Monitoring Estuarine Condition | NPS 18 NERO 0044

Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 18 NERO 0044

The grant opportunity titled "Monitoring Estuarine Condition" (Funding Opportunity Number: NPS 18 NERO 0044) is a National Park Service (NPS) discretionary funding action that falls under the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category. The planned award instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates that NPS expects to have substantial involvement in the project activities rather than simply providing funds with minimal agency participation. The opportunity is associated with CFDA (now commonly referred to as Assistance Listing) number 15.945, which points to NPS financial assistance programs.

A key point in the notice is that it is not an open call for proposals. The announcement explicitly states, more than once, that it is not a request for applications. Instead, it serves as a public notice of NPS intent to award financial assistance for specified project activities related to monitoring estuarine condition. In practical terms, this kind of posting is often used when an agency plans to make an award to a specific partner or under a circumstance where competition is not being solicited, but public transparency still requires that the intended award be announced.

The funding details included in the notice indicate an award ceiling of $40,199. While the notice lists "ExpectedAwards" without a number provided in the source text, the structure and language are consistent with a single intended award or a very limited number of awards, typical of intent-to-award announcements. The eligible applicant category is listed as "Others," a broad designation that can include non-federal entities such as academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, research organizations, or other qualified partners, depending on the specifics of the intended recipient and statutory authority. The opportunity was created on May 23, 2018, and shows an original closing date of June 2, 2018, though because the announcement is not soliciting applications, that date is better interpreted as an administrative posting period rather than a deadline for proposal submission.

In terms of purpose, the title and activity category indicate that the work focuses on monitoring the condition of estuaries, which generally involves measuring environmental indicators such as water quality, salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, nutrient levels, contaminants, habitat condition, and biological communities. For the National Park Service, estuarine monitoring commonly supports resource stewardship goals by tracking ecosystem health over time, detecting changes that may be linked to pollution, land use, climate variability, sea level rise, or invasive species, and generating data that inform management decisions within coastal park units and surrounding watersheds. Even though the notice does not provide project-specific tasks, deliverables, or locations, the framing clearly situates the project within applied environmental monitoring and research in support of NPS natural resource management.

Overall, this listing should be read less as a competitive grant opportunity and more as a transparency notice: NPS is signaling its intention to make a cooperative agreement award (up to $40,199) for research and monitoring activities focused on estuarine condition, under Assistance Listing 15.945, without requesting applications from the general public.

• The National Park Service in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Monitoring Estuarine Condition" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.945.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2018-05-23.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-06-02. (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 $40,199.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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