Yukon River Salmon Research and Management Assistance FY 2019 | F19AS00006

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The Yukon River Salmon Research and Management Assistance FY 2019 opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F19AS00006) is a discretionary grant program run by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. It is funded specifically to support U.S. implementation of the Yukon River Salmon Agreement between the United States and Canada, an agreement reached in March 2001 under the Yukon River Salmon Agreement of 2000. The basic purpose of the funding is to improve cooperative salmon research and management on the Alaska portion of the Yukon River, with an emphasis on generating information that strengthens both scientific knowledge and public understanding of how Yukon River Chinook and chum salmon function and how they can be managed effectively.

The program is designed to fund projects, studies, or events that advance understanding of salmon biology and management, meaning proposals can range from field research and monitoring to applied management studies or outreach and knowledge-sharing efforts, as long as they connect back to Chinook and chum salmon in the Yukon River in Alaska and align with the announcement's stated priority categories and evaluation factors. The solicitation is for conceptual project proposals rather than fully built-out final workplans at the initial stage, and projects are expected to be one year in length, which makes this opportunity especially geared toward targeted, achievable work that can produce results quickly or fill specific information gaps within a single field season or annual cycle.

A notable feature of the announcement is its explicit encouragement to build local capacity. Applicants are strongly urged to design projects that involve people from Yukon River communities, particularly in the areas where the work will occur. In practical terms, that can include hiring and training local technicians, partnering with tribal or community organizations, incorporating local and Indigenous knowledge where appropriate, or ensuring project activities directly benefit and involve local residents rather than being conducted entirely by outside teams. The program also recommends, though does not require, coordination with state and federal regulatory agencies. This signals that proposals may score better or be more feasible when they align with existing management frameworks, data needs, permitting realities, and ongoing monitoring efforts, even if agency partnership is not mandatory.

From an administrative standpoint, the grant falls under CFDA (now Assistance Listing) 15.671 and lists a broad set of activity categories, including community development, education, environment, natural resources, science and technology, and other research and development, reflecting that the program can support both technical fisheries science and related community-facing or educational components. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning it is broadly open to many entity types (for example, governments, tribes, nonprofits, academic institutions, or other organizations), subject to any additional eligibility clarifications contained in the full announcement.

For FY 2019, the opportunity anticipated making about five awards, with an award ceiling of $120,000 per project. The notice was created on October 11, 2018, and had an original closing date of January 4, 2019. Overall, this funding is best understood as a competitive, one-year support mechanism for practical, collaborative efforts that improve the evidence base and decision-making around Yukon River Chinook and chum salmon, while encouraging meaningful engagement and participation from the communities most directly connected to the river and its fisheries.

• The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the community development, education, environment, food and nutrition, health, information and statistics, natural resources, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Yukon River Salmon Research and Management Assistance FY 2019" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.671.
• This funding opportunity was created on Oct 11, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 04, 2019. (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 $120,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 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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