Opportunity Information: Apply for F24AS00295
F24AS00295, White-nose Syndrome Grants to States and Tribes - 2024, is a competitive discretionary grant program from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.684) focused on helping state agencies, the District of Columbia, and federally recognized Tribes address white-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats. WNS is caused by the invasive fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) and has been confirmed in 12 bat species in North America, including several species that are federally listed as threatened or endangered (and at least one proposed for listing). The disease has caused major population declines in multiple hibernating bat species, with impacts that vary by species and location, and with uncertainty still remaining for some newly exposed or not-yet-exposed species.
The main purpose of the funding is to strengthen on-the-ground and science-informed responses to WNS by supporting practical management and conservation work led by state and Tribal partners. The program is designed to help applicants meet key information needs, carry out management actions that reduce impacts to susceptible bat species, and stay actively involved in the broader National Response to WNS. While the program has supported state efforts since 2008, it was expanded in 2019 to explicitly include Tribes that are already engaged in bat conservation or are preparing to build capacity and begin that work.
Projects supported under this opportunity can include a wide range of activities that directly contribute to bat conservation and WNS management. Examples described in the opportunity include monitoring bat populations (such as tracking trends, distribution, and disease impacts), implementing conservation actions for bats, supporting scientific information gathering, training personnel, managing WNS and the causative fungus, and maintaining or strengthening expertise in bat conservation and management. Proposals are expected to function as action-oriented plans tailored to the applicant’s local situation, meaning they should be grounded in the current status of WNS in the jurisdiction and address conservation needs that make sense for local bat populations and the ecosystem context. The opportunity is framed to remain relevant whether WNS is already affecting bats locally or whether Pd has only recently arrived or has not yet been detected, so proposals can be appropriate for both response and preparedness phases.
The Service emphasizes that competitive proposals should clearly and efficiently advance three core objectives: (1) benefiting bat species that are known, assumed, or anticipated to be affected by WNS; (2) advancing the priorities of the funding opportunity and aligning with the WNS National Plan; and (3) building on or advancing the current state of knowledge of bats, which can include filling critical data gaps or improving management decision-making. In other words, applications are expected to show not only what will be done, but why it matters now, how it connects to national WNS response priorities, and how it will produce useful outcomes for bat conservation.
Eligibility is limited to state fish and wildlife or natural resource management agencies (including all states and the District of Columbia) and federally recognized Tribal governments. A key administrative requirement is that applicants must be in good standing on prior federal awards, with no overdue reports or unresolved obligations. The notice also flags performance and capacity considerations for entities with multiple active WNS awards: if an applicant is already carrying two or more ongoing WNS projects and applies for another, the Service will review whether there are correctable implementation issues and why the older grants remain open. If an applicant has taken no significant action on any one of two or more existing awards, they will not be eligible for new WNS program funding until they can clearly demonstrate progress on those prior projects. This is meant to ensure that new funds go to applicants who can execute projects on schedule and convert funding into measurable conservation outcomes.
For this 2024 cycle, the opportunity was published with an original closing date of May 8, 2024. Awards are issued as grants, with an award ceiling listed at $75,000 per award. The overall theme is targeted, applied conservation support: helping state and Tribal partners implement surveillance, management, capacity-building, and science activities that reduce WNS impacts and strengthen long-term bat conservation in alignment with the national WNS strategy.Apply for F24AS00295
- The Fish and Wildlife Service in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "F24AS00295 White-nose Syndrome Grants to States and Tribes - 2024" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.684.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-03-08.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-05-08. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $75,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).
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