Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Grants (DOI)

• Date: 19 September 2019
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/fgc.30648
• Published date: 19 September 2019

Federal Grants & Contracts ■ September 19, 2019 Page 3

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Grants alert (cont.)

Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program—

Round II (DOI)

Scope: The Interior Department’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service seeks applications for the FY2019 Highlands

Conservation Act Grant Program to assist Connecticut,

New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania in conserving

land and natural resources in the Highlands Region.

Deadline: Dec. 2, 2019.

Funds: $5,497,041 for up to 10 awards.

Eligibility: State governments.

Areas: DOI said funding may be used for land

conservation projects in which a state entity acquires land

or an interest in land from a willing seller to permanently

protect resources of high conservation value.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# F19AS00365

Experienced Services (DOI)

Scope: The Interior Department’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (USFWS) seeks applications for the Experienced

Services program announcement for three organizations

to assist in the recruiting and utilizing of the skills and

experience of older Americans, aged 55 and older.

Deadline: Nov. 15, 2019.

Funds: $2 million total for up to three awards.

Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, other than colleges

and universities.

Areas: DOI said under each cooperative agreement

and as funding becomes available, the USFWS will

work with the recipient organizations to develop and

carry out individual task agreements that will support

the USFWS’s mission, goals and objectives. These task

agreements will be staffed by program enrollees, who are

recruited by the recipient organization, interviewed and

selected by the USFWS and then supported with payroll,

benefits and administrative support from the recipient

organization. This approach will allow the USFWS to

focus on identifying priority needs for specific expertise

to complete projects, and then to secure qualified,

temporary personnel in a cost-effective manner.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# F19AS00357

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act

Grants (DOI)

Scope: The Interior Department’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service seeks applications for the Neotropical Migratory

Bird (NMB) Conservation Act Grants announcement to

support projects that promote the conservation of NMBs

and their habitats in the United States, Canada, Latin

America and the Caribbean.

Deadline: Nov. 5, 2019.

Funds: $4 million total for up to 30 awards ranging from

$10,000 to $200,000.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

Areas: DOI said high-priority projects address

NMB species of conservation concern, address the

significant threats to those NMBs, occur in important

habitat to NMBs, significantly involve and benefit the

local communities in the project area, identify and

measure outcomes (i.e., improvements to and for the

NMB species) from the conservation activities, and are

financially, ecologically and socially sustainable.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# F19AS00370

FY2020 Study of the U.S. Institutes for Scholars

(DOS)

Scope: The State Department’s Bureau of Educational

and Cultural Affairs seeks applications for the FY2020

Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSIs) for Scholars

announcement to design and implement two SUSIs for

Scholars.

Deadline: Oct. 28, 2019.

Funds: $1.75 million total for one award.

Eligibility: Colleges and universities and nonprofit

organizations.

Areas: DOS said each SUSI will be six weeks in

duration, including an approximately four-week academic

residency at an academic institution and up to two weeks

of an integrated educational study tour. The academic

residency should take place on a U.S. university

or college campus and should include academic

coursework, diverse speakers, time for personal

research and opportunities for interaction with American

peers. The study tour should take scholars to another

region of the United States and it should complement

the academic residency, and should conclude in

Washington, D.C., with a minimum stay of two days.

➜ www.grants.gov; FON# SFOP0006158

National Parks Exchange Program (DOS)

Scope: The State Department’s U.S. Mission to

Argentina seeks applications for the National Parks

Exchange Program announcement to further enhance

the strong existing links between Argentine and U.S.

national park systems by implementing an exchange

program that will address the challenges park services

are facing in the 21st century.

Deadline: Oct. 30, 2019.

Funds: $250,000 for one award.

Eligibility: Unrestricted.

Areas: DOS said the award recipient’s specific

responsibilities include preparation, such as contacting

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