Opportunity Information: Apply for F13AS00100
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- The Fish and Wildlife Service in the environment natural resources science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative Fiscal Year 2013 Research Funding Opportunity Prairie Rivers and Streams" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.670 Adaptive Science.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 26, 2013 and posted on Feb 26, 2013.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 10, 2013 03/10/2013 is the due date for the Letter of Intent. Full proposals will be required by April 19, 2013. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $1,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GPLCC) Fiscal Year 2013 Research Funding Opportunity, focused on Prairie Rivers and Streams (Funding Opportunity Number F13AS00100), was a discretionary grant program offered through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under CFDA 15.670 (Adaptive Science). Its purpose was to fund applied, management-relevant science that helps partners conserve fish, wildlife, and plant resources across the mid- and shortgrass prairie portions of the southern Great Plains. The program emphasized work that supports real-world resource management decisions by addressing landscape-scale stressors affecting prairie river and stream ecosystems within the GPLCC geographic area.
The opportunity anticipated awarding up to $1,000,000 total across selected projects, with awards contingent on the availability of funds. No cost sharing or matching was required. Eligibility was described as unrestricted, meaning proposals could come from a wide range of applicant types (subject to any additional clarifications in the full announcement). The funding instrument was a grant, and the activity categories aligned with environment, natural resources, and science and technology research and development. While an overall funding total was provided, the notice did not specify an award floor or ceiling for individual awards (both listed as 0), which typically signals that project sizes could vary and applicants needed to justify budgets based on scope and deliverables rather than aiming for a preset per-award limit.
The application process was staged. Applicants first had to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) by March 10, 2013. Those invited to proceed would then be expected to submit full proposals by April 19, 2013. This two-step structure suggests the GPLCC intended to screen for fit with priority needs before requiring applicants to invest time in full technical proposals and detailed budgets.
Research priorities were organized into three main science categories identified by the GPLCC Steering Committee as the most pressing needs for prairie rivers and streams. The first category centered on filling critical knowledge gaps about the status and trends of priority species and the habitats they depend on. This included projects that clarify ecological requirements (such as flow needs, habitat use, reproduction, and survival factors) and community-level interactions that influence population viability. The underlying goal was to generate information that directly improves conservation strategies and supports the long-term sustainability of priority populations in prairie river and stream environments.
The second category focused on water conservation and management strategies that align with the ecological needs of those priority species. The opportunity explicitly called out studies examining how climate change may affect hydrology and the functional processes that maintain suitable habitats, recognizing that altered precipitation patterns, drought frequency, and temperature-driven changes can reshape river flow regimes and habitat availability. It also highlighted the management implications of reservoirs, particularly how storage and release practices influence downstream conditions and, in fragmented river segments, the persistence of species and populations. In practical terms, this category encouraged science that can inform how water is managed to balance human uses with ecological requirements, especially under changing climatic conditions.
The third category targeted the effects of watershed alteration and fragmentation on long-term species sustainability. This included evaluating projected land-use trends and how those changes affect species and habitats through mechanisms like sedimentation, nutrient loading, channel modification, loss of riparian vegetation, and altered runoff patterns. It also emphasized applied work that improves habitat restoration techniques and strategies, naming examples such as restoration of springs, riparian buffers, and in-stream habitats, along with interventions that restore connectivity (including fish passage). The emphasis on fragmentation indicates concern about barriers and disconnected habitat patches that can limit movement, gene flow, and recolonization after disturbance.
For applicants, the announcement pointed to Attachment 1 as the key planning document because it contained the detailed problem statements and the specific research, monitoring, and data needs that the GPLCC considered priorities for funding. In other words, competitive proposals were expected to map clearly onto those articulated needs rather than proposing general aquatic research. The overall theme across all three categories was applied science that produces actionable outputs for managers working at landscape scales, particularly where rivers and streams are shaped by water management, land-use change, and habitat connectivity constraints.
Administrative details included a posted and created date of February 26, 2013, and the primary contact for help accessing the full announcement was Timothy Uding, Administrative Officer, at 505-248-6411 or timothyuding@fws.gov, with grants.gov listed as the additional information portal.
FAQs: Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GPLCC) FY 2013 Research Funding Opportunity (Prairie Rivers and Streams) - F13AS00100
What is this funding opportunity?
This was the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GPLCC) Fiscal Year 2013 Research Funding Opportunity focused on Prairie Rivers and Streams (Funding Opportunity Number F13AS00100). It was offered as a discretionary grant program through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under CFDA 15.670 (Adaptive Science).
What was the overall purpose of the program?
