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Opportunity Summary:

The National Park Service (NPS) notice titled "Executive Leadership Seminar" is a public, non-competitive funding announcement describing NPS intent to support a specific project through a cooperative agreement with the University of California, Merced (UC Merced). It is explicitly not a request for applications, meaning the agency is not soliciting proposals from the broader public. Instead, it serves as formal notice that NPS plans to fund UC Merced to design and deliver an executive-level training program called the National Parks Institute Executive Leadership Seminar.

The core project is the delivery of an 11 to 14 day executive leadership seminar focused on strengthening advanced leadership and strategic conservation management skills for park and protected-area leaders. The seminar is designed for approximately 30 participants each year and is intended to serve managers from the United States and from international protected area organizations, including government agencies as well as participants from nonprofits and corporations involved in conservation and stewardship. A central goal is to help senior practitioners lead effectively in complex, fast-changing environments, particularly within government and public-lands contexts where policy, public accountability, and competing demands are constant.

UC Merced, working closely with NPS Visitor and Resource Protection, would handle a wide range of seminar development and operational responsibilities. These activities include concept and planning meetings; curriculum and content development; identifying and recruiting speakers; selecting venues; and providing full logistical and administrative support. Practical support tasks can include arranging lodging and catering, coordinating transportation, booking meeting spaces, handling speaker and vendor payments, announcing the course, administering scholarships, and managing other business functions required to run the program under University of California procedures. The seminar itself is expected to include a blend of lectures, panels, keynote addresses, field trips, and collaborative workgroups, with an emphasis on case-study learning. Participants are expected to bring "live" park or protected-area cases to work on during the program, so the instruction is tied to real management challenges rather than purely theoretical discussion.

The notice also highlights a multi-year, ongoing design rather than a one-time event. The planned seminar series is described as recurring annually over a five-year period (2011 to 2015), with additional work extending beyond each session. Post-seminar activities may include documenting proceedings, maintaining and facilitating alumni collaboration year after year, and developing scholarship support to broaden access. A major intended outcome is the creation of a durable professional network of experienced managers who stay connected through web-based tools and professional relationships, sharing best practices, problem-solving in real time, exchanging research and ideas, identifying emerging technologies, and finding efficiencies through shared objectives. In other words, the program is meant to build both leadership capacity and a sustained international community of practice that strengthens environmental stewardship, cultural resource protection, and visitor security and enjoyment.

In terms of subject matter, the seminar is framed to deepen participants understanding of the natural, cultural, recreational, scientific, and legal dimensions of protected-area management. The notice references a wide range of place-based and mission-based contexts such as national parks, ecological conservation areas, wildlife refuges, marine sanctuaries, and state or local parks. Potential venues include Golden Gate National Parks, the UC Merced campus, and areas around Yosemite National Park, supporting a curriculum that mixes classroom learning with on-the-ground field experience.

From the funding and administrative perspective, the opportunity is categorized as discretionary and uses a cooperative agreement, signaling substantial involvement by NPS alongside UC Merced rather than a simple pass-through grant. The opportunity lists one expected award, with estimated total funding of $1,000,000 and an award ceiling of $2,000,000 (no cost sharing or matching requirement is indicated). Eligible applicants are listed as public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, consistent with UC Merced being the intended partner. Key dates in the posted record include a posted and created date of September 8, 2010, with a closing date of September 13, 2010, and an archive date of October 13, 2010. The funding opportunity number is NPS NOI WASO 2400100006, and the sponsoring agency is the National Park Service. A contracting officer contact is provided (Mary A. Ray, 303-987-6719) for access issues related to the full announcement.

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