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Opportunity Summary:

The Notice of Intent (NOI) titled "GAP Analysis Program - Framework for PAD Support" (Funding Opportunity Number USGS 16 FA 6405) is a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) discretionary funding opportunity under the Department of the Interior. It is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning the work is expected to involve substantial collaboration between the federal agency and the recipient rather than operating as a hands-off grant. The program falls under the Science and Technology and other Research and Development activity category and is associated with CFDA number 15.811.

The core purpose of the project is to continue and strengthen an existing partnership with GreenInfo to advance shared priorities around protected lands data and the way that data is applied in real-world conservation planning and decision making. The effort centers on PAD-US (the Protected Areas Database of the United States), a nationally important dataset used to understand where protected lands are, what types of protections exist, who manages those lands, and how that information can be used to evaluate conservation gaps and priorities. The stated intent is not simply to maintain the dataset, but to improve its quality, expand its usefulness, and increase adoption by the agencies, organizations, and practitioners who rely on it.

The opportunity notes that significant momentum had recently been achieved in this space, and the proposed project is framed as building on that progress. Specifically, it references a major new PAD-US data release accompanied by education efforts to help users understand and apply the data; stronger federal coordination around protected lands data to reduce duplication and improve consistency; a broad initiative to define a PAD-US roadmap for the following three years (suggesting planning, prioritization, and alignment across partners); and improved outreach and information tools, which implies practical user-facing products such as guidance materials, web resources, documentation, or other mechanisms that make the dataset easier to discover, interpret, and integrate into workflows.

Only one award was anticipated, with an award ceiling of $75,000, indicating a relatively targeted, focused project rather than a large multi-award program. Eligibility is limited to nonprofits with IRS 501(c)(3) status, excluding institutions of higher education, which narrows the applicant pool to mission-driven organizations positioned to support data development, stakeholder engagement, and applied conservation outcomes. The opportunity was posted on April 7, 2016, created the same day, and had an application deadline of April 22, 2016, reflecting a short turnaround typical of NOI or partner-continuation actions where an established collaborator and a specific scope are already in view.

Overall, this NOI describes a small, collaboration-heavy federal investment aimed at sustaining and accelerating improvements to PAD-US and its supporting ecosystem, including data enhancements, coordination among federal partners, multi-year strategic planning, and tools and outreach that help conservation professionals use protected lands information more effectively in decision-making.

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