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Opportunity Summary:

The National Park Service (NPS) issued this Notice of Intent to Award to publicly announce its plan to fund six projects under the Great Lakes Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). The overall purpose is to strengthen the scientific foundation for managing public lands in and around Great Lakes national parks by generating applied research, technical assistance, and education products that park resource managers can directly use. A key feature of the opportunity is that it is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning NPS expects to be substantially involved in carrying out the work and meeting each project’s objectives, rather than simply issuing funds with minimal federal participation.

This funding notice is tied to FY12 projects and is not framed as an open, broad competition in the usual sense. Instead, it functions as a single-source style announcement associated with CESU partner institutions and cites a determination based on unique qualifications (referencing 505 DM 2.14 B(4)). Eligibility is therefore limited to participating universities within the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units National Network, a nationwide consortium that links federal land and resource agencies with academic and other partners. CESUs are designed to bring together interdisciplinary expertise across biological, physical, social, cultural, and engineering fields to address natural and cultural resource issues at multiple scales and within an ecosystem context, with each CESU organized around a particular biogeographic region.

The six intended awards cover a range of management-relevant topics across climate, wildlife health, aquatic and coastal systems, public engagement, toxicology, restoration, and cultural/ethnographic history. The projects identified in the notice include: University of Wisconsin-Madison work on historical and projected climate trends in U.S. national parks to support vulnerability analyses and adaptation planning; Northern Michigan University research aimed at clarifying causal pathways of avian botulism through analysis of gut contents of affected birds; a Michigan Technological University/Michigan Research Institute effort to map lake-bottom environments in Great Lakes national parks using satellite imagery; a Stephen F. Austin State University project evaluating public engagement at three national park sites in the Northeast Region and developing future strategies; an Indiana University Northwest study assessing sediment toxicity and coastal dune restoration needs at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; and a project examining Ojibwe use and impacts on forests at Voyageurs National Park. Taken together, the portfolio reflects NPS’s interest in both natural resource stewardship (for example, climate resilience, disease dynamics, habitat and geomorphology, and contamination) and cultural resource understanding (for example, Indigenous land use and historical forest impacts), as well as the human dimensions of park management through public engagement evaluation.

Administratively, the opportunity is listed as a discretionary program using the cooperative agreement instrument, with an expected total of six awards. The total estimated funding is $366,672, with individual award amounts ranging from a floor of $27,500 to a ceiling of $114,000. No cost sharing or matching is required. The notice is associated with Funding Opportunity Number E12AC1H2000 and CFDA 15.945 (Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System). Key dates shown in the announcement include a posted date of August 6, 2012, with a closing date of September 6, 2012, and an archive date of October 6, 2012.

For access issues or questions about the full announcement, the point of contact listed is Penny Russell, Lead Grants and Agreements Officer, National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office, phone 402-661-1662, and the notice also points readers to Grants.gov for additional details and the full announcement materials.

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