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Southwest Border Resource Protection Program

Program Information

Popular name

N/A

Program Number

15.963

Program objective

Provide financial assistance to educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, tribes, and local and state agencies to improve resource stewardship, achieve international cooperation, provide meaningful interpretation and conduct scientific research, which will lead to increased appreciation and understanding of our shared natural and cultural heritage along our international border with Mexico.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2019

    Eight (8) new project were funded through the competitive Notice of Funding Opportunity.

  2. 2022

    16 award actions in the amount of $464,516 awarded to borderlands national park units and their partners both in the U.S. and Mexico

  3. 2024

    Accomplishments include determining activity patterns within seasonal movements between protected areas in the Southwest borderland for bats of greatest conservation need. Additional accomplishments include the biodiversity, connectivity, and impacts of anthropogenic barriers on vertebrate communities in protected areas.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

  1. 54 U.S.C. § §101702(a) Cooperative Agreements, Transfer of Service Appropriated Funds.
  2. 54 U.S.C. § §100703 Cooperative Study Units.
  3. 54 U.S.C. § §101702(b) Cooperative Agreements, Cooperative Research and Training Programs.