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Opportunity Summary:

The grant opportunity titled "Mistnetting Bats at Northeast National Wildlife Refuges" (Funding Opportunity Number F15AS00286) is a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) discretionary funding notice centered on bat research and conservation work at five National Wildlife Refuges located in the agency's Northeast Region. The basic purpose of the project is field-based monitoring and research using mist-netting to capture bats so that biologists can confirm whether federally listed bat species are present at these refuges, and then use radiotelemetry to better understand where those bats are living and moving. In practical terms, this work supports refuge management and species conservation by turning bat captures into actionable information about habitat use, especially for key life-history needs like maternity colony locations, and by contributing data to a broader effort focused on fall migration.

The core activities described include mistnetting bats at the selected refuges, identifying captured individuals to verify the presence of listed species, and attaching radio tags (radiotags) to facilitate tracking. Radiotagging allows researchers to locate important habitats that are otherwise difficult to find through observation alone, such as maternity roosts or colony sites, and to map movement patterns across the landscape. The announcement also emphasizes that the effort is meant to tie into a larger study on fall migration, suggesting the project is intended not only to address site-specific refuge questions but also to contribute standardized data to regional or multi-site research objectives.

From an administrative standpoint, the funding instrument is a Cooperative Agreement, which typically indicates that FWS expects to be substantially involved during the project period (for example, through coordination, shared planning, or technical collaboration) rather than simply issuing a grant with minimal federal participation. The funding activity category is Natural Resources, and the listed CFDA number is 15.650, identified as "Research Grants (Generic)." The opportunity explicitly states there is no cost-sharing or matching requirement, meaning applicants would not be required to contribute non-federal funds as a condition of receiving an award.

Eligibility is limited to nonprofits that have 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, excluding institutions of higher education. In other words, the target applicant pool is mission-driven nonprofit organizations with the legal charitable designation, but not universities or colleges applying under their institutional status. The notice was posted and created on June 23, 2015, and it was archived on July 6, 2015. Both the original and current closing date fields indicate that the announcement is "for notification purposes only," which generally signals that it is not an open competitive solicitation through Grants.gov at that time, but rather a public notice associated with an intended award or a specific cooperative arrangement.

The financial fields in the listing show an estimated total funding amount of 0 and an award ceiling and floor of 0. In many federal listings, that combination can indicate that a dollar amount was not provided in the public synopsis, that the funding level was to be determined, or that the announcement served a procedural notice function rather than advertising a competed pot of funding. Anyone needing the full announcement details is directed to Grants.gov via the additional information link. For assistance accessing the announcement electronically, the listed contact is Laurie McDermott, Grants Specialist, reachable by phone at (413) 253-8290 and by email at lauriemcdermott@fws.gov.

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