PKG00246844-instructions.pdf

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Application Instructions

Funding Opportunity Announcement Number: F19AS00069

Project Title: 2020 Fisheries Resource Monitoring Program

Agency/Program Name: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7, Office of Subsistence Management

Full Announcement URL https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/frmp/funding

Authorities:

Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, 16 USC 661 to 667 (d), and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), 16 USC 3101- 3233.

Please see the full announcement at the URL listed in the above table. The full announcement is also available on grants.gov for your review. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the individuals 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

□ SF-424, Application for Federal Assistance or Application for Federal Assistance-Individual

□ SF-424B, Assurances

□ Project Executive Summary

□ Project Narrative/Investigation Plan (including Letters of Support from participating communities or entities)

• Issue Addressed

• Background

• Objectives

• Project Activities and Methods o Project Area o Project Design o Data Collection and Reduction o Data Analysis

• Project Monitoring and Evaluation

• Investigator Ability and Resources

• Consultations

• Partnership and Capacity Building https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/frmp/funding

• Budget Summary

• Deliverables/Products

• Schedule

• References

□ Map of Project Area

□ Resumes or abbreviated curriculum vitae - no more than five pages for each Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator(s) including evidence of ability and resources, such as reprints and letters of support

□ Budget spreadsheet: Excel Budget Table Template (accessible at the Monitoring Programs webpage)

□ SF-424A budget form

□ Budget Narrative

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

□ Indirect Cost Statement (when applicable)

□ Conflict of Interest Disclosure (when applicable)

□ Single Audit Reporting Statement (when applicable)

□ 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-LLL, Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (when applicable)

□ Overlap or Duplication of Effort Statement

Federal Applicant Checklist (for Federal Applicants only)

□ Project Executive Summary

□ Project Narrative/Investigation Plan (including Letters of Support from participating communities or entities)

• Issue Addressed

• Background

• Objectives

• Project Activities and Methods o Project Area o Project Design o Data Collection and Reduction o Data Analysis

• Project Monitoring and Evaluation

• Investigator Ability and Resources

• Consultations

• Partnership and Capacity Building

• Budget Summary

• Deliverables/Products

• Schedule

• References

□ Map of Project Area

□ Resumes or abbreviated curriculum vitae - no more than five pages for each Principal

Investigator and Co-Investigator(s)

□ Budget spreadsheet: Excel Budget Table Template (accessible at the Monitoring Programs webpage)

□ Budget Narrative

□ Federally-funded equipment list: If Federally-funded equipment will be used for the project, a list of that equipment: Written notification of any actual or potential conflicts of interest that may arise during the life of this award.

□ Conflict of Interest Disclosures

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

Submission Instructions Download the Application Package linked to this Funding Opportunity on Grants.gov to begin the application process. The Application Package may also be accessed on the Monitoring Program’s webpage. Downloading and saving the Application Package to your computer makes the required government-wide standard forms fillable and printable. Completed applications may be submitted through Grants.gov or by email to fw7_fa_cgs@fws.gov (Office of Contracting and General Services).

This program encourages applicants to submit their applications online through Grants.gov. Follow these steps to apply through Grants.gov.

1. Register with Grants.gov Applicants must first register an account with Grants.gov and complete all steps of the registration process before they can apply through Grants.gov. Grants.gov registration requires the entity to create an account, create an account profile, and establish authorized profile roles, including the applicant’s authorized representative. Registration can take three to five business days or longer, if you do not complete the required steps in a timely manner.

2. Grants.gov Workspace Application Grants.gov applicants apply online using Workspace. Workspace is a shared, online environment where members of a grant team may simultaneously access and edit different webforms within an application. For each funding opportunity announcement, you can create individual instances of a workspace. To apply, the applicant will create, complete, and submit a Workspace application package for this Funding Opportunity directly on Grants.gov. Grants.gov https://www.doi.gov/subsistence/frmp/funding mailto:fw7_fa_cgs@fws.gov recommends submitting your application package at least 24-48 hours prior to the close date to allow time to correct any potential technical issues that may disrupt the application submission. When attaching files to the Grants.gov application, please do not assign file names longer than 20 characters, including spaces. File names longer than 20 characters will prevent your application received by Grants.gov from automatically downloading into the Service’s financial assistance management system. Applicants using slow internet, such as dial-up connections, should be aware that the transmission of the application to Grants.gov takes time.

Grants.gov sends either an error message or a “successfully received” message by email to the applicant’s authorized representative once the transmission is complete. Please do not end the transmission process before receiving that message.

3. Proof of Timely Submission Grants.gov automatically generates an electronic date and time stamp in the system upon application receipt. Grants.gov sends an acknowledgement of receipt with the date and time stamp and a unique Grants.gov application tracking number to the authorized representative by email. This email from Grants.gov serves as your proof of timely submission.

4. Submitting an Application by Email 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. Email your application to fw7_fa_cgs@fws.gov (Office of Contracting and General Services). Your submission package may be submitted in several documents.

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.

5. Federal Agency Applicants Federal Agency Applicants may submit proposal for funding under this Notice of Funding Eligibility 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 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!

mailto:fw7_fa_cgs@fws.gov

Submission deadline:

All proposals must be received by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service by 5:00 pm Alaska Standard Time March 15, 2019.

Agency Contacts:

Pippa Kenner, Anthropologist Office of Subsistence Management U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1011 East Tudor Road, MS 121 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 phone: 907-786-3883

Frank Harris, Fishery Biologist Office of Subsistence Management U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1011 East Tudor Road, MS 121 Anchorage, Alaska 99503 phone: 907-786-3396

Michelle St. Peters Grants Management Specialist Office of Subsistence Management U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1011 East Tudor Road, MS 121 Anchorage, Alaska 99503-6199 phone: 907-786-3691 email: michelle_stpeters@fws.gov

Submission Instructions