Assess Island Biodiversity and Archeological Sites and Develop Communication Strategies with Tribal Partners | NPS 17 NERO 0071

Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 17 NERO 0071

The National Park Service (NPS), within the Department of the Interior, issued a public notice for a discretionary funding action titled "Assess Island Biodiversity and Archeological Sites and Develop Communication Strategies with Tribal Partners" (Funding Opportunity Number: NPS 17 NERO 0071). The project sits in the environmental funding activity area and is associated with CFDA number 15.944. Although it appears in the format of a federal funding opportunity, the notice is explicitly not a request for applications and should not be read as an open competition for new proposals.

Instead, the purpose of the posting is to inform the public that NPS intends to make an award through a task agreement issued under an existing master cooperative agreement that had already been justified as a single-source arrangement. In practical terms, this means NPS is planning to fund work through a pre-established partner relationship and is using the announcement to meet transparency and public-notice expectations rather than to solicit bids or applications from the broader public.

The intended scope, as reflected in the title, centers on assessing island biodiversity and documenting or evaluating archeological sites, alongside developing communication strategies in collaboration with Tribal partners. That combination suggests the work is meant to integrate natural resource assessment with cultural resource considerations, while also emphasizing government-to-government or Tribal engagement through improved communication approaches. However, the notice itself provides only high-level framing and does not lay out detailed tasks, methods, deliverables, or a workplan because it is not an application solicitation.

The funding instrument identified is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates that NPS expects substantial involvement in the project beyond simply providing funding. The announcement lists an award ceiling of $60,000, anticipates one award, and shows a creation date of June 20, 2017, with an original closing date of June 29, 2017. Given the context, that closing date functions more as the end of the public-notice window than as a deadline for submitting applications.

Eligibility is labeled broadly as "Others," with a reference to additional eligibility information elsewhere, but because the action is not competitive and will be executed under an existing single-source master cooperative agreement, the eligibility statement does not imply that new applicants can apply for or win this particular award. The key takeaway is that this is a transparency notice about NPS's intent to proceed with a specific task agreement under an already-established cooperative framework, rather than an open grant opportunity for outside organizations to pursue.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Assess Island Biodiversity and Archeological Sites and Develop Communication Strategies with Tribal Partners" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.944.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 20, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 29, 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 $60,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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