Recovery of the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow | F19AS00333

Opportunity Information: Apply for F19AS00333

The grant opportunity titled "Recovery of the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow" (Funding Opportunity Number F19AS00333) is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service notice of intent to make a single-source award rather than a competitive funding announcement. In practical terms, that means there is no full solicitation package for applicants to respond to, and the Service is signaling that it plans to fund one specific partner for this work. The administering agency is the Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, and the award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial involvement by the federal agency in coordinating, guiding, or participating in the project activities as they are carried out.

The stated purpose of the award is to support recovery actions for the Florida grasshopper sparrow (FGSP), scientifically identified as Ammodramus savannarum floridanus. The funding is meant to be used for on-the-ground and/or research-driven activities that contribute directly to the recovery of this imperiled subspecies. While the notice does not list specific tasks or work plans, the framing makes clear that the intent is conservation and recovery implementation rather than general interest research, with activities falling under the broad federal funding activity category of environment, science and technology, and other research and development.

The Service identified The Wildlife Foundation of Florida as the intended recipient. Although the eligibility field is listed as "unrestricted" in the source data, the single-source nature of the notice effectively limits the award to that organization because there is no open competition associated with the posting. The notice also indicates an expectation of only one award (ExpectedAwards: 1). The opportunity was created on August 12, 2019, with an original closing date of August 19, 2019, reflecting a short posting period that is typical for notices of intent tied to directed awards rather than open calls for proposals.

From the administrative details provided, the assistance listing is tied to CFDA number 15.657, and the instrument type is explicitly a cooperative agreement, reinforcing that this is a collaborative federal-partner project. The posting includes an award ceiling value listed as 1, but it does not provide a clear dollar amount in the text shown, so the total funding level cannot be determined from the provided information. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a formal public notice that the Fish and Wildlife Service planned to fund a specific Florida-based conservation partner to conduct targeted recovery work for the Florida grasshopper sparrow, rather than an invitation for multiple entities to apply.

• The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the environment, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Recovery of the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.657.
• This funding opportunity was created on Aug 12, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 19, 2019 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 $1.00 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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