The National Park Service Southwest Border Resource Protection Program Grant aims to provide financial assistance for resource stewardship, international cooperation, interpretation, and research along the U.S. border with Mexico. The grant addresses significant resource damage caused by illegal activities and unauthorized roads/trails, impacting wildlife, historic sites, and archaeological areas. Projects include scientific research, monitoring, conservation, and preservation efforts near or along the international border, with a focus on collaboration with NPS units like Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Big Bend National Park, and others. Applicants are encouraged to work closely with NPS units to develop project plans for individual awards.
Opportunity ID: 323004
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | P20AS00016 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Southwest Border Resource Protection Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Natural Resources |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 8 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.954 — National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Dec 11, 2019 |
| Last Updated Date: | Dec 11, 2019 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jan 13, 2020 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jan 13, 2020 |
| Archive Date: | Jan 20, 2020 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $275,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $50,000 |
| Award Floor: | $10,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | In accordance with 54 USC §101702(a), §101702(b), and §101703, this funding opportunity is limited to educational institutions, non-profit organizations, state and local governments and tribal governments. For profit organizations, foreign organizations, and governments outside the United States and its territories are not eligible to apply. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | The Southwest Border Resource Protection Program provides financial assistance to NPS units, as well as educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, tribes, and local and state agencies to improve resource stewardship, achieve international cooperation, provide meaningful interpretation and conduct scientific research, which will lead to increased appreciation and understanding of our shared natural and cultural heritage along our international border with Mexico. Several National Parks located along the U.S. border with Mexico have recently experienced serious resource damage due to illegal cross border activities including drug traffickers and undocumented persons traversing the parks. Other national park units within the desert southwest have also experienced impacts to their natural and cultural resources. Thousands of miles of unauthorized roads and trails have been created, major ecological processes and the migration patterns of wildlife have been disrupted, important historic sites have been vandalized, and archaeological sites have been looted. Program funding is available for conducting scientific research and monitoring of species, as well as conservation, interpretation and preservation projects designed to help protect and preserve natural and cultural resources located near or along our international border. Applicants are strongly encouraged to work closely with at least one of ten NPS units located near the international border in the formulation of the project. These parks include Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Big Bend National Park, Amistad National Recreation Area, Palo Alto National Historic Site, Padre Island National Seashore, Saguaro National Park, Tumacacori National Historical Park, Chamizal National Memorial, Coronado National Memorial, and Chiricahua National Monument. The projects and activities will be individually authorized by separate awards, with each project or activity having a separate work plan and budget developed cooperatively between the NPS and the cooperator. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Todd Wilson
Todd_Wilson@nps.gov Email:Todd_Wilson@nps.gov |
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Related Documents
Folder 323004 Full Announcement-Full Announcement -> P20AS00016 – SWBRPP NOFO.pdf
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