Fine scale mapping of pre European Fire Regimes and Vegetation of Cumberland Island | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The grant opportunity titled "Fine scale mapping of pre European Fire Regimes and Vegetation of Cumberland Island" is a National Park Service (NPS) discretionary funding announcement focused on supporting scientific field research on Cumberland Island. The project is intended to provide professional expertise to conduct field studies that will produce fine-scale mapping of two closely related topics: the island's pre-European fire regimes and its historical vegetation patterns. In practical terms, the work would likely involve reconstructing how often fires occurred, how intense they were, where they tended to burn, and what plant communities existed before major European settlement and land-use changes altered natural conditions. The emphasis on "fine scale mapping" suggests the NPS is looking for spatially detailed outputs rather than broad, island-wide generalizations, meaning the resulting maps and supporting data should help managers understand variation across different parts of the island.

This opportunity is offered as a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates a more collaborative relationship between the NPS and the recipient than a standard grant. Under a cooperative agreement, the agency often expects to be substantively involved in aspects of the project, such as refining study design, coordinating access to park sites, aligning methods with park management needs, or reviewing interim deliverables. The funding activity category is listed as science and technology and other research and development, reinforcing that the central purpose is applied research with clear management relevance. Only one award is expected, so the selected applicant would be the sole partner funded to complete the work described.

Funding for the project is fixed at an estimated total of $16,500, with an award ceiling and floor both set at $16,500. That structure signals the NPS anticipated a single, specific scope of work tied to a set budget, rather than a range of potential project sizes. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement, meaning the applicant is not required to contribute additional non-federal funds or in-kind resources to be eligible, although applicants sometimes still propose leveraged resources if they strengthen the project plan.

Eligibility is limited to private institutions of higher education, which points to universities and colleges in the private sector as the intended applicants. That limitation suggests the NPS was aiming to partner with academic expertise, potentially including faculty researchers, graduate students, or university-based research units with experience in fire ecology, historical ecology, vegetation mapping, paleoecology, dendrochronology, charcoal and sediment analysis, GIS-based landscape reconstruction, or related methods. Because the work is framed as mapping pre-European conditions, applicants would likely need to propose defensible approaches to reconstruct historical baselines, which might involve integrating field sampling with existing datasets, archival sources, and geospatial analysis to produce interpretable management products.

Key administrative details show the opportunity was posted on October 23, 2009, created on October 20, 2009, and had an original and current closing date of October 28, 2009, indicating a very short application window. The archive date is November 27, 2009, meaning the announcement was subsequently closed and stored as a past opportunity. The funding opportunity number is AJ5023090015, and the listing includes a CFDA number of 00.000 (Not Elsewhere Classified), which is sometimes used when a program does not align neatly with a standard CFDA listing.

For applicants or interested parties who had trouble accessing the full announcement, the NPS provided a point of contact: Cheryl Richardson, Contract Specialist, reachable by phone at 404-507-5747 or by email at cherylrichardson@nps.gov. This contact information implies that questions about the announcement, application process, or access to documents were routed through an NPS contracting or grants specialist rather than solely through scientific staff, which is common for federally administered cooperative agreements.

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