Opportunity Information: Apply for F18AS00182
The Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a discretionary funding opportunity titled "Research and Monitoring of Wyoming Toad Reintroductions" (Funding Opportunity Number F18AS00182) to support ongoing recovery work for the Wyoming toad, one of the most imperiled amphibians in the United States. The project is framed as a cooperative agreement, meaning the agency expects to be substantially involved in the work alongside the recipient rather than simply issuing a standard grant with minimal agency participation. The opportunity falls under CFDA 15.678 and was posted on June 20, 2018, with an original closing date of June 27, 2018.
The core purpose of the agreement is to improve the survival and long-term persistence of wild and reintroduced Wyoming toads by strengthening research and monitoring in the field and linking those findings to management decisions. A major emphasis is on identifying the factors that influence whether released toads survive, reproduce, and establish stable populations. The notice highlights several priority areas of investigation, including the role of chytrid fungus (a major amphibian disease threat), genetic considerations that can affect fitness and resilience, behavioral factors that may influence how toads use habitat or respond to predators and environmental conditions, and overall habitat suitability at release sites. In practical terms, this points to activities like tracking reintroduced individuals, assessing health and disease prevalence, evaluating environmental conditions at sites, and analyzing how genetics and behavior intersect with survival outcomes.
In addition to field monitoring and research, the agreement is also intended to support captive propagation, specifically through the Red Buttes Environmental Research Laboratory. This indicates the effort is not limited to studying toads in the wild, but also aims to reinforce the captive-breeding pipeline that supplies animals for reintroduction and helps maintain assurance colonies for a species at high risk of extinction. By pairing captive propagation support with field-based monitoring and survival studies, the opportunity is geared toward building an integrated recovery approach where captive management, release strategies, and habitat/disease management inform each other.
Administratively, this announcement is a Notice of Intent to make a single-source award through the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) to the University of Wyoming. The stated justification is consistent with Department of the Interior policy (505 DM 2) provisions related to continuation and unique qualifications, which generally means the agency believes a specific recipient is uniquely positioned to carry out the work effectively, often due to existing infrastructure, expertise, partnerships, or continuity of an established program. While the listing notes an award ceiling of $50,000 and an expected number of awards of 5, the narrative also makes clear that this particular notice is aimed at a single-source cooperative agreement to the University of Wyoming via the CESU mechanism.
Overall, the opportunity is designed to produce actionable, management-relevant information that helps determine why some reintroductions succeed while others struggle, with special attention to disease pressures, genetic health, behavior, and habitat quality. The ultimate goal is to strengthen recovery outcomes for the Wyoming toad by improving both the science behind reintroduction decisions and the operational capacity for captive propagation and release support.Apply for F18AS00182
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Research and Monitoring of Wyoming Toad Reintroductions" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.678.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 20, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 27, 2018 This is a Notice of Intent to award a single source cooperative agreement through the Rocky Mountain CESU to University of Wyoming in accordance with DOI Policy 505 DM 2 (2) Continuation and (4) Unique Qualifications. (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 $50,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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