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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Application Instructions

Funding Opportunity Announcement Number: F19AS00006

Project Title: Yukon River Salmon Research and Management Assistance FY 2019

Agency/Program Name: Region 7 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Fairbanks Field Office

Full Announcement URL https://www.grants.gov/ https://www.fws.gov/alaska/fisheries/fieldoffice/fairbanks/subsistence /r_m_fund.htm

Authorities: Yukon River Salmon Act, 16 U.S.C. §5701 et seq.

“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

☐ 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 ☐ Description of key personnel qualifications, if applicable ☐ 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 organizations current Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate

Agreement https://www.grants.gov/ https://www.fws.gov/alaska/fisheries/fieldoffice/fairbanks/subsistence/r_m_fund.htm https://www.fws.gov/alaska/fisheries/fieldoffice/fairbanks/subsistence/r_m_fund.htm

☐ 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 ☐ Overlap/Duplication statement

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

Submission Instructions Intergovernmental Review: Before submitting an application, U.S. state and local government applicants should visit the following website (https://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.

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. Completed applications may be submitted by mail, by email, electronically through Grants.gov, or as otherwise described in the Grants.gov funding opportunity. Please select ONE of the submission options:

To submit an application by mail:

Number all pages of your printed application. Mail one, single-sided, unbound copy (do not staple or otherwise permanently bind pages) of your complete application to the Service program point of contact identified in the Grants.gov funding opportunity.

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.

To submit an application by 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 both a word document and .pdf format. E-mail your application to the Service program point of contact identified in the Grants.gov funding opportunity.

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 https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/grants_spoc

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.

To submit an application through Grants.gov:

Go to the Grants.gov Apply for Grants page (http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/apply-for-grants.html) for an overview of the process to apply through Grants.gov. You/your organization must complete the Grants.gov registration process before submitting an application through Grants.gov. Registration can take between three to five business days, or as long as two weeks if all steps are not completed in a timely manner.

Important note on Grants.gov application attachment file names: Please do not assign application attachments file names longer than 20 characters, including spaces. Assigning file names longer than 20 characters will create issues in the automatic interface between Grants.gov and the Service’s financial assistance management system.

If your authorization allows for Federal Partnering and you wish to allow Federal Agencies to apply for funding, use the following language otherwise delete this section:

Federal Agency Applicants may submit proposal for funding under this NOFO as authorized under [enter authorizing authority] and must submit their proposals directly to the granting agency point of contact identified in Section VIII. Agency Contacts. Submission must be either by mail or email as described above (Federal agencies will be rated using the same merit review process as all other applicants).

NOTE: In the event a Fish and Wildlife Service Program submits a proposal and is awarded funding, if they intend to issue a subaward or contract, they MUST go through the applicable standard procurement process. They CANNOT use this announcement for the purpose of awarding a separate contract or financial assistance award!

Submission deadline:

All proposals must be received by the US Fish & Wildlife Service by Detailed proposal packets are to be received by January 4, 2019, 5:00 pm Alaska Standard Time.

Agency Contact:

Matthew Keyse Supervisory Fisheries Biologist Yukon River Salmon R&M Fund Administrator US Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 Fairbanks Fish and Wildlife Service Conservation Office 101 12th Ave., Room 110, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 Phone: 907-456-0418, Fax: 907-456-0454 Email: matthew_keyse@fws.gov http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/apply-for-grants.html mailto:matthew_keyse@fws.gov