Closed · F20AS00071 · CFDA 15.660 · Discretionary

Fiscal Year 2020 Candidate Conservation Action Funds

Federal grant opportunity posted by Fish and Wildlife Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$100-$1M
Award range
Closed
Status
September 30, 2020
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Fiscal Year 2020 Candidate Conservation Action Funds is a closed discretionary listing from Fish and Wildlife Service that offered $100 -- $1,000,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 4,242 other opportunities from Fish and Wildlife Service.

$100-$1M
award range
Closed
application status
15.660
CFDA program
4,242
other opportunities from Fish and Wildlife Service

Archived opportunity record

Fiscal Year 2020 Candidate Conservation Actio… is closed (last close September 30, 2020). 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 September 30, 2020

Posted Apr 3 Closes Sep 30

Instrument

Procurement Contract

Description

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Ecological Services Program provides Federal financial assistance on a competitive basis to states, landowners, educators, non-profit organizations, researchers and other potential partners to secure information about candidate and other at-risk species to avert listing of species pursuant to the Endangered Species Act, and to help conserve the ecosystems upon which these species depend.The overall goal of this Candidate Conservation funding opportunity is based on cooperative relationships with states, non-profit organizations, private landowners and those interested in habitat restoration or undertaking candidate and at-risk species research, surveys and monitoring, or educational outreach efforts. Work may be done via cooperative agreement and project grants.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · F20AS00071

Grants.gov marks Fiscal Year 2020 Candidate Conservation Actio… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). 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: Procurement Contract. Funding-activity codes span Environment · Natural Resources (ENV;NR). 1,011 other Fish and Wildlife Service listings share this eligibility-code string (24% of 4,243).

Code 99
Unrestricted / see official listing

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.

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Agency Contact

Sonjia Harris 703 358-1867 Sonjia_Harris@fws.gov

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What to do next

Fiscal Year 2020 Candidate Conservation Actio… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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