OpportunityTitle: F24AS00331-Multistate Conservation Grant Program Announcement
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a State, or a group of States, are also eligible to apply for the purpose of carrying out the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation.&#160;
Description: The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) and the Service work cooperatively to manage T-MSGCP and R3-MSGCP. Administratively, both programs function similarly, with AFWA setting the strategic priorities for project activities and providing the Service a priority list of projects to be considered for awards and the Service administering the program and managing the awards. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), also called a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), provides application guidance for both competitive programs, T-MSCGP and R3-MSCGP.Proposals must address eligible activities in one or more of the selected AFWA Strategic Priorities to be considered for funding. AFWA annually updates the Strategic Priorities. They are used to guide the proposal development and grant selection for the programs. The primary goal of both programs, T-MSCGP and R3-MSCGP, is to provide grant funds to address regional or national priority needs of the States and their partners that are beyond the scope and capabilities of a single State within the scope of eligible activities. Information on the projects selected and awarded will be published annually in the Federal Register. Lists of past awards are also available from the Service and AFWA (see Section G, Federal Awarding Agency Contacts).Eligible activities for T-MSCGP include sport fisheries and wildlife management, such as research projects, fish and wildlife habitat improvements, and other purposes consistent with the enabling legislation. R3 activities for sport fishing or boating are only eligible under T-MSCGP.Eligible activities for R3-MSCGP are hunter recruitment and recreational shooter recruitment activities that promote a national hunting and shooting sports recruitment program, including related communication and outreach activities.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Lori_Bennett@fws.gov
GrantorContactText: Lori Bennett&lt;br/&gt;Lori_Bennett@fws.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM, ET, on the listed application due date. &#160; The program must enter the time under the Application Due Date Explanation field. The cutoff time MUST be in Eastern Time (ET). There is a two-phase process to apply.&#160; You must submit your Full Grant Proposal (without Federal forms) through the AFWA MSCGP portal by June 15, 2023.&#160; No proposals should be submitted through GrantSolutions during this first phase.&#160;If your proposal is selected for further consideration, you will be invited in mid-August to submit a Final Full Grant Proposal (with Federal forms) by September 5, 2023, through GrantSolutions.&#160; Federal forms will be available through GrantSolutions on or around August 15, 2023, via a Directed Announcement, only if your proposal is invited for further consideration.&#160;&#160;