Monarch Joint Venture Program Support | F17AS00145

Opportunity Information: Apply for F17AS00145

The Monarch Joint Venture Program Support opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F17AS00145) is a discretionary Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service funding action structured as a cooperative agreement within the Natural Resources activity area (CFDA 15.649). Rather than launching a brand-new competitive program, the stated purpose is to amend an existing cooperative agreement with the University of Minnesota. In practical terms, this means the agency is looking to continue and expand an ongoing partnership arrangement, using a cooperative agreement mechanism that typically involves substantial federal involvement or collaboration during the project.

The core goal of the amendment is capacity-building for a national-scale monarch monitoring effort and related conservation projects. The funding is aimed at developing or strengthening the training, communications, and technological infrastructure needed to support and coordinate monitoring across multiple audiences. A central emphasis is engaging diverse monitoring participants, explicitly including citizen scientists, which suggests a focus on building tools, materials, and systems that make it easier for non-professionals and partner organizations to contribute consistent, usable monitoring data. The work described points toward creating or improving things like standardized training resources, outreach and communication channels, data collection or reporting platforms, and other enabling infrastructure that allows many participants to operate under a shared monitoring framework.

The opportunity is offered under the authority of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, which provides a legal basis for cooperative efforts that support fish and wildlife conservation, including coordination and partnership work that can enhance habitat and species conservation outcomes. Key administrative details include a posted creation date of March 3, 2017 and an original closing date of March 10, 2017, indicating a short window typical of actions that are tied to an existing agreement or a specific partner arrangement. The listed award ceiling is $259,167. The notice shows expected awards as 0, which is consistent with an amendment action where funding may be applied to an existing award rather than anticipated as a new standalone award competition.

Eligibility is listed as unrestricted (open to any type of entity), with the caveat that any limitations would be described in an additional eligibility clarification field. However, the narrative description makes it clear that the intended action is to amend an existing cooperative agreement with the University of Minnesota, so the practical applicant/recipient in this case is effectively defined by that existing partnership context.

• The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Monarch Joint Venture Program Support" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.649.
• This funding opportunity was created on Mar 03, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 10, 2017. (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 $259,167.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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