Forest Health Monitoring in the National Park Service | NPS 19 NERO 0085

Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 19 NERO 0085

The Forest Health Monitoring in the National Park Service opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number NPS 19 NERO 0085) is a National Park Service discretionary funding action that supports science, technology, and other research and development activities tied to forest health monitoring. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates that the National Park Service expects to have substantial involvement in the project work, such as collaborating on project design, methods, data collection priorities, reporting, or other technical and administrative elements. The program is associated with CFDA number 15.945, and the listing indicates the eligible applicant category as "Others," suggesting the intended recipient may fall outside the standard categories like state or local governments, universities, or nonprofits, depending on how the agency is classifying the partner for this specific action.

A key point is that this notice is explicitly not a request for applications. It is a public notice of intent to award financial assistance for specified project activities, meaning the National Park Service is signaling that it plans to make an award rather than soliciting competitive proposals from the public. In practical terms, opportunities like this are often used when the agency has already identified a specific partner organization or has an established collaboration that fits the work, and the public posting is meant to satisfy transparency and administrative requirements rather than to open a competition. Because it is not an application solicitation, there are no application instructions, no competitive submission process, and no expectation that new applicants will be considered through this posting.

The total funding amount listed reflects an award ceiling of $120,005. The original closing date is shown as August 10, 2019, which in this context functions more like an administrative deadline for the notice period rather than a true application deadline, since applications are not being requested. The announcement was created on July 30, 2019, indicating a short notice window. The posting also lists "ExpectedAwards" but does not provide a number, which can happen when the agency anticipates a single award or when the number of awards is not being emphasized because the decision is essentially predetermined.

Overall, the notice describes a cooperative agreement focused on forest health monitoring within the National Park Service, placed under a research and development activity category and issued as a discretionary action. Its primary purpose is public disclosure of the agency's intention to fund specific project activities up to the stated ceiling amount, rather than inviting proposals from interested organizations.

• The National Park Service in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Forest Health Monitoring in the National Park Service" 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 2019-07-30.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2019-08-10. (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 $120,005.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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