Monitoring and Management of Endangered Species Populations and Habitat Red cockaded Woodpecker, Florida Scrub jay, and Florida Grasshopper Sparrow | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

This grant opportunity, titled "Monitoring and Management of Endangered Species Populations and Habitat: Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Florida Scrub-jay, and Florida Grasshopper Sparrow," is a discretionary federal funding announcement administered by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The work is tied to the Avon Park Air Force Range (APAFR) in Florida, a large military installation responsible for managing more than 106,000 acres. The central purpose is to support efforts that protect and manage fish, wildlife, and other natural resources on the range while still allowing APAFR to carry out its primary mission of providing a realistic training environment for U.S. Air Force and other military units.

A key driver of the opportunity is that APAFR contains sensitive biological resources: twelve federally listed endangered or threatened species have been documented on the property, and additional state-listed species may occur there as well. Because of this, the announcement emphasizes the importance of building and maintaining strong scientific understanding of population dynamics, ecology, and natural history for listed species. That kind of information is presented as essential for making effective management decisions that sustain long-term biodiversity across the landscape, particularly in a setting where habitat conditions and disturbance patterns can be influenced by military training, prescribed fire, and other land management actions.

Funding is structured as a cooperative agreement under the activity category of Science and Technology and other Research and Development, with CFDA number 12.300 (Basic and Applied Scientific Research). The anticipated award profile is a single award (Expected Awards: 1). The estimated total funding available for the first year is approximately $427,000, and the award ceiling is also listed as $427,000, indicating the first-year budget is expected to be around that amount. The opportunity does not require cost sharing or matching.

Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is broadly open to applicants of any entity type, subject to any clarifications that might appear in the full announcement text. The project focus, as reflected in the title and description, centers on monitoring and management associated with three high-profile Florida species: the red-cockaded woodpecker, the Florida scrub-jay, and the Florida grasshopper sparrow. While the short description does not list specific tasks, the framing suggests activities such as population monitoring, habitat assessment, applied ecological research, and management recommendations or implementation support that directly inform how APAFR manages land to maintain or recover these populations.

The competition is organized as a two-stage process. In the first stage, applicants submit an initial package consisting of the SF-424 (the standard federal application form) and a two-page capabilities statement, which functions as a Statement of Interest (SOI). USACE reviews these SOIs, and only those judged favorably are invited to proceed to the second stage. In stage two, invited applicants submit full proposals, which are then evaluated by a review board before a final award decision is made. This structure signals that the initial submission is meant to quickly demonstrate the applicant's qualifications, relevant past performance, technical expertise, and fit for the work, rather than provide a complete technical plan up front.

The submission deadline for Statements of Interest is specific and strict: SOIs must be submitted through Grants.gov by 4:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on March 20, 2012. The opportunity was posted on March 7, 2012, with the original and current closing date both listed as March 20, 2012, and an archive date of April 19, 2012. For administrative or access issues related to the full announcement, the listed point of contact is Michael Johns, Contracts Specialist with USACE, reachable by phone at 817-886-1266.

For reference and tracking, the Funding Opportunity Number is W9126G 12 2 SOI 0017, and the Funding Opportunity Title matches the species-focused monitoring and management theme. Overall, the opportunity is positioned as applied conservation science in a working military landscape, where strong biological monitoring and management guidance are needed to protect federally listed species and their habitats without compromising the installation's training mission.

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