Arctic Coastal Plain wetland and hydrography mapping | F18AS00259

Opportunity Information: Apply for F18AS00259

The Arctic Coastal Plain wetland and hydrography mapping opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F18AS00259) is a discretionary funding announcement from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Region 7, focused on natural resources and research and development. The purpose of the award is to produce updated land cover spatial datasets for Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain, with particular emphasis on improving wetlands mapping and hydrography (surface water) data. In practical terms, the work supports better, more current geospatial information about where wetlands are located, how they are classified, and how water features such as streams, channels, lakes, and drainage networks are represented across the landscape.

This is a single-source cooperative agreement, meaning the agency has already identified the intended recipient and is not running a competitive process. USFWS states explicitly that the notice is not a request for proposals and that the government does not intend to accept proposals from other organizations. The award is being made under the agency's single-source authority referenced as 505 DM 2.14(B), and the intended awardee is Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (SMUMN). While the eligibility category listed is public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, the single-source structure means that, for this particular announcement, the funding is effectively reserved for SMUMN rather than open to the broader eligible community.

The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates that USFWS expects to have substantial involvement in the project compared with a standard grant. That involvement can include collaboration on technical approaches, coordination on data standards and deliverables, review of interim products, or alignment with agency mapping priorities and management needs. The opportunity has an award ceiling of $375,000, with one expected award, reflecting a single project intended to meet a specific and defined data need for the region.

Administratively, the opportunity was created on July 23, 2018, with an original closing date of August 1, 2018. Even though a closing date is shown, the core message is that the agency is not seeking applications; the date functions more as a procedural marker for the single-source announcement rather than a deadline for competitive submissions. The CFDA number associated with the program is 15.678, and the activity category is listed as natural resources, science and technology, and other research and development, which aligns with the project focus on developing and updating geospatial datasets that can be used for conservation planning, habitat assessment, environmental analysis, and resource management decisions on the Arctic Coastal Plain.

• The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the natural resources, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Arctic Coastal Plain wetland and hydrography mapping" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.678.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jul 23, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 01, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $375,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.

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