to the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC, Recipient) to support a project titled Small Grants Program for Aquatic Nuisance/Invasive Species. This financial assistance opportunity, through a grant agreement with GSMFC, and the Gulf and S | F19AS00395

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This funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F19AS00395) is a discretionary, single-source Notice of Intent to Award from the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. There is no full competitive announcement associated with it, which means the Service is signaling its plan to make one cooperative agreement directly to a specific recipient rather than running an open competition. The intended recipient is the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC), and the proposed project is titled "Small Grants Program for Aquatic Nuisance/Invasive Species." The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates the federal agency expects to have substantial involvement in the project beyond what is common in a standard grant.

The core purpose of the project is to support on-the-ground control of aquatic nuisance species (ANS), also commonly referred to as aquatic invasive species, at locations across the southeastern United States. Rather than funding a single field project directly, the Service plans to fund GSMFC to operate a small grants program. In practical terms, GSMFC, working in coordination with the Gulf and South Atlantic Regional Panel of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, would use the federal funds to issue, manage, and administer five separate subawards. These sub-grants are expected to range from $5,000 to $24,999 each. The emphasis is on practical control actions and targeted projects that help reduce the impacts of invasive aquatic organisms, which can threaten native biodiversity, damage habitats, interfere with recreation and commerce, and create long-term management costs for states and local communities.

Although the listing includes "Eligible Applicants: Unrestricted," the text of the notice makes clear that this specific action is intended as a single-source award to GSMFC, with an expected number of awards of one. In other words, the public-facing eligibility field is less relevant here because the federal agency is not soliciting applications broadly; instead, it is formalizing its intent to fund GSMFC to serve as the administrator of the downstream small grants. The timeline shown in the source data reflects that intent-to-award notice was created on September 13, 2019, with an original closing date of September 20, 2019, which aligns with a short administrative window typical of single-source notices.

From an administrative classification standpoint, the opportunity falls under the funding activity category of environment, science and technology, and other research and development, and it is associated with CFDA number 15.631. The overall structure is designed to leverage a regional commission and an established ANS regional panel to move funding quickly into multiple smaller, localized control efforts. The end result the Service is aiming for is a coordinated set of five relatively small, targeted projects that collectively contribute to controlling aquatic nuisance species in the Southeast, with GSMFC handling the subaward process and day-to-day grant administration under federal oversight consistent with a cooperative agreement.

• The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the environment, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "to the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC, Recipient) to support a project titled Small Grants Program for Aquatic Nuisance/Invasive Species. This financial assistance opportunity, through a grant agreement with GSMFC, and the Gulf and S" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.631.
• This funding opportunity was created on Sep 13, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 20, 2019 THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD TO A SINGLE SOURCE ANNOUNCEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS NOTICE.. (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 $1.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.

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