Opportunity Information: Apply for F20AS00062
This grant opportunity is a discretionary funding announcement from the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), specifically within the FWS Midwest Region, and it sits in the natural resources funding area (CFDA 15.670). It is identified as Funding Opportunity Number F20AS00062 and was originally posted on March 2, 2020, with an original closing date of March 9, 2020. The funding instrument is a grant, and the agency anticipated making a single award under this notice.
A key feature of this opportunity is that it is not a competitive solicitation. The Service stated its intent to make a single-source award, meaning the award would be issued without open competition to a specific recipient: the University of Texas at San Antonio. The maximum funding amount (award ceiling) is up to $50,000, and the expected number of awards is one. In practical terms, this reads as an announcement documenting the government rationale and plan to fund a particular project partner rather than a broad call for applications from multiple organizations.
The purpose of the project is educational and workforce-development focused, tied to the implementation of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Fish and Wildlife Service and the University of Texas at San Antonio. The project is designed to support students from underserved communities by increasing their understanding of the Service's conservation mission and by connecting them with coordinated educational opportunities between the university and the Service. Beyond classroom or informational exposure, the opportunity emphasizes experiential learning that strengthens career development, which typically includes hands-on activities such as field experiences, project-based learning, mentoring, job-shadowing, internships, or other structured professional development opportunities aligned with conservation and natural resource careers.
Although the listing includes an "Eligible Applicants" field that references nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), the narrative description makes clear that the award is intended as a single-source grant to an institution of higher education, namely UT San Antonio. In these kinds of notices, the eligibility line can sometimes reflect a standardized category label in the posting system, while the actual intent and scope are defined by the single-source language in the description. The agency name associated with the opportunity is the Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, and the opportunity category is discretionary, indicating the award is made at the agency's discretion rather than through a mandatory formula program.
Overall, the grant is best understood as targeted support for a partnership program that builds a pipeline for students from underserved backgrounds into conservation-related education and careers, using coordinated programming between UT San Antonio and the Fish and Wildlife Service and emphasizing real-world, career-relevant experiences. The funding level is relatively modest (up to $50,000), consistent with a focused project intended to implement or expand an existing partnership framework established through the MOU.Apply for F20AS00062
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Department of the Interior, United States (U.S.) Fish and Wildlife Service, Science" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.670.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 02, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 09, 2020. (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 $50,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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