Opportunity Information: Apply for F19AS00022
The 2020 Partners for Fisheries Monitoring Program (Funding Opportunity Number F19AS00022) is a competitive, discretionary grant offered by the Department of the Interior through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Subsistence Management (OSM). It is designed to strengthen Alaska Native and rural participation in Federal subsistence management by helping eligible organizations build the staff capacity and community connections needed to engage meaningfully in subsistence fisheries monitoring and related decision-making processes. The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically means recipients should expect an active federal role in shaping, coordinating, or supporting project activities as the work proceeds.
At its core, the program focuses on increasing the ability of Alaska Native and rural nonprofit organizations to contribute to and participate in Federal subsistence management by funding key positions and project capacity. The opportunity specifically emphasizes support for biologists, social scientists, and outreach/educator roles. These funded staff positions are intended to improve local and regional involvement in monitoring efforts, facilitate community-informed data collection and interpretation, and strengthen communication between local communities and federal subsistence management structures. The overall goal is not only to generate useful monitoring information, but also to ensure that Alaska Native and rural perspectives, knowledge systems, and priorities are more effectively represented in federal subsistence management discussions and processes.
A second major emphasis is creating practical, hands-on pathways for local rural students to engage with subsistence resource monitoring and management. The program supports activities such as science camps and paid internships, aiming to connect students with real-world monitoring work and build longer-term interest and skills in fisheries science, resource stewardship, and management. This workforce and youth development component is meant to reinforce community capacity over time by giving rural students direct exposure to scientific approaches, field methods, and the role of monitoring in sustaining subsistence resources.
Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, other Native American tribal organizations, and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations (other than higher education institutions). The funding activity categories associated with the opportunity span education, natural resources, science and technology, and other research and development-related work, reflecting the program’s blend of applied monitoring, community outreach, and training or educational activities.
The opportunity was created on October 17, 2018, with an original closing date of January 31, 2019. OSM anticipated making about six awards, with an award ceiling of $167,000 per award. Overall, this program targets capacity-building in Alaska Native and rural organizations by supporting professional staffing and community-centered monitoring and education efforts that directly enhance engagement in Federal subsistence fisheries management.Apply for F19AS00022
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the education, natural resources, other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification), science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2020 Partners for Fisheries Monitoring Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.636.
- This funding opportunity was created on Oct 17, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 31, 2019. (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 $167,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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What is the 2020 Partners for Fisheries Monitoring Program?
The 2020 Partners for Fisheries Monitoring Program is a competitive, discretionary federal grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Office of Subsistence Management (OSM). It is associated with Funding Opportunity Number F19AS00022.
What is the main purpose of this grant opportunity?
The program is designed to strengthen Alaska Native and rural participation in Federal subsistence management by helping eligible organizations build staff capacity and community connections to engage meaningfully in subsistence fisheries monitoring and related decision-making processes.
Which federal office administers the program?
The opportunity is offered by the Department of the Interior through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Subsistence Management (OSM).
Is this a competitive grant?
Yes. The opportunity is described as a competitive, discretionary grant.
What type of award is used (grant vs. cooperative agreement)?
The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement.
What does it mean that the award is a cooperative agreement?
A cooperative agreement typically means recipients should expect an active federal role in shaping, coordinating, or supporting project activities as the work proceeds.
What kinds of activities does the program support?
Based on the description, the program supports capacity-building for subsistence fisheries monitoring and related engagement in federal subsistence management. It emphasizes funding key positions and strengthening community-centered monitoring, outreach, and education pathways connected to subsistence fisheries monitoring and management.
What is the program trying to strengthen in Alaska Native and rural communities?
The program aims to increase the ability of Alaska Native and rural nonprofit organizations to contribute to and participate in Federal subsistence management by funding staff and project capacity, improving local and regional involvement in monitoring efforts, and strengthening communication between local communities and federal subsistence management structures.
What kinds of staff positions are emphasized for funding?
The opportunity specifically emphasizes support for biologists, social scientists, and outreach/educator roles.
How are the funded staff positions expected to help?
These roles are intended to improve local and regional involvement in monitoring, facilitate community-informed data collection and interpretation, and strengthen communication between local communities and federal subsistence management structures.
Is the program focused only on collecting monitoring data?
No. The program’s goal includes generating useful monitoring information, but it also explicitly aims to ensure Alaska Native and rural perspectives, knowledge systems, and priorities are more effectively represented in federal subsistence management discussions and processes.
Does the program include a youth or student component?
Yes. A major emphasis is creating practical, hands-on pathways for local rural students to engage with subsistence resource monitoring and management.
What types of student-focused activities are supported?
The program supports activities such as science camps and paid internships to connect students with real-world monitoring work and build longer-term interest and skills in fisheries science, resource stewardship, and management.
Why does the program support science camps and internships?
This workforce and youth development component is meant to reinforce community capacity over time by giving rural students direct exposure to scientific approaches, field methods, and the role of monitoring in sustaining subsistence resources.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants include: public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; other Native American tribal organizations; and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations (other than higher education institutions).
Are tribal governments eligible applicants?
Yes. Federally recognized Native American tribal governments are listed as eligible applicants.
Are Native American tribal organizations eligible?
Yes. Other Native American tribal organizations are listed as eligible applicants.
Are nonprofit organizations eligible?
Yes. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations (other than higher education institutions) are listed as eligible applicants.
Are colleges and universities eligible?
Yes. Both public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education are eligible.
What subject areas or funding activity categories does this opportunity fall under?
The funding activity categories span education, natural resources, science and technology, and other research and development-related work.
How many awards were anticipated?
OSM anticipated making about six awards.
What is the maximum funding amount per award?
The award ceiling is $167,000 per award.
When was the opportunity created?
The opportunity was created on October 17, 2018.
What was the original closing date?
The original closing date was January 31, 2019.
What is the overall focus of the program?
The program targets capacity-building in Alaska Native and rural organizations by supporting professional staffing and community-centered monitoring and education efforts that directly enhance engagement in Federal subsistence fisheries management.
How does this program relate to Federal subsistence management?
It is intended to help Alaska Native and rural organizations engage more meaningfully in federal subsistence fisheries monitoring and related decision-making processes, including improving communication and ensuring local perspectives are represented in management discussions.
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