Wildlife Without Borders – Amphibians in Decline

Active

Assistance listing
15.672
Agency
Grant awards
16 $343,391 in federal obligations

Program facts

Assistance type
  • Project Grant
Eligible applicants
  • Sponsored organization
Treasury account
  • 14-1611-0-1-302
More information

Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated . Grant award figures come from USAspending.gov.

About this program

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service is no longer accepting applications under the Wildlife Without Borders – Amphibians in Decline program (CFDA 15.672); the program is closed to new submissions. The most recent grant award was issued on September 1, 2015, and the most recently posted grant opportunity closed on June 19, 2015.

The program funded concrete conservation actions to prevent extinction of critically endangered amphibian species, including habitat protection, veterinary and wildlife health interventions, execution of species survival plans, capacity building for local conservation practitioners, mitigation of exploitation and wildlife-human conflict, and rehabilitation and rescue of at-risk populations. Project work occurred within species range or demonstrated clear conservation relevance when conducted outside range.

Across its active funding period from 2011 through 2015, the program issued 16 Project Grants totaling $343 thousand in federal obligations ($878 thousand combined federal and non-federal dollars). The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service issued 15 of those awards ($314 thousand federal dollars); the remaining award was issued by Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters ($30 thousand). Awards ranged from under $5 thousand to approximately $164 thousand. Award cadence peaked in 2014 and 2015, with four and five awards respectively, after lower activity in 2013.

Representative funded projects include building capacity to reintroduce Panamanian golden frogs in Panama ($57 thousand, 2015); conservation of the critically endangered Somuncura frog in Argentina ($51 thousand, 2015); priming immune function of endangered Panama golden frogs prior to reintroduction ($30 thousand, 2015); protecting golden mantella frogs from gold mining in Madagascar ($122 thousand, 2014); and a population assessment and survey of chytrid infection in a newly discovered endangered amphibian population ($164 thousand, 2012). Applicants included U.S. and non-domestic non-profit organizations, government agencies, institutions of higher education, and individuals with demonstrated amphibian conservation experience. Because the program is no longer active, organizations should not pursue new submissions under this Assistance Listing.

Objective and description

Objective

The goal of this grants program is to provide funding for specific conservation actions that have a high likelihood of creating durable benefits to amphibian species facing immediate threat of extinction, such as: Protection of at-risk populations; Veterinary/wildlife health interventions; Activities related to execution of species survival plans; Strengthening local capacity to conserve the target species; Actions addressing unsustainable exploitation; Efforts to mitigate or stop wildlife-human conflict; and Rehabilitation and rescue. Proposed project work should occur within the species range, or, if work is to be conducted outside of the range, the proposal should show a clear relevance to its conservation.

Description

This program is no longer active.

Eligibility

Applicant eligibility

Applications may be submitted by any non-domestic (outside of the United States) government agency responsible for amphibian conservation and any other U.S.-based or non-domestic public or private organization or institution or individual with demonstrated experience in amphibian conservation.

Beneficiary eligibility

Non-domestic (outside of the United States) government agencies responsible for amphibian conservation and any other U.S.-based or non-domestic public or private non-governmental organization or institution or individual with demonstrated experience in amphibian conservation.

Uses of assistance

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Length and time phasing of assistance

Program obligates funds and sends a notice of award to successful applicants.

How to apply

Application procedure

The program announcement and application instructions for this program can be found at the Grants.gov website: http://www.grants.gov. Complete application information can also be found at http://www.fws.gov/international/grants-and-reporting/how-to-apply.html, or, if unable to access the website, by requesting a paper copy from the Division of International Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 100, Arlington, VA 22203, Telephone: (703) 358-1754. A proposal will not be considered complete if required elements are not submitted as instructed. U.S. applicants must submit (among other elements) a complete, signed Standard Form 424 Application for Federal Assistance.

Award procedure

Projects are reviewed and competitively selected for funding based on established criteria. Review criteria can be found in the application information at http://www.fws.gov/international/grants-and-reporting/how-to-apply.html. Once a proposal has been selected for funding, an FWS approving official executes an Assistance Award between the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Recipient. Fully executed Awards are sent to the Recipient either electronically or through the mail. The Division of International Conservation then administers all other aspects of the Assistance Award.

Time to approval or disapproval

Decisions on funding of project proposals will be made within 180 days after the receipt of the project proposal.

Renewals

Recipients may request funding for a subsequent year/cycle of a currently funded project. However, these requests are subject to the same submission, review, and approval requirements as all new applications. This program will fund any approved renewal application as new award, not as an amendment to an existing award. Recipients may request approval for budget and project plan revisions of funded projects, including period of performance and reporting due date extensions, in accordance with 2 CFR 200.

Grant opportunities

Opportunity Status Posted Applications due
Wildlife Without Borders-Amphibians in Decline F15AS00186 Closed
Wildlife Without Borders Amphibians in Decline F12AS00057 Closed

Grant awards

Award Recipient Federal obligations Awarded
Conserving a newly discovered population of the critically endangered robber frog craugastor raonides in an amphibian F15AP00971 Paso Pacifico $24,994
Building capacity to reintroduce panamanian golden frogs back into the wild in panama. F15AP00969 Smithsonian Institution $27,012
Priming immune function of endangered panama golden frogs prior to reintroduction in panama F15AP00968 University Of Mass At Boston $29,736
Conserving the critically endangered somuncura frog (pleurodema somuncurensis) in somuncura plateau, in argentina. F15AP00962 Universidad Nacional Del Centro De La Provincia De Buenos Aires $25,000
A community-based approach to saving the last remaining population of the critically endangered togo slippery frog… F14AP00914 Herp Conservation Ghana $7,698
Management program for the conservation of the recently rediscovered hula painted frog latonia nigriventer F14AP00886 Ruppin Academic Center $25,000
Studying disease resistance to reduce the threat of chytridiomycosis to panamanian golden frogs F14AP00750 Smithsonian Institution $28,740
Conserving the critically endangered somuncura from (pleurodema somuncurensis) in somuncura plateau, patagonia… F14AP00749 Universidad Nacional Del Centro De La Provincia De Buenos Aires $24,380
Protecting the golden mantella frogs from gold mining in golden ponds F14AP00748 Madagasikara Voakajy $25,000
Construction of the centro jambatu amphibian assurance facility in qutio, ecuador F13AP01070 Zoological Subdistrict Of The Metropolitan Zoological Park And Museum District $24,700

Latest 10 of 16 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.

Top recipients by federal obligations

10 of 12 recipients listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.

Federal obligations by fiscal year

Fiscal year Federal obligations
FY2019 -$237
FY2017 $4,545
FY2015 $102,014
FY2014 $111,238
FY2013 $24,700
FY2012 $101,131

Quick answers

What is Assistance Listing 15.672?

Assistance Listing 15.672 is Wildlife Without Borders – Amphibians in Decline, a federal grant program run by Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior).

What is the CFDA number for Wildlife Without Borders – Amphibians in Decline?

Its CFDA number is 15.672: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.

How much funding has Assistance Listing 15.672 awarded?

16 grant awards under 15.672 have obligated $343,391 in federal funds to 12 recipients.

Who receives the most funding from 15.672?

The recipients obligated the most under Wildlife Without Borders – Amphibians in Decline are Smithsonian Institution ($55,752), Wildlife Conservation Society ($49,896) and Universidad Nacional Del Centro De La Provincia De Buenos Aires ($49,380).

Are there open grant opportunities under 15.672?

No opportunity listed under 15.672 is open now. The latest, Wildlife Without Borders-Amphibians in Decline, was posted on April 17, 2015.

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