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Opportunity Summary:

The National Park Service funding opportunity titled "Compare and Contrast Sister Parks Research Finding and Monitoring Efforts" (Funding Opportunity Number NPS NOIR1526115252) is a discretionary grant action that the NPS planned to award as a cooperative agreement under the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). The core purpose, as indicated by the title and program context, is to support work that examines and compares research results and ongoing monitoring efforts between "sister parks" (parks linked through formal or informal partnerships intended to share scientific information, management approaches, and lessons learned). The activity falls under the Natural Resources funding activity category and is associated with CFDA 15.945, which covers cooperative research and training programs related to resources of the National Park System.

This announcement is not an open competition. It is explicitly described as a notice of intent for a noncompetitive, single-source award, issued in accordance with Department of the Interior policy (505 Departmental Manual 2.12C). In practical terms, that means the agency had already identified the intended recipient and was publicly documenting the planned award rather than soliciting proposals from multiple organizations. The eligible applicant pool is listed generally as "Others," but the eligibility section clarifies that this specific action was intended as a single-source award to the University of Colorado Boulder. Because it is not a request for applications, other entities were not expected to submit proposals in response to this posting.

The opportunity anticipated one award with an estimated total funding amount of $26,455. The posting lists an award ceiling and floor of $0, which commonly appears in older or administratively formatted listings when the system fields are not used to restate the budget range, even though an estimated total is provided. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement indicated, so the recipient would not be required to contribute non-federal funds as a condition of the award. As a cooperative agreement, the arrangement would typically involve substantial involvement by NPS staff in the project, such as collaboration on study design, coordination with park personnel, data sharing expectations, or joint interpretation and reporting of findings, distinguishing it from a standard grant where the federal role is usually more limited.

Timing-wise, the opportunity was posted on August 1, 2011, with an original and current closing date of August 5, 2011, and it was archived on September 4, 2011. The very short window is consistent with a notice-of-intent/single-source posting, where the purpose is transparency and documentation rather than running a competitive application period. For applicants or members of the public who had trouble accessing the full announcement, the contact listed was Jenny Sommer, Agreements Specialist, at 303-969-2392, which suggests the administrative point of contact for the cooperative agreement paperwork rather than a program scientist.

In summary, this was a small, targeted National Park Service CESU task agreement intended to fund the University of Colorado Boulder to conduct a comparative analysis of research and monitoring efforts between sister parks, supporting NPS natural resource science and management. It was issued as a noncompetitive cooperative agreement with one expected award totaling about $26,455, with no matching requirement, and it served primarily as a public notice of the agency's intent to make that award.

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