Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00453
This government grant opportunity, titled "Characterizing air quality in Carlsbad Caverns and other SW U.S. National Parks," is a National Park Service (NPS) funding notice issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior. It was posted to inform the public that NPS intends to support a specific set of project activities related to air quality characterization in and around Carlsbad Caverns and other national parks in the U.S. Southwest. The funding mechanism identified is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial involvement by the federal agency in carrying out or overseeing the project work, rather than a simple pass-through grant where the recipient operates independently.
A key point of this announcement is that it is not an open call for proposals. It explicitly states it is not a request for applications, meaning outside parties generally cannot compete for the funding through a standard application process. Instead, the announcement functions as a public notice of intent to make a non-competitive award for this work. The notice also indicates the award is pending Department of the Interior (DOI) approval, suggesting that final funding decisions and authorization were still awaiting internal departmental sign-off at the time of posting.
Administratively, the opportunity is listed under the funding opportunity number P17AS00453, with an opportunity category labeled "Other" and a funding activity category also labeled "Other," implying the work does not fit neatly into common standardized categories and would be clarified in supporting text in the full listing. The CFDA (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance) number associated with the program is 15.945, which corresponds to National Park Service-related assistance listings. The posting shows an expected number of awards of one, reinforcing that the agency planned a single cooperative agreement rather than multiple grants to different recipients.
The funding ceiling is shown as 1, which is not a realistic project budget for air quality work and is commonly a placeholder value in certain federal listings, especially when an announcement is primarily a notice of intent rather than a competitive solicitation with a defined maximum award amount. The timeline provided shows a creation date of August 19, 2017, and an original closing date of August 29, 2017. In a notice-only context, the "closing date" is generally more about how long the notice remains posted in the system rather than a deadline for submitting proposals.
Eligibility is broadly labeled as "Others," with a note indicating that additional eligibility information would appear in the full text. In practice, non-competitive cooperative agreements like this are often directed toward a specific partner organization (for example, a university, research institute, or nonprofit) chosen because of unique capabilities, prior work, existing agreements, or mission alignment. Overall, the announcement is best understood as a transparency step: it alerts the public that NPS planned to fund a particular air quality characterization effort in Southwestern national parks without a competition, contingent on DOI approval.Apply for P17AS00453
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Characterizing air quality in Carlsbad Caverns and other SW U.S. National Parks" 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 Aug 19, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 29, 2017. (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 $1.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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