Opportunity Information: Apply for F17AS00439
The Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service offered a discretionary funding opportunity focused on improving scientific understanding of Delta Smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) reproduction, specifically their spawning behavior and the fine-scale microhabitat conditions associated with spawning. The work described is primarily laboratory-based, with experiments designed to observe and characterize how Delta Smelt spawn and what environmental features or conditions they select or require at a very local scale. Because Delta Smelt are a sensitive and highly managed species in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, results from controlled lab studies like these are typically intended to inform broader conservation, recovery planning, and habitat management decisions by clarifying the biological and environmental cues that support successful reproduction.
This opportunity was issued as a Cooperative Agreement, meaning the agency anticipated substantial involvement during the project rather than simply providing funding with minimal oversight. Cooperative agreements are commonly used when the funder expects to collaborate on study design refinements, data sharing, coordination with other related efforts, or alignment with ongoing monitoring and management programs. The program area falls under research and development in environment, science, and technology, and it is associated with CFDA number 15.678, a funding stream administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service for scientific and conservation work.
Eligibility was limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, indicating that the intended applicants were universities and similar public academic entities with the expertise and facilities to conduct controlled fish behavior and habitat experiments. The opportunity anticipated a single award, with an award ceiling of $212,888, suggesting a targeted, focused project rather than a large multi-institution program. The funding notice was created on August 31, 2017, and the original application deadline was November 1, 2017, giving prospective applicants roughly two months to prepare and submit a proposal.
In practical terms, a project under this notice would likely include experimental setups that allow researchers to observe spawning interactions, timing, site selection, and responses to varying microhabitat factors such as substrate type, water flow or turbulence, temperature, light regime, salinity or conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and vegetation or artificial structures that might mimic natural spawning surfaces. The central deliverable implied by the description is a clearer, experimentally supported picture of what Delta Smelt need to successfully spawn and what behaviors they exhibit under different controlled conditions, information that can be used to refine habitat restoration targets, evaluate management actions, and improve conservation outcomes for the species.Apply for F17AS00439
- 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 "Determination of Delta Smelt spawning behavior and microhabita" 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 Aug 31, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 01, 2017. (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 $212,888.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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