Migratory Bird Joint Ventures Midwest Region FY2014 Opportunities | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The Migratory Bird Joint Ventures Midwest Region FY2014 Opportunities grant (Funding Opportunity Number F14AS00014) was a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service discretionary grant program meant to support science-based migratory bird conservation work in two major Midwest-focused partnership areas: the Prairie Pothole Joint Venture (PPJV) and the Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Joint Venture (UMRGLJV). The core purpose was to help partners carry out projects that directly advance the Joint Ventures' Implementation Plans, which lay out habitat, monitoring, and research priorities with a strong focus on “focal species” chosen to guide conservation planning. The opportunity emphasized work that strengthens decision-making at meaningful regional scales, not just single sites, and applicants were expected to clearly show how their results would matter across a broader geography such as a Bird Conservation Region.

In terms of what the program wanted to fund, the highest priority was given to monitoring and applied research that fills information gaps and tests key assumptions used in the Joint Venture plans. In other words, projects that improve the tools and evidence base used to decide where conservation actions should happen, what actions are most effective, and how success should be measured were favored, especially when the benefit extends across large landscapes. Proposals were also encouraged to connect their work to State Wildlife Action Plan priorities and to clearly highlight relevance to Joint Venture focal species. Beyond research and monitoring, the announcement also left room (if funds allowed) for proposals involving coordination, outreach, planning, and habitat restoration or enhancement, as long as those activities measurably contributed to goals identified in the Joint Venture plans and were explained as regionally significant.

The funding picture was relatively modest but spread across multiple awards. The estimated total funding available was $150,000, with an expected 10 awards. Individual awards could range from $1,000 (award floor) up to $50,000 (award ceiling). Projects fell under CFDA 15.637 (Migratory Bird Joint Ventures) and the funding activity category was Natural Resources. Because this was cost-shared funding, the program required at least a 1:1 match, meaning applicants had to bring at least one non-federal dollar for every federal dollar requested. The match had to be secured and the partners providing it had to be identified in the proposal, not left vague or speculative.

Eligibility covered a broad set of partner types commonly involved in conservation work, including state governments, county governments, city or township governments, federally recognized tribal governments, nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status, private institutions of higher education, and public/state-controlled institutions of higher education (explicitly added to the eligible pool in the eligibility information). This lineup reflects the Joint Venture model, which depends on collaborative, multi-organization conservation projects rather than a single-agency approach.

Applications were expected to be very structured and detailed. Each proposal needed basic applicant contact information and a full scope of work with justification, clear objectives (or hypotheses, for research), the geographic scope and location, and a well-explained set of methods. Applicants also had to spell out anticipated outcomes and management implications, cite relevant literature, and provide a proposed timeline. On the administrative side, proposals needed a budget table identifying partners and match contributions, task timelines, and detailed cost information. A key requirement was to explicitly state the linkage between the proposed monitoring/research work and the appropriate Joint Venture Implementation Plan so reviewers could see exactly which priority need was being addressed and why the project mattered to the broader JV strategy.

Reporting and accountability were also central. At project completion, recipients were required to submit a professional final report including an abstract and full sections covering background, methods, results, discussion, and management implications. For multi-year projects, annual interim reports were required. While the program allowed multi-year proposals, it made clear that future-year funding was not guaranteed; continued support would only be conditionally approved after initial selection and would depend on progress and available funding. For those continuing years, progress reports, updated budgets, and requests for continued funding had to be submitted to the Joint Venture Coordinator by January 3 each year until the project concluded.

The notice also included several practical compliance points. If a project depended on multiple funding sources to cover total costs, applicants needed to list those sources and clearly indicate their status (secured, pending, etc.). Any request to charge indirect costs had to be backed by an approved Indirect Cost Rate Agreement. Finally, because federal appropriations can be delayed, the announcement cautioned applicants not to plan a project start date earlier than July 1, 2014, even though the application process occurred earlier.

Key dates and administrative details were straightforward: the opportunity was posted October 31, 2013, and closed January 3, 2014 (with the archive date of January 4, 2014). The administering agency was the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For assistance accessing the full announcement, the listed contact was Barbara Jones (612-713-5433, BarbaraJones@fws.gov). Overall, the program was designed to fund partner-driven projects that produce actionable, region-scale conservation value for migratory birds by improving the science, monitoring, and strategic tools that guide Joint Venture habitat decisions across the Midwest.

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