Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS NOIWASOJ2350103006
Apply for NPS NOIWASOJ2350103006
- The National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Effects of the Changing Climate on Air Quality" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 00.000 Not Elsewhere Classified.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 19, 2010 and posted on Aug 19, 2010.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 20, 2010. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $199,384.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $188,384.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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Opportunity Summary:
The National Park Service (NPS) grant opportunity titled "Effects of the Changing Climate on Air Quality" (Funding Opportunity Number NPS NOIWASOJ2350103006) is a discretionary cooperative agreement focused on understanding how future climate change could affect air quality conditions in U.S. national parks. The work is framed as a task agreement under an existing Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Cooperative Agreement (H2370094000). Rather than supporting field monitoring or new data collection, the core of the project is a modeling-based analysis designed to estimate how air pollution and visibility-related conditions in parks may shift by mid-century as climate and emissions change.
The technical focus is on three key air quality endpoints that are central to park resource protection and regulatory planning: ozone concentrations, nitrogen deposition, and haze (visibility impairment). These issues matter because ozone can harm human health and vegetation, nitrogen deposition can alter sensitive ecosystems by fertilizing soils and waters beyond natural levels, and haze reduces scenic visibility that many parks are legally mandated to protect. The project is intended to quantify how climate-driven changes in meteorology (such as temperature, atmospheric circulation, stagnation events, and precipitation patterns) interact with projected emissions to influence these outcomes.
To do this, the award supports running simulations with a global coupled chemistry-climate model developed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The model will be driven by archived projected emissions and meteorological scenarios for the year 2050 taken from the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) inventory. Using multiple future emissions and meteorological scenarios is a central feature of the work because it allows the analysis to produce a range of plausible futures rather than a single deterministic outcome. That range is meant to capture uncertainty in both future emissions trajectories and climate responses, giving NPS more useful information for risk-based planning and interpretation.
Administratively, this is a notice of intent for a non-competitive award. The announcement states that the action will be issued on a sole-source basis to Colorado State University under the existing CESU cooperative agreement, consistent with Department of the Interior policy (Department Manual 505 DM 2). In practical terms, that means the agency is not soliciting competing proposals; instead, it is documenting its intent to fund a specific partner for this particular scope of work through the established CESU mechanism. The eligible applicant category listed is public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, aligning with the university-based recipient.
The opportunity anticipates a single award (Expected Awards: 1) with an estimated total funding level of $199,384, an award ceiling of $188,384, and no required cost sharing or matching. The posting and application window was extremely short: posted August 19, 2010, with an original and current closing date of August 20, 2010, and an archive date of September 19, 2010, reflecting its function as a formal notice tied to an intended sole-source cooperative action rather than an open competition.
For access issues or administrative questions, the listed point of contact is Robert Dobson, Contract Specialist, National Park Service, phone 303-987-6988.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Effects of the Changing Climate on Air Quality (NPS NOIWASOJ2350103006)
What is the title of this National Park Service grant opportunity?
The opportunity is titled "Effects of the Changing Climate on Air Quality."
What is the Funding Opportunity Number?
The Funding Opportunity Number is NPS NOIWASOJ2350103006.
What type of funding instrument is being used?
This is a discretionary cooperative agreement.
What is the main purpose of the project?
The project aims to understand how future climate change could affect air quality conditions in U.S. national parks, with an emphasis on how air pollution and visibility-related conditions may shift by mid-century as climate and emissions change.
Is this project focused on collecting new field data or monitoring in parks?
No. The scope is centered on modeling-based analysis rather than field monitoring or new data collection.
What are the main air quality issues (endpoints) being evaluated?
The project focuses on three air quality endpoints: ozone concentrations, nitrogen deposition, and haze (visibility impairment).
Why are ozone, nitrogen deposition, and haze important for national parks?
Ozone can harm human health and vegetation, nitrogen deposition can change sensitive ecosystems by adding excess nutrients to soils and waters, and haze reduces scenic visibility that many parks are legally mandated to protect.
How does the project connect climate change to air quality outcomes?
The work is intended to quantify how climate-driven changes in meteorology (including temperature, atmospheric circulation, stagnation events, and precipitation patterns) interact with projected emissions to influence ozone, nitrogen deposition, and haze conditions in parks.
What modeling approach will be used?
The award supports running simulations using a global coupled chemistry-climate model developed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
What future time period does the analysis target?
The simulations are driven by scenarios for the year 2050 (mid-century).
Where do the future emissions and meteorological scenarios come from?
The model will use archived projected emissions and meteorological scenarios for 2050 from the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) inventory.
Will the project consider more than one future scenario?
Yes. A central feature of the work is using multiple future emissions and meteorological scenarios to produce a range of plausible futures rather than a single outcome.
Why does the project use multiple scenarios instead of a single projection?
Using multiple scenarios is intended to capture uncertainty in both future emissions trajectories and climate responses, providing information that is more useful for risk-based planning and interpretation.
Is this an open, competitive funding opportunity?
No. This notice describes an intent to make a non-competitive (sole-source) award rather than soliciting competing proposals.
Who is the intended recipient of the sole-source award?
The notice states the action will be issued on a sole-source basis to Colorado State University.
What agreement mechanism is this work being issued under?
The work is framed as a task agreement under an existing Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Cooperative Agreement, identified as H2370094000.
What policy is cited as the basis for issuing the award as sole-source?
The notice references Department of the Interior policy in Department Manual 505 DM 2.
What is the eligible applicant category listed for this opportunity?
The eligible applicant category listed is public and state-controlled institutions of higher education.
How many awards does the opportunity anticipate?
The opportunity anticipates a single award (Expected Awards: 1).
What is the estimated total funding level?
The estimated total funding level is $199,384.
What is the award ceiling listed?
The award ceiling is $188,384.
Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. The opportunity specifies that no cost sharing or matching is required.
When was the opportunity posted and when did it close?
The opportunity was posted on August 19, 2010. The original and current closing date is August 20, 2010.
What is the archive date?
The archive date is September 19, 2010.
Why was the posting and application window so short?
Based on the notice text, the short window aligns with its function as a formal notice tied to an intended sole-source cooperative action rather than an open competitive solicitation.
Who should be contacted for access issues or administrative questions?
The listed point of contact is Robert Dobson, Contract Specialist, National Park Service, phone 303-987-6988.
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