation, data quality, and usefulness for estimating population status or trends. Mottled ducks are a Gulf Coast-associated waterfowl species, so a breeding population survey is a key tool for informing management decisions, conservation priorities, and potential regulatory or habitat actions tied to migratory bird program responsibilities.
The justification for selecting TAMUK centers on several specific strengths: their location in the middle of mottled duck habitat in the region of interest; access to multiple relevant datasets; alignment with ongoing research topics and the ability to leverage additional funding sources; and in-house expertise within their program. The announcement also emphasizes TAMUK's capacity to organize and coordinate the project's work because of their proximity to the field setting and their established working relationship and track record with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 Migratory Bird Program. That combination of geographic access, data access, subject-matter expertise, and existing coordination history is presented as the reason they are "uniquely qualified" for the evaluation.
Financially, the award ceiling is listed as $203,818, with one expected award. Because it is a cooperative agreement within the Fish and Wildlife Service migratory bird program context, the funding is aimed at applied conservation science and program support rather than general academic research. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a targeted, justified partnership with TAMUK to evaluate and strengthen a specific monitoring survey used to track mottled duck breeding populations along the western Gulf Coast, supporting the agency's broader migratory bird management and conservation mission.Apply for F18AS00333
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Southwest Region Migratory Bird Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.655.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 04, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 10, 2018. (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 $203,818.00 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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