Closed · F24AS00017 · CFDA 15.679 · Discretionary
F24AS00017 - Species Conservation Catalyst Fund on Songbird Trade
Federal grant opportunity posted by Fish and Wildlife Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $100K-$1M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- December 8, 2023
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
F24AS00017 - Species Conservation Catalyst Fund on Songbird Trade is a closed discretionary listing from Fish and Wildlife Service that offered $100,000 -- $1,000,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- $100K-$1M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 15.679
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - F24AS00017 - Species Conservation Catalyst Fund on Songbird Trade - is cataloged under number F24AS00017 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 15.679, posted by Fish and Wildlife Service. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on August 2, 2023 and last updated on August 4, 2023. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a grant.
Award economics. The award range on file is $100,000 -- $1,000,000. The agency has projected $1.4 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on December 8, 2023. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
$100,000 -- $1,000,000
Close Date
December 8, 2023
Electronically submitted applications must be submitted through GrantSolutions no later than 11:59 PM ET, on the listed application due date. Applications must be submitted in English. Late applications will not be accepted. A confirmation email containing an assigned application number beginning with “FWS-” will be sent to applicants upon submission. If you do not receive this email within five days of the opportunity closing date, contact cwt@fws.gov. DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION MORE THAN ONCE. Duplicate applications will be discarded. Please see more information about submission requirements in section D7. Other Submission Requirements. Applicants must have an active registration in SAM to apply.
Posted
August 2, 2023
Est. Total Funding
$1,400,000
Instrument
Grant
Description
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s mission is to work with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The International Affairs Program delivers on this mission through its technical expertise, international conservation experience, and financial assistance by supporting strategic projects that deliver measurable conservation results for priority species and their habitats around the world. The Combating Wildlife Trafficking Program supports innovative projects to reduce wildlife trafficking. In 2022, the program launched the Species Conservation Catalyst Fund (SCCF) to reduce wildlife trafficking for selected species within the complex social-ecological systems across a species’ trade chain. This Notice of Funding Opportunity launches the SCCF’s third species group, songbirds (suborder Passeri or Oscines, order Passeriformes) native to the Guiana Shield and Caribbean. A distinct market within the widespread caged bird trade of Latin America and the Caribbean is the trade of songbirds for singing competitions. Popular in the Guiana Shield of South America and the Caribbean, this sport consists of “racing” male songbirds to assess which bird can sing a specific song the most in a given time. Evidence suggests that potentially 15 wild bird species native to the Guiana Shield and Caribbean – primarily seed-finches, seedeaters, buntings and grosbeaks – may be experiencing local or range-wide declines due to wild harvest for singing competitions. Current practices of international trade of these songbird species for singing competitions is suspected to be a primary driver of declines, in part because songbirds are typically trafficked with high mortality. This funding opportunity solicits projects to reduce the illegal, unsustainable international trade of native songbirds from the Guiana Shield and Caribbean for singing competitions. Proposals are invited for two broad Objectives: (1) addressing the illegal, unsustainable trade of songbirds or (2) convening and coordinating SCCF Songbird award recipients for projects aimed at meeting Objective 1. Support will be provided for 2–5-year grants and cooperative agreements ranging from $50,000 to $200,000 per year. Please review the full “NOFO Description” file in Related Documents for complete details.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Jen Miller, Program Officer cwt@fws.gov
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