ClosedOpportunity F22AS00262

F22AS00262 - Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund: Conservation Planning Assistance Grants

Fish and Wildlife Service · Department of the Interior

At a glance

F22AS00262 - Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund: Conservation Planning Assistance Grants is a closed federal grant opportunity from the Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior). The application deadline was July 13, 2022. Individual awards are listed as $10K – $1M, with $8.36M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include state governments. Cost sharing or matching is required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 15.615 (Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Apr 28, 2022Posted
Jul 13, 2022Application deadline

Posted: Apr 28, 2022
Close date: Jul 13, 2022
Award floor: $10,000
Award ceiling: $1,000,000
Est. total funding: $8,362,000
Expected awards: Not specified
Cost sharing: Required
Funding instrument: Grant
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

State governments

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

Only State agencies that have entered into a Cooperative Agreement pursuant to Section 6(c) of the ESA and have provided the information necessary for the annual renewal (reconfirmation) of their Cooperative Agreement are eligible to apply for funding. Applicants that have not fulfilled both criteria will not be considered. While funding may only be awarded to States, individuals or groups such as counties or conservation organizations may work with a State agency that has a cooperative agreement on conservation efforts that are mutually beneficial, as a subgrantee.

Also named in the notice's eligibility text

County governments

Matched from the wording above by GrantsJunction — confirm in the full announcement.

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

The Conservation Planning Assistance Grant program provides funding to States to support the development of new Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs), Safe Harbor Agreements (SHAs), and Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances (CCAAs). Funding may also be used to support the renewal or amendment of existing HCPs, SHAs, and CCAAs. The development of HCPs that include only candidate or at-risk species (i.e., no Federally listed species covered by the HCP), such that the HCP would be in place if the species is listed, is also supported through this program.  Funding may be used to support development and planning activities such as document preparation, public outreach, baseline species surveys, habitat assessments, and inventories.  The preparation of environmental compliance review documents, such as National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), is also an eligible use of grant funds.

Full announcement & documents

The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

15.615Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation FundProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 15.615

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$86.9M

FY25

—

FY26

$40.2M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 15.615. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Who was funded under ALN 15.615

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, 583 grant awards had funding actions under Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, with 49 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE$10.9M
ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES$9.26M
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES$4.94M
STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF LAND & NATURAL RESOURCES$4.29M
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE$4.27M

Recipients, states, recent awards and sub-awards →Source: USAspending.gov.

Agency contact (as published)

Fish and Wildlife Service
Kelly_Niland@fws.gov
22041-3803

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for this opportunity?

The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: State governments. Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through this opportunity?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $10k – $1m and total estimated program funding is $8,362,000.

How do I apply for this opportunity?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity F22AS00262), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

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