Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) | F15AS00457

Opportunity Information: Apply for F15AS00457

This grant notice is a single-source Notice of Intent to Award issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), meaning the agency plans to make an award to a specific recipient and is not running an open competition. There is no full funding announcement attached to this notice, and it is not structured as a typical solicitation where multiple applicants submit proposals for review. Instead, it functions primarily as a public transparency posting that the government intends to enter into an agreement with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).

The planned award will be made as a cooperative agreement (Funding Opportunity Number F15AS00457) under CFDA 15.657. A cooperative agreement indicates that FWS expects to have substantial involvement in the project compared with a standard grant, often through collaboration, coordination, technical input, or joint participation in aspects of the work. The activity areas connected to the notice include education, environment, science and technology, and other research and development, which aligns with the purpose of supporting research capacity and scientific work that contributes to FWS-related mission needs.

The core purpose of the funding is to support a postdoctoral scientist at Virginia Tech. The postdoctoral researcher will work under the direction of a Principal Investigator, suggesting a defined research leadership structure and oversight for the work performed. The notice also states that Virginia Tech will cost share, meaning the university will contribute a portion of the total project resources (such as salary support, fringe, indirect cost sharing, equipment, or other allowable contributions), reducing the portion funded directly by the federal award and demonstrating institutional commitment to the effort.

From an eligibility and access standpoint, the notice lists eligible applicants as "unrestricted," but because it is explicitly a single-source intent to award with no full announcement, it is not an opportunity that outside organizations can realistically apply to in a competitive sense. The posting indicates an expected number of awards of one. The award ceiling is listed as 0, which typically signals that a specific maximum amount is not being publicized in the notice or that the listing does not include a defined ceiling figure, rather than implying that no funding will be provided.

Key administrative details include an original closing date of 2015-09-18 and a creation date of 2015-09-11, indicating the notice was posted shortly before the date shown in the system as the closing date. Overall, this is best understood as a targeted federal-university cooperative research arrangement intended to fund a specific postdoctoral position at Virginia Tech with institutional cost sharing, rather than a broadly available grant competition.

• The Fish and Wildlife Service in the education, environment, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.657.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2015-09-11.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2015-09-18. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.

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