OpportunityTitle: 2021 State and Interstate Aquatic Nuisance Species Management Plan Grant Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants are any State, or group of States and Tribes involved in an interstate organization, with an ANS Management Plan approved by the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force.  To be considered for funding, applicants must work directly with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service&amp;#8217;s Aquatic Invasive Species Program and represent one of the currently 44 ANS Task Force approved State or Interstate ANS Management Plans.  Section 1204 of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 restricts the award to States with ANSTF-approved State or Interstate ANS Management Plans. [Important note: the pre-proposal process will occur outside of Grant Solutions similar to how it has occurred in the past; for 2021, pre-proposals are due 3 weeks after posting of the NOFO.  Once advised of the final funding level, grant application packages can be submitted via GrantSolutions.]
Description: These comprehensive ANS Management Plans identify technical, enforcement, or financial assistance activities needed to eliminate or reduce the environmental and public health and safety risks associated with ANS. ANS Management Plans focus on feasible, cost-effective management practices and measures to be undertaken by States to prevent and control ANS infestations in an environmentally sound manner. Once an ANS Management Plan is reviewed and approved by the ANS Task Force, the Act authorizes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to provide cost-share grants for the implementation of the approved plans. https://am.grantsolutions.gov/foa/foaContent.era?foaId=12405&amp;menu_itemPath=91008This Program has a two-stage application process (see sections D2 and E2, for more details). Stage One - the &#8220;Preliminary National Review&#8221; - is managed by the Service Headquarters office. The pre-proposal process will occur outside of Grant Solutions similar to how it has occurred in the past; for 2021, pre-proposals are due 3 weeks after posting of the NOFO. Stage Two - the &#8220;Regional Office Review and Grant Processing&#8221; - is managed by the Service Regional Offices (See the program administration contacts under section G below).
GrantorContactEmailDescription: don_maclean@fws.gov
GrantorContactText: Don MacLean&lt;br/&gt;don_maclean@fws.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. [Applications can be submitted after Stage One is completed and each applicant has been notified of their final funding level.]  For FY2021, this should be approximately mid-May, with all funding being awarded by August 31, 2021.  Submission deadlines are determined based upon the date the grant program is entered into the GrantSolutions system, but will be earlier then the funding opportunity&amp;#8217;s closing date. The pre-proposal process will occur outside of Grant Solutions similar to how it has occurred in the past; for 2021, pre-proposals are due 3 weeks after posting of the NOFO.  Once advised of the final funding level, grant application packages can be submitted via GrantSolutions.