The purpose was to fund applied, management-relevant science that helps partners conserve fish, wildlife, and plant resources across the mid- and shortgrass prairie portions of the southern Great Plains. Projects were expected to support real-world resource management decisions by addressing landscape-scale stressors affecting prairie river and stream ecosystems within the GPLCC geographic area.
What types of projects were emphasized?
The opportunity emphasized applied science projects that produce actionable outputs for managers, particularly work that can directly inform conservation strategies and landscape-scale resource management decisions for prairie rivers and streams.
How much funding was anticipated in total?
The opportunity anticipated awarding up to $1,000,000 total across selected projects, with awards contingent on the availability of funds.
Was cost sharing or matching required?
No. The notice stated that no cost sharing or matching was required.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was described as unrestricted, meaning proposals could come from a wide range of applicant types, subject to any additional clarifications that may have been included in the full announcement.
What type of funding instrument was used?
The funding instrument was a grant.
What activity categories did this opportunity align with?
The activity categories aligned with environment, natural resources, and science and technology research and development.
Did the opportunity specify a minimum or maximum award amount per project?
No specific per-award minimum or maximum was provided in the notice. Both the award floor and award ceiling were listed as 0, which typically indicates that project sizes could vary and applicants needed to justify budgets based on project scope and deliverables rather than targeting a preset per-award limit.
What was the application process?
The process was staged (two-step). Applicants first submitted a Letter of Intent (LOI). Applicants invited to proceed would then submit full proposals.
When was the Letter of Intent (LOI) due?
The LOI deadline was March 10, 2013.
When were full proposals due?
Full proposals were expected by April 19, 2013, for those invited to proceed after the LOI stage.
Why did the program use a two-step (LOI then full proposal) process?
The two-step structure suggests the GPLCC intended to screen submissions for fit with priority needs before applicants invested time in preparing full technical proposals and detailed budgets.
What were the main research priority categories?
Research priorities were organized into three main science categories identified by the GPLCC Steering Committee as pressing needs for prairie rivers and streams: (1) status and trends of priority species and habitats, (2) water conservation and management strategies aligned with ecological needs, and (3) effects of watershed alteration and fragmentation on long-term species sustainability.
What kinds of projects fit the first priority category (status and trends)?
The first category focused on filling critical knowledge gaps about the status and trends of priority species and the habitats they depend on. Examples included studies that clarify ecological requirements such as flow needs, habitat use, reproduction, survival factors, and community-level interactions influencing population viability, with the goal of improving conservation strategies and supporting long-term sustainability.
What kinds of projects fit the second priority category (water conservation and management)?
The second category focused on water conservation and management strategies that align with priority species needs. It explicitly called for studies examining how climate change may affect hydrology and the functional processes that maintain suitable habitats, and it highlighted management implications of reservoirs, including how storage and release practices affect downstream conditions and species persistence in fragmented river segments.
How did the opportunity frame climate change considerations?
Climate change was framed in terms of its potential effects on hydrology and functional processes that maintain suitable habitats, including concerns about altered precipitation patterns, drought frequency, and temperature-driven changes that can reshape river flow regimes and habitat availability.
What reservoir-related issues were highlighted?
The opportunity highlighted how reservoir storage and release practices can influence downstream conditions and, in fragmented river segments, affect the persistence of species and populations.
What kinds of projects fit the third priority category (watershed alteration and fragmentation)?
The third category targeted the effects of watershed alteration and fragmentation on long-term species sustainability. It included evaluating projected land-use trends and impacts such as sedimentation, nutrient loading, channel modification, loss of riparian vegetation, and altered runoff patterns. It also emphasized applied work to improve habitat restoration techniques and connectivity interventions, including fish passage.
What restoration examples were specifically mentioned?
Examples named in the notice included restoration of springs, riparian buffers, and in-stream habitats, as well as interventions that restore connectivity (including fish passage).
What was the role of Attachment 1 in preparing an application?
The announcement pointed to Attachment 1 as the key planning document because it contained detailed problem statements and the specific research, monitoring, and data needs the GPLCC considered priorities for funding. Competitive proposals were expected to map clearly onto those articulated needs rather than proposing general aquatic research.
What geographic area was the opportunity focused on?
The program focused on prairie river and stream ecosystems within the GPLCC geographic area, specifically tied to the mid- and shortgrass prairie portions of the southern Great Plains as described in the notice.
When was the opportunity posted/created?
The notice listed a posted and created date of February 26, 2013.
Where could applicants find additional information?
The notice listed grants.gov as the additional information portal for the opportunity and referenced the full announcement (including Attachment 1) for detailed priority needs.
Who was the contact person for help accessing the full announcement?
The primary contact listed was Timothy Uding, Administrative Officer. Phone: 505-248-6411. Email: timothyuding@fws.gov.
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