This department is offering the George Wright Society Biennial Conference 2017 Grant to promote public understanding of protected areas, national parks, and cultural sites. The grant aims to encourage environmental stewardship among young people, adults, and faculty from underrepresented backgrounds. It also focuses on sharing science-based information for NPS management decisions and enhancing interactions with diverse natural and cultural management professionals. Moreover, the grant involves indigenous communities in educational and training activities related to natural resources. Additionally, it includes an immersive outdoor learning lab experience on traditional knowledge about the health benefits of nature.
Opportunity ID: 288162
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | P16AS00582 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | George Wright Society Biennial Conference 2017 |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Natural Resources |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.946 — Cultural Resources Management |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 30, 2016 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service (NPS), intention to fund the following project activities without competition. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | – This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service (NPS), intention to fund the following project activities without competition. |
| Archive Date: | Sep 09, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $150,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $150,000 |
| Award Floor: | $1 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | Promoting, facilitating, and improving public understanding of natural, cultural, recreational, and other aspects of protected areas, national parks, ecological conservation areas, national forests, and state parks through the 2017 GWS Biennial Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites, other meetings and workshops. 2. Preparing, encouraging, and challenging young people, adults, and faculty from underrepresented ethnically diverse backgrounds to develop skills and knowledge about environmental stewardship in parks, protected areas, and cultural sites through the 2017 GWS Biennial Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites, other meetings and workshops. 3. Increasing the availability of science-based information and other scholarly information which forms the basis of NPS management decisions, sharing with others scientific and other scholarly information related to natural and cultural area management generated as a result of research and management conducted in parks, and increasing the NPSâ¿¿s interactions with a diverse body of local, state, federal, tribal, and international natural and cultural management professionals, volunteers, and students through the 2017 GWS Biennial Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites, other meetings and workshops. 4. Involving Native Americans and other indigenous people in educational, training, and other activities related to natural, cultural, and recreational resources through the 2017 GWS Biennial Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites, other meetings and workshops. 5. Provide an immersive Park Break outdoor learning lab experience on the study of traditional knowledge on the health benefits of nature. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
STEVE LIVINGSTON
Steve_Livingston@nps.gov Email:Steve_Livingston@nps.gov |
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