Closed · F17AS00136 · CFDA 15.676 · Discretionary
Career Discovery Internship Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by Fish and Wildlife Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $25K-$280K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- March 8, 2017
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
Career Discovery Internship Program is a closed discretionary listing from Fish and Wildlife Service that offered $25,000 -- $280,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 4,242 other opportunities from Fish and Wildlife Service.
- $25K-$280K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 15.676
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Career Discovery Internship Program is closed (last close March 8, 2017). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Fish and Wildlife Service still indexes 4,242 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed March 8, 2017
Est. Total Funding
$250,000
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The purpose of this federal assistance is to attract a culturally and ethnically diverse group of students to serve in Student Conservation Association (SCA) internships on units of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through the Career Discovery Internship Program (CDIP). This service develops stewardship skills in young, diverse women and men while providing the opportunity to explore conservation careers with the Federal Government. As part of the Youth in the Great Outdoors Initiative, the program gives students hands on public lands service. CDIP interns attend a specialized week long orientation and training, learning with Service staff and recipient staff about environmental stewardship, problem solving, work culture and cultural and intergenerational understanding. During the following 12 week program, interns work at various Service sites throughout the country. Substantial involvement on the part of the Service is anticipated for the successful completion of the activities to be funded. In particular, the Service will be/expects to be responsible for reviewing and selecting applicants for each intern position, hosting the orientation at a National Wildlife Refuge, providing several sessions during orientation, supervising interns throughout the summer program, and evaluating interns at the completion of the program. This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement to SCA without competition under justification 505DM 2.14.B.4. Competition for the award is not practical as the Service and the SCA have worked together to develop and implement the CDIP since 2008, and have tailored the program to meet the needs of the Service and the student. SCA is one of the largest and most successful providers of conservation service opportunities for high school and college students. The SCA is uniquely qualified to receive funds from the Service to continue this long-standing and highly effective partnership.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · F17AS00136
Grants.gov marks Career Discovery Internship Program with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Education · Employment, Labor and Training · Environment · Natural Resources (ED;ELT;ENV;NR). 939 other Fish and Wildlife Service listings share this eligibility-code string (22% of 4,243).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Megan Wandag 612-713-5463 megan_wandag@fws.gov
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What to do next
Career Discovery Internship Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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