This grant from the National Park Service is for conducting field work, collecting data, and managing data for natural resource management projects in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Six interns will be involved in tasks such as forest plot monitoring, vegetation mapping accuracy assessment, wetlands inventory, at-risk plant populations inventory, and aquatic macroinvertebrate monitoring. The data collected will support management efforts to protect natural resources in the park and will also benefit the scientific community, park partners, educators, and the public. Closing date for applications is April 30, 2018.
Opportunity ID: 303841
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | P18AS00172 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Vegetation and Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 0 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.931 — Conservation Activities by Youth Service Organizations |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 19, 2018 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 30, 2018 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 30, 2018 |
| Archive Date: | May 19, 2018 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $0 |
| Award Ceiling: | $40,560 |
| Award Floor: | $1 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | The United States Department of the Interior, The National Park Service (NPS), Great Smoky Mountain National Park, is announcing a notice of intent to award to award a cooperative agreement; this is not a request for applications. This funding opportunity is to provide public notice of NPS’s intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition, under Cooperative Agreement P15AC00024 with Conservation Legacy, for a project titled; Vegetation and Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | The project will require six interns to conduct field work, collect data, and help manage data related to several ongoing natural resource management projects in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Projects that four of the interns will be working on include long-term forest plot monitoring, vegetation mapping accuracy assessment, wetlands inventory, and inventory of at-risk/collectible plant populations. Two interns will work on aquatic macroinvertebrate monitoring. Data collected will assist GRSM management efforts to protect important natural resources throughout GRSM. These data will also be informative to the scientific community, park partners, educators, and the general public. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Grants.Gov |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Brian Straka 8654361217
Brian_Straka@nps.gov Email:Brian_Straka@nps.gov |
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Related Documents
Folder 303841 Full Announcement-Notice of Intent -> Notice of Intent P18AS00172.pdf
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