Noxubee River System and Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge | F15AS00467

Opportunity Information: Apply for F15AS00467

The funding opportunity titled "Noxubee River System and Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge" (Funding Opportunity Number F15AS00467) is a discretionary cooperative agreement issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under CFDA 15.650. It falls within the broad activity areas of education, environment, science and technology, and research and development, with an overall purpose of strengthening the scientific foundation used to manage natural resources and improving public understanding of conservation and preservation efforts connected to the Noxubee River System and the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.

The core work described for the project centers on building and sharing knowledge that supports on-the-ground management decisions. The Service indicates that the project scope includes literature research, collection of relevant data and information, analysis of the collected materials, and dissemination of results. In practical terms, that implies synthesizing existing research, assembling or compiling datasets or field information as needed, evaluating and interpreting those materials to produce usable findings, and then distributing the outputs in ways that can inform refuge management and educate or engage the public. The emphasis is not only on generating information, but on organizing it so it can be applied to conservation planning, habitat and wildlife management, and broader public awareness.

Although the notice lists eligible applicants broadly (including federal, state, and local government agencies; federally recognized Tribal governments; and public or private nonprofit institutions and organizations), the key point is that this is not an open, competitive grant opportunity. The announcement is explicitly a notice of intent to award to a single source, and there is no full funding announcement or request for applications associated with it. The Service states that the decision not to compete the award is based on departmental policy (505 DM 2.14(B)(2)) and is made at the agency's discretion. As a result, interested parties are not being invited to submit proposals, and the process is structured around awarding a single cooperative agreement rather than selecting from multiple applicants.

Administratively, the opportunity was created on 2015-09-23 with an original closing date listed as 2015-09-30, reflecting the short window typical of public notices that document an intended single-source award rather than a standard competitive solicitation. The expected number of awards is one, and the award ceiling is listed as 0, which usually indicates that the public notice does not specify a maximum funding amount in the posting itself (rather than implying no funding will be provided). Overall, the notice functions primarily as a transparency and compliance step to document the Service's intent to fund a specific partner through a cooperative agreement focused on research, analysis, and information-sharing to support conservation and resource management in the Noxubee area.

• The Fish and Wildlife Service in the education, environment, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Noxubee River System and Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.650.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2015-09-23.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2015-09-30. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.

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