Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00795
This notice describes a National Park Service (NPS) funding action focused on supporting long-term ecological monitoring in the Mojave Desert Network of national park units. The project is titled "Identification and Enumeration of Aquatic Macroinvertebrates to Support Long-Term Monitoring of Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Communities in National Park Service Units of the Mojave Desert Network" and centers on the lab-based processing of aquatic macroinvertebrate samples. In practical terms, that means sorting, identifying, and counting aquatic insects and other invertebrates collected from springs, streams, and other aquatic habitats in Mojave Desert parks so the NPS can track ecosystem condition and change over time.
The announcement is a Notice of Intent to Award from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. It is explicitly not a request for applications, not a competitive solicitation, and not an open call for proposals. Instead, it provides public notice that NPS intends to fund specific project activities without full and open competition. The planned award mechanism is a cooperative agreement (Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement), which typically indicates that NPS expects to have substantial involvement in coordinating or guiding aspects of the work in addition to providing funds.
The recipient identified for this non-competitive award is Utah State University under Cooperative Agreement P17AC01653. Utah State University is participating as a partner through the Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU), a collaborative network that allows federal agencies and academic partners to work together on research, technical assistance, and education related to ecosystem management. The opportunity number associated with this notice is P17AS00795, and it is categorized as a discretionary funding action under the Natural Resources activity area (CFDA number 15.945).
From a scope and purpose standpoint, the work supports long-term monitoring of aquatic macroinvertebrate communities, which are widely used as indicators of water quality, hydrologic stability, and overall aquatic ecosystem health. Because many macroinvertebrates respond predictably to changes in temperature, flow, sediment, pollution, and habitat disturbance, identifying and enumerating these organisms over repeated sampling events helps NPS detect trends, assess impacts, and inform management decisions in arid-land aquatic systems that can be especially sensitive and isolated. The output of this work is generally standardized taxonomic identifications and counts that can be integrated into NPS monitoring datasets and used for analyses of community composition, diversity, and ecological condition across time and sites.
Administratively, the notice lists an expected single award (Expected Awards: 1) with an award ceiling of $49,526. The posting date (Creation Date) is September 11, 2017. Since it is not an application-based opportunity, there is no closing date for submissions; the "Original Closing Date" field confirms that it is not a request for applications. Eligible applicants are listed as public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, which aligns with the selection of a public university partner for the work. Overall, the announcement functions mainly as transparency documentation: it tells the public that NPS intends to fund a specific, targeted monitoring-support project with a named university partner through a cooperative agreement, rather than seeking competing proposals.Apply for P17AS00795
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Identification and Enumeration of Aquatic Macroinvertebrates to Support Long-Term Monitoring of Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Communities in National Park Service Units of the Mojave Desert Network" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.945.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 11, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by This is not a request for applications.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $49,526.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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