2016 Partners for Fisheries Monitoring Program

Post Date

May 7th 2015

Application Due Date

August 31st 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

F15AS00211

CFDA Number(s)

15.636

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources
Other
Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Capacity Building

Number of Awards

5

Eligibility Categories

Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Non-Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Organizations
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $800000

• Award Range:

  $4000 - $170000

Grant Description

The Department of the Interior, through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Subsistence Management (OSM), administers the Partners for Fisheries Monitoring Program (Partners Program). OSM is seeking proposals for the Partners Program that strengthen Alaska Native and rural involvement in Federal subsistence management. The Partners Program is a competitive grant that is directed at providing funding for biologist, social scientist, and educator positions in Alaska Native and rural organizations with the intent of increasing the organizations ability to participate in Federal subsistence management. In addition, the program supports a variety of opportunities for local, rural students to connect with subsistence resource monitoring and management through science camps and paid internships.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Kay LarsonBlair, Fishery Biologist, 907-786-3663
  kay_larsonblair@fws.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Gov Point of Contact

• Agency Email Address:

  kay_larsonblair@fws.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.fws.gov/alaska/funding_opportunity.htm