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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Application Instructions

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Please see the full announcement at the URL listed in the above table.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the individual listed below under Agency Contacts.

Failure to provide complete information, as outlined in the announcement and application instructions may cause delays, postponement, or rejection of the application.

Application Checklist

· DUNS Registration (see requirement in Section III Basic Eligibility Requirements, A Duns Registration)

· SAM active registration (see requirement in Section III Basic Eligibility Requirements, B Entity Registration in SAM)

· Evidence of non-profit status: If a non-profit organization, a copy of their Section 501(c)(3) or (4) status determination letter received from the Internal Revenue Service.

· SF 424, Application for Federal Assistance: A complete, signed and dated SF 424, SF 424-Mandatory, or SF 424- Individual form

· SF 424 Budget form: A complete SF 424A or SF 424C Budget Information form

· SF 424 Assurances form: Signed and dated SF 424B or SF 424D Assurances form

· Project summary, if applicable

· Project narrative

· Timetable

· Single Audit Reporting statement: If a U.S. state, local government, federally-recognized Indian tribal government, or non-profit organization, statements regarding applicability of and compliance with 2 CFR 200, Subpart F, Audit Requirement

· Budget justification

· Federally-funded equipment list: If Federally-funded equipment will be used for the project, a list of that equipment

· NICRA: When applicable, a copy of the organization’s current Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement

· Conflict of Interest Disclosures: When applicable, written notification of any actual or potential conflicts of interest that may arise during the life of this award.

· SF LLL form: If applicable, completed SF-LLL Disclosure of Lobbying Activities form

Failure to provide complete information may cause delays, postponement, or rejection of the application.

Submission Instructions SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Applications must be received by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by 5:00 PM Alaska Time, March 23, 2015.

Intergovernmental Review: Before submitting an application, U.S. state and local government applicants should visit the following website (http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants_spoc/) to determine whether their application is subject to the state intergovernmental review process under Executive Order (E.O.) 12372 “Intergovernmental review of Federal Programs.” E.O. 12372 was issued to foster the intergovernmental partnership and strengthen federalism by relying on state and local processes for the coordination and review of proposed Federal financial assistance and direct Federal development. The E.O. allows each state to designate an entity to perform this function. The official list of designated entities is posted on the website. Contact your state’s designated entity for more information on the process the state requires to be followed when applying for assistance. States that do not have a designated entity listed on the website have chosen not to participate in the review process.

Other Submission Requirements:

Completed applications may be submitted by email only.

Download the Application Package linked to this Funding Opportunity on Grants.gov to begin the application process. Downloading and saving the Application Package to your computer makes the required government-wide standard forms fillable and printable. The required SF 424 Application for Federal Assistance and Assurances forms and any other required standard forms MUST be signed by your organization’s authorized official. The Signature and Date fields on the standard forms downloaded from Grants.gov are pre-populated with the text “Completed by Grants.gov upon submission” or “Completed on submission to Grants.gov”. Remove this text (manually or digitally) before signing the forms.

Submitting your proposal via e-mail:

Format all of your documents to print on Letter size (8 ½” x 11”) paper. Format all pages to display and print page numbers. Scanned documents should be scanned in Letter format, as black and white images only. Where possible, save scanned documents in .pdf format. E-mail your proposal to the USFWS program point of contact identified below and in the Grants.gov funding opportunity.

In the event of system problems with e-mail or internet, please contact the points of contact listed below (section VIII).

Submission deadline:

The proposal must be received by the US Fish & Wildlife Service by 5:00 pm Alaska Time March 23, 2015.

VI. Agency Contact:

Bill Pyle Supervisory Wildlife Biologist Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1390 Buskin River Road Kodiak, AK 99615 907-487-0228 Bill_Pyle@fws.gov