Habitat Monitoring on the San Juan River | R24AS00327

Opportunity Information: Apply for R24AS00327

The Bureau of Reclamation is offering a discretionary, Recovery Act-funded cooperative agreement opportunity titled "Habitat Monitoring on the San Juan River" (Funding Opportunity Number R24AS00327; CFDA 15.529). The notice itself provides minimal narrative detail and directs applicants to review the full application package and related documents for the project scope, required monitoring methods, deliverables, reporting expectations, and any technical standards that will govern the work. Because the instrument type is a cooperative agreement, applicants should expect substantial federal involvement during the project, which typically means closer coordination with the agency than under a standard grant, including potential collaboration on work planning, data management, field protocols, and schedule adjustments.

The opportunity is listed as open to eligible applicants without restriction ("EligibleApplicants: Unrestricted"), which generally signals that a wide range of entities may apply as long as they meet the requirements in the full package. An important eligibility condition is stated for for-profit organizations: they may apply only if they can demonstrate that project costs are not for profit, meaning the proposed budget must reflect allowable costs consistent with a non-profit arrangement for this specific project (for example, no fee or profit margin charged to the federal award, and costs that are reasonable, allocable, and supported). Applicants considering a for-profit submission should be prepared to clearly document how they will segregate costs, apply indirect rates appropriately, and comply with federal cost principles as described in the application materials.

Key timing and funding details are straightforward. The original closing date is July 1, 2024, so complete submissions would have been due by then unless the agency issued an extension in the full posting or amendments. The award ceiling is $1,500,000, which indicates the maximum amount the Bureau of Reclamation expects to provide under this opportunity; the actual award amount would depend on the final scope, negotiation, and available funds. The notice does not clearly state the number of expected awards (the field appears blank), so applicants would need to consult the application package for whether the agency anticipates one award or multiple awards and how funding might be distributed among phases or tasks. The opportunity record was created on May 10, 2024.

In practical terms, this opportunity is aimed at supporting habitat monitoring work on the San Juan River, but the public summary does not specify target species, habitat metrics, sampling design, geographic reaches, monitoring frequency, or data deliverables. Those details are typically spelled out in the statement of work, technical attachments, and any required monitoring and quality assurance plans included in the application package. Anyone evaluating fit should focus on the package documents to confirm the monitoring objectives (for example, baseline habitat condition, trend monitoring, restoration effectiveness, or compliance monitoring), expectations for field methods and statistical rigor, data ownership and sharing requirements, and coordination requirements with federal staff and any local partners.

• The Bureau of Reclamation in the recovery act sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Habitat Monitoring on the San Juan River" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.529.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-05-10.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-01. (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 $1,500,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.

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