F22AS00291 White-nose Syndrome Research for Conservation Grants 2022

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) leads the coordinated national response to White-nose Syndrome (WNS), a fungal disease of hibernating bats. Financial assistance is provided for priority research and management activities in support of the WNS National Plan. As of March, 2022, WNS or the causative fungus have been documented in at least 41 states and 8 Canadian provinces, and in at least 12 species of North American bats. The goal of this funding opportunity is to address critical information needs to inform management decisions and to implement management actions for susceptible bats....

Additional eligible applicants include nonprofits having a 501(c)4 and 501(c)5 status with the IRS. This funding opportunity is open to domestic and foreign applicants. Additional information for foreign entities is included below. To be eligible, the following conditions must be met: 1. Proposed projects must clearly address one or more priorities identified by the WNS  program, as identified above. 2. Applicants must be in good standing on previously awarded Federal grant agreements, with no outstanding reports or obligations, and a record of successful use of funds from previous WNS grants (if applicable). When an applicant is carrying two or more active WNS awards while applying for another, the Service has an administrative obligation to verify that there are no correctable problems in implementing the existing awards. The Service will review the reasons why those grants are still open before proceeding with further consideration. Previous recipients that demonstrate their effective use of WNS funds will not be affected. Previous recipients that have taken no significant action on any one of their two or more preexisting awards will not be considered eligible to apply for new funds from the WNS program until the issue is resolved

Shelley DiBona Shelley_DiBona@fws.gov