Fish and Wildlife Coordination Assistance Programs | F18AS00352

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The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Assistance Programs opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F18AS00352) is a discretionary federal grant offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service under CFDA 15.664. It is structured as a cooperative agreement, which generally means the Fish and Wildlife Service expects to have an active partnership role during the project rather than simply issuing funds and stepping back. The opportunity sits in the Science and Technology and other Research and Development activity category and was created on September 20, 2018, with an original application closing date of September 28, 2018. The stated award ceiling is $30,000, and the posting lists expected awards as 0, which can indicate that funding may be highly targeted, contingent on availability, or intended for a specific partner or limited circumstance.

The purpose of the award is to provide partial support for a coordinator position focused on monarch butterfly work, specifically conservation, research, monitoring, and outreach. Rather than funding a broad on-the-ground restoration program directly, the grant centers on coordination and capacity-building: maintaining momentum among partners, aligning activities, and improving how information is shared and used. A major deliverable implied by the description is organizing key partners to develop and participate in a collaborative webinar series hosted through the Fish and Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center (FWS NCTC). This suggests the coordinator would be responsible for convening agencies, researchers, NGOs, and other stakeholders, shaping webinar topics and agendas, scheduling speakers, and ensuring the series supports practical conservation outcomes.

Another core emphasis is building and maintaining a program that integrates science, conservation planning tools, and ongoing conservation efforts. In practical terms, that points to work like synthesizing current research findings into usable guidance, helping partners apply decision-support or planning frameworks, tracking conservation actions that are already underway, and identifying gaps where additional monitoring or targeted actions are needed. The intention is to create a more connected and coherent monarch conservation effort where research, planning tools, and field actions reinforce each other, rather than operating in separate silos.

The grant is explicitly tied to the policy and regulatory context around the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The description notes that the work will benefit USFWS in the wake of an ESA listing decision that was due in 2019. That framing indicates the coordinator role is meant to support the Service and partners during a period when strong coordination, credible information, and documented conservation progress could be especially important. By improving collaboration and information flow, the funded position would help ensure the Service and partners are better prepared to respond to and implement conservation strategies following the listing decision, whatever the outcome.

Eligibility is listed as "Others," with additional clarification expected in the full eligibility text (not included in the excerpt). That category often signals that the competition may be intended for specific non-federal partners or organizations that meet particular criteria described in the full announcement. Overall, the opportunity is a relatively small, targeted award intended to strengthen monarch conservation efforts through partner coordination, training and outreach via a webinar series, and improved integration of scientific knowledge and conservation planning into ongoing work that supports USFWS priorities.

• The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fish and Wildlife Coordination Assistance Programs" 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 Sep 20, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 28, 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 $30,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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