Analyze Forest Condition and Produce Floristic Guides | P19AS00373

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The Department of the Interior, National Park Service is issuing a notice of intent for a discretionary cooperative agreement titled "Analyze Forest Condition and Produce Floristic Guides" (Funding Opportunity Number P19AS00373). The effort falls under the Science and Technology and other Research and Development activity category (CFDA 15.945) and is structured specifically as a Cooperative Agreement, which typically means the National Park Service expects to have substantial involvement in shaping the work as it is carried out, rather than simply providing funds with minimal oversight.

The project is a collaboration between the National Park Service Cumberland Piedmont Network and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium. Its practical purpose is to give managers at 14 national park units clearer, science-based information about the current condition of their forest ecosystems. In addition to internal management products, the project also aims to produce floristic guides that are suitable for public use, meaning materials that help visitors and other non-specialists identify and understand local plant life. Taken together, the work is meant to support both resource stewardship (through better condition assessment information for decision-making) and education/interpretation (through accessible plant guides).

This announcement is not an open call for applications. Instead, it is a restricted award notice indicating the National Park Service intends to make a single award to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, identified as an established partner through the Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU) Network. While the eligibility listing mentions public and state-controlled institutions of higher education and "others" as defined in additional eligibility language, the stated intent is to proceed with one expected award under this restricted arrangement rather than competing the opportunity broadly.

The anticipated funding level is up to an award ceiling of $93,096, with one expected award. The opportunity record was created on July 11, 2019, and it includes an original closing date statement noting that it is not a request for applications, reinforcing that the agreement is planned as a directed partnership action rather than a competitive grant cycle.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Analyze Forest Condition and Produce Floristic Guides" 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 Jul 11, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by This is not a request for applications. This is a notice of intent to make a restricted award to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a partner under the Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit Network.. (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 $93,096.00 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, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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