Alaska Native Organization Co Management Funding Program | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The Alaska Native Organization Co-Management Funding Program is a discretionary federal funding opportunity administered by the Department of Commerce through NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). It is designed to support Alaska Native Organizations (ANOs) and Alaska Native Tribes in conserving and protecting marine mammal species that fall under NMFS jurisdiction, while also strengthening co-management of Alaska Native subsistence use of those marine mammals. The authority for this program comes from 16 U.S.C. 1388, which allows NMFS to provide federal assistance to ANOs for marine mammal conservation and co-management activities tied to subsistence use.

Funding is awarded through cooperative agreements rather than standard grants, which generally signals that NMFS expects substantial involvement or coordination during the project period (for example, technical participation, shared planning, or ongoing collaboration). The program does not require cost sharing or matching funds. The estimated total funding available under the opportunity is $2,700,000. The program is associated with CFDA number 11.439 (Marine Mammal Data Program) and falls within activity areas including environment, natural resources, and scientific research and development.

Projects supported under this opportunity can cover a range of practical conservation and management needs connected to subsistence marine mammals. Examples of eligible activities include developing and implementing species management efforts, monitoring subsistence harvests, collecting harvest samples, conducting scientific research, and carrying out public education and outreach. Applications are expected to align with established conservation priorities, particularly actions identified in an Endangered Species Act (ESA) Recovery Plan or a Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) Conservation Plan when those plans apply. Proposals should also address priorities identified within the funding announcement itself, meaning applicants should frame their work not only as locally important, but also as responsive to federal recovery and conservation planning.

Eligibility is limited and fairly specific. Applicants must be tribally authorized Alaska Native Organizations that already have a signed marine mammal co-management agreement with NMFS and are considered to be in good standing with NMFS. Being in good standing includes several conditions: the organization must have no pending or outstanding enforcement actions under the MMPA or ESA; it must be current on progress and financial reporting for any existing federal awards; it must have a record of satisfactory past performance; and it must be operating within the terms of its co-management agreement. The opportunity also allows flexibility in how funds are administered: an eligible ANO may apply using another entity as a fiscal agent, as long as the application clearly explains the relationship and responsibilities of the ANO and the fiscal agent, with the ANO remaining the lead organization of any consortium. ANOs that do not have an NMFS co-management agreement cannot apply as the primary applicant, but they may participate by collaborating as a subrecipient under an eligible ANO.

A key restriction is jurisdictional: proposals focused on marine mammals managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (rather than NMFS) will not be funded under this program. In other words, applicants need to ensure their target species and activities clearly fall under NMFS authority, since that is a threshold issue for consideration.

The opportunity details provided indicate it was posted on January 3, 2011, with an original and current closing date of February 17, 2011, and an archive date of March 19, 2011. The funding opportunity number is NOAA-NMFS-AK-2011-2002737, titled "Alaska Native Organization Co-Management Funding Program." For access issues related to the full announcement, the listed contact is Steve Drescher, Policy Advisor, particularly for application download problems.

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