Wildlife Conservation and Restoration | F18AS00278

Opportunity Information: Apply for F18AS00278

The Wildlife Conservation and Restoration opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F18AS00278) is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service notice indicating the agency plans to make a single-source cooperative agreement award, rather than running a standard competitive grant process. In practical terms, this means there is no full funding announcement to respond to and no open competition where multiple applicants submit proposals for review. Even though the eligibility field is listed as "unrestricted," the text of the notice makes clear that the Service has already identified the intended recipient and is proceeding as a sole-source action.

The Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to award this cooperative agreement to the Smithsonian Institution. The purpose of the award is to develop an Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) plan focused on endangered mammals and non-native species at Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge. The notice specifically highlights two federally endangered species that would be central to the work: the Key Largo woodrat and the Key Largo cotton mouse. An I&M plan in this context generally refers to a structured framework for how the refuge and partners will consistently track population status, habitat conditions, threats, and management outcomes over time, using defined survey methods, schedules, performance measures, and data-management approaches.

This opportunity is categorized under Science and Technology and other Research and Development and is associated with CFDA number 15.247. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically signals a more collaborative relationship than a standard grant, with substantial involvement by the federal agency in planning, technical input, coordination, or oversight during the project. The award ceiling is listed as $30,000, and the expected number of awards is one, consistent with the single-source intent described in the notice.

Key administrative details in the posting show it was created on July 30, 2018, with an original closing date of August 6, 2018. That short window aligns with how sole-source notices are often handled: they function more as a public transparency step than as an invitation for competing applications. Anyone looking at this listing should interpret it as an announcement of the government s intent to fund a specific partner to produce a targeted conservation monitoring plan for Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, with emphasis on assessing and guiding conservation actions for the Key Largo woodrat and Key Largo cotton mouse while also addressing non-native species concerns.

• 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 "Wildlife Conservation and Restoration" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.247.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jul 30, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 06, 2018 THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE ANNOUNCEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NOTICE.. (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.
• 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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