How to apply...
Application Procedure:
Complete application information can be found at http://international.fws.gov/grants/grants.html, or, if unable to access the website, by request from the Branch of Latin America & the Caribbean, Division of International Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 730, Arlington, VA 22203-1622.
Note: Each program will indicate whether applications are to be submitted to the Federal headquarters, regional or local office, or to a State or local government office.
Award Procedure:
Projects are simultaneously reviewed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife Without Borders-Mexico review panel and the Mexican Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources, Wildlife Without Borders-Mexico review panel (SEMARNAT). Once internal reviews are completed, the Service and SEMARNAT select the projects jointly. After projects are selected for funding, an Assistance Award agreement is drafted by the Division of International Conservation, which is then finalized by the Division of Contracting. Assistance Awards are mailed to fund recipients for signature. Once all required documents are returned to the Service the FWS Contracting Officer signs to fully execute the Award. Fully executed documents are mailed back to the Recipient. From this point forward, the Division of International Conservation administers the Assistance Award.
Note: Grant payments may be made by a letter of credit, advance by Treasury check, or reimbursement by Treasury check.
Awards may be made by the headquarters office directly to the applicant, an agency field office, a regional office,
or by an authorized county office. The assistance may pass through the initial applicant for further distribution by
intermediate level applicants to groups or individuals in the private sector.