Opportunity Information: Apply for F17AS00391
The "Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Landscape Conservation Cooperative" grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number F17AS00391) was a discretionary grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (Midwest Region). It was designed as a single-award effort with an expected total of one award, capped at $80,513. The opportunity was created on August 14, 2017, with an original closing date of August 18, 2017, indicating a very short application window consistent with an action that was already targeted to a specific recipient.
The core purpose of the funding was to support work on FishWerks, a web-based decision support tool available through www.greatlakesconnectivity.org. The funded project focused on two practical outcomes: first, conducting a usability test of the FishWerks tool to understand how real users interact with it and where the interface, workflow, or outputs could be improved; and second, developing a business plan that lays out how FishWerks will be maintained over time, including planning for long-term hosting, routine maintenance, and future upgrades. In other words, the grant was not primarily about creating a new scientific model from scratch, but about making an existing, science-based tool easier to use, more sustainable, and more reliable for ongoing decision-making.
A notable feature of this opportunity is that it was explicitly issued as a non-competitive, single-source award to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The justification provided was that UW-Madison researchers were uniquely qualified because they originally developed the FishWerks tool and were already hosting it. According to the description, completing a meaningful usability study and creating a realistic plan for continued operation depends on deep familiarity with the tool's underlying datasets and optimization model, along with hands-on knowledge of the specific software stack, codebase, and hardware environment that keep the site running. This kind of embedded technical and institutional knowledge is often difficult to transfer quickly or cheaply to an outside entity, which is why the agency framed it as single-source work.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity falls under the Natural Resources funding activity category and lists CFDA number 15.678. Eligible applicants were limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, aligning with the selection of a major public research university as the recipient. Overall, the grant can be understood as targeted operational and strategic support for a specialized conservation decision-support platform in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region, with emphasis on user experience testing and a long-term sustainability roadmap rather than broad, open competition for new research proposals.Apply for F17AS00391
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Landscape Conservation Cooperative" 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 14, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 18, 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 $80,513.00 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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