National Park Service 2018 Monitoring of Landbird Populations in Northern Great Plains I | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The National Park Service 2018 Monitoring of Landbird Populations in Northern Great Plains I grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number NPS NOIP15AC1302) is a discretionary funding notice tied to natural resource monitoring within units of the National Park System. It is structured as a cooperative agreement, which generally means the National Park Service expects to have substantial involvement in the work alongside the recipient rather than simply providing funds with minimal interaction. The program is associated with CFDA 15.945, Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System, reflecting its focus on applied research, monitoring, and technical capacity that supports park resource management.

A key feature of this notice is that it is a notice of intent for a noncompetitive award. In practical terms, that indicates the agency is not running an open competition where multiple applicants submit full proposals and a winner is selected. Instead, the National Park Service is signaling its intent to make a single task agreement award under the National Park Service Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). The announcement cites Department of the Interior policy (505 Departmental Manual 2.12C) as the basis for using a noncompetitive approach, which typically applies when specific conditions justify awarding to a particular partner without competition (for example, when a unique qualification, existing relationship, or specific CESU mechanism is being used). The opportunity anticipates one award.

The purpose, as indicated by the title, is the monitoring of landbird populations in the Northern Great Plains. While the brief synopsis does not list field methods or target species, the intent is clearly aligned with conservation science and long-term ecological monitoring that can inform park management decisions. Monitoring landbird populations in grassland and prairie ecosystems is commonly used to track ecosystem health, evaluate management actions, and detect population trends over time, so this award would likely support planning, field surveys, data management, and reporting associated with those monitoring objectives in or near National Park Service lands in that region.

Financially, the estimated total funding listed for the action is $48,566, and there is no cost sharing or matching requirement. The award ceiling and floor are listed as $0, which usually reflects that a specific ceiling was not entered into the system rather than implying no funds are available, since an estimated total is provided. The posting date and creation date are both July 21, 2015, with an original and current closing date of July 30, 2015, and an archive date of August 29, 2015. Those dates indicate the notice was open for a short window and is now archived, reinforcing that it was not designed as a broad, ongoing competitive solicitation.

Eligibility is limited to nonprofits with IRS 501(c)(3) status, excluding institutions of higher education. That restriction narrows the applicant pool to qualifying nonprofit organizations, consistent with the CESU framework where certain partner types may be targeted for specific task agreements. Because the notice is noncompetitive and tied to a CESU task agreement, it may have been intended for a specific partner already positioned within that cooperative network.

For additional details beyond the short synopsis, the notice directs interested parties to the attached announcement. The listed point of contact for assistance accessing the full announcement is Kelly Adams, Grants Management Specialist, at 303-969-2303.

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