NPS – UWNPS Research Center Support Grant

This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service (NPS)’s intention to fund a Task Agreement against an existing Master Agreement.

ABSTRACT
Funding Announcement NPS-NOIP16AC01146
Project Title UWNPS Research Center Support
Recipient University of Wyoming
Total Anticipated Award Amount 32500
Cost Share None Required
Anticipated Length of Agreement Through December 31, 2020
Anticipated Period of Performance Through December 31, 2020
Award Instrument Cooperative Agreement (task award)
Statutory Authority 54 U.S.C. §100703, Cooperative Study Units
CFDA # and Title 15.945, Cooperative Research & Training Programs
Point of Contact Tina Holland, Agreements Officer

OVERVIEW, RECIPIENT AND NPS SUBSTANTIAL INVOLVEMENT

The University of Wyoming will collaborate with the National Park Service (NPS) to

Substantial involvement on the part the National Park Service (NPS) is anticipated for the successful completion of the objectives to be funded by this award. Annually, Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Park submit a list of cultural, natural, and social science needs of interest to the public to the UWNPS Research Center. Research proposals are submitting by faculty and graduate students, based on these lists or other topics of interest to the researchers. Each project will address a research topic of interest to students, faculty and the general public on natural and cultural resources related to the parks. Proposals are reviewed by a panel of University of Wyoming faculty as well as Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Park personnel, and projects are ranked and selected based on merit, contributions to science, and applicability to park and ecosystem needs.
NPS did not solicit full and open competition for this award based the following criteria:

The cooperator is a member of an established Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) network, and was awarded a Cooperative Agreement P14AC00749 allowing UWY to participate in specific tasks, and can provide the necessary activities involved in this particular task while providing an effective outcome for the National Park Service and the research and/or education project. Three members of the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) network were considered for this award and the UWY was selected based on the outstanding, for the purpose of providing research, technical assistance, and/or education, for research center support.