NTR FY 2021 SIANSMP Grant Program - V4 - 3-23-21.pdf

Fish and Aquatic Conservation Division of Fish and Aquatic Conservation

Branch of Aquatic Invasive Species

NOTE TO REVIEWERS

FY21 State and Interstate ANS Management Plan Grant Program:

Notice of Funding Opportunity

• This DTS package contains the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Fish and Aquatic

Conservation’s State and Interstate Aquatic Nuisance Species Management Plan (SIANSMP) Grant Program.

• We have received the news that we no longer need to receive the Director’s approval before our NOFO’s can be posted. Assistant Directors in Headquarters have been re-delegated authority to post NOFOs.

• Assistant Secretary Policy, Management, and Budget issued a memo on December 1, 2020, regarding OMB’s Management Procedures Memorandum No. 2021- 01, stating that there is a new 5-day waiting period before we can post the NOFO. The December 1st memo says:

o "Effective immediately, not later than five (5) business days before an agency issues a NOFO posting to Grants.gov, agencies must submit the NOFO to NOFO@omb.eop.gov."

o This OMB approval process remains in place according to Wildlife and Sportfish Restoration Program’s Financial Assistance Support and Oversight (FASO) Branch.

• For FY21, the SIANSMP Grant Program was appropriated $4.084 million to help States, regional organizations and Tribes prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species by supporting their Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Management Plans. Only States with Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force (ANSTF) approved SIANSMPs are eligible to apply for this funding. Grants are distributed based on requested funding amounts and the number of ANSTF-approved plans.

• The NOFO includes a combination of language from the Branch of Aquatic Invasive Species and mandatory financial language provided by FASO.

o The submission date and funding opportunity number will not be filled in until the documents are ready to be entered into GrantSolutions.

• The SIANSMP NOFO will be generated in GrantSolutions and posted on Grants.gov, with pre-proposals due four weeks after the NOFO is posted. BAIS will then review the pre-proposals and alert the applicants when they can start stage two of the grant process within GrantSolutions.

o The closing date is being posted as 8/31/21, but Regional AIS Coordinators will work with their States to get applications submitted earlier than that date.

• The application process for the SIANSMP Grant Program is a two-stage process.

o Stage One - Preliminary National Review - the pre-proposal process managed by Headquarters.

o Stage Two - Regional Office Review and Grant Processing – is handled through each State’s appropriate Service Regional Office.

Program Contact: Craig Martin and Don MacLean Telephone: (703) 358-1932 and (703) 358-2108

Date: March 23, 2021 mailto:NOFO@omb.eop.gov