FY 2019 Species Recovery Grants to Tribes | NOAA NMFS PRPO 2019 2005745

Opportunity Information: Apply for NOAA NMFS PRPO 2019 2005745

The FY 2019 Species Recovery Grants to Tribes opportunity is a discretionary grant program offered by the Department of Commerce through NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). It is designed to provide federal financial assistance to tribal nations for the conservation and recovery of species protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). NMFS emphasizes that many ESA-listed marine and anadromous species have unique cultural, subsistence, and ecological importance to tribes, and the program is meant to support and strengthen tribal conservation efforts where NMFS has jurisdiction.

The core purpose of the grants is to help tribes carry out conservation programs that benefit endangered, threatened, candidate, or proposed species, and to support post-delisting monitoring for species that have recovered and been removed from the ESA list. The scope is intentionally broad: funded projects can include the development and implementation of management plans, scientific research and monitoring, and public education or outreach activities that contribute to recovery goals. NMFS also encourages proposals that align with its Species in the Spotlight initiative, which highlights a small set of critically endangered species needing focused attention. For FY 2019, NMFS specifically encouraged projects that address recovery actions for the Gulf of Maine distinct population segment of Atlantic salmon, white abalone, Cook Inlet beluga whales (Cook Inlet DPS), Hawaiian monk seal, Pacific leatherback sea turtle, and the southern resident DPS of killer whales.

Eligibility is limited to federally recognized tribes and to organizations of federally recognized tribes that have delegated authority to represent a tribe on matters related to ESA-listed, candidate, or proposed species. The notice gives an example of an eligible tribal organization, such as the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, to clarify that intertribal or tribally authorized entities may apply when they are formally empowered to act on behalf of a federally recognized tribe in this subject area. This program is not open to the general public, universities, states, or non-tribal nonprofits unless they are applying as part of an eligible tribal entity with the required authority.

A key restriction is that proposals focused on ESA-listed, candidate, or proposed Pacific salmon or steelhead will not be considered under this specific grant program. NMFS directs those types of projects to a different funding stream, the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund, signaling that applicants should carefully match their species and project focus to the correct federal program before submitting.

For FY 2019, the opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: NOAA NMFS PRPO 2019 2005745; CFDA: 11.472) had an anticipated maximum award amount (award ceiling) of $100,000, with NMFS expecting to make about three awards. The opportunity was posted on August 1, 2018, with an original application deadline of October 30, 2018. The funding activity aligns with environment and natural resources as well as science, technology, and other research and development, reflecting that projects can range from on-the-ground management to technical studies and community education.

Overall, this grant program functions as a targeted tool for supporting tribally led ESA recovery work for NMFS-managed marine and anadromous species, with special encouragement for projects that contribute to the recovery of a short list of the most at-risk species under Species in the Spotlight, while explicitly excluding Pacific salmon and steelhead proposals that belong in other NOAA funding channels.

• The Department of Commerce in the environment, natural resources, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2019 Species Recovery Grants to Tribes" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.472.
• This funding opportunity was created on Aug 01, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 30, 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 $100,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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