Technical and Professional Assistance at GRYN | P18AS00451

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The funding opportunity titled "Technical and Professional Assistance at GRYN" (Funding Opportunity Number P18AS00451) is a discretionary grant action administered by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, under the Natural Resources funding activity area (CFDA 15.945). The purpose of the project is to provide broad technical and administrative support to the Greater Yellowstone Network (GRYN), specifically to help the network design and implement monitoring protocols. In practical terms, this kind of support typically centers on helping park or network staff translate monitoring goals into workable field and data workflows, ensuring protocols are clear, repeatable, and aligned with program needs.

The assistance described is wide-ranging, meaning it is not limited to one narrow technical task. It can include professional services that support protocol development and implementation, such as helping refine sampling designs, drafting or improving written procedures, supporting data management steps needed for consistent monitoring, and assisting with coordination and administrative tasks that keep a monitoring program running smoothly. The focus on monitoring protocols indicates the work is meant to strengthen how GRYN collects, manages, and uses information over time to track resource conditions and trends across the Greater Yellowstone area.

The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates the agency expects to have substantial involvement in the project as it is carried out (for example, providing direction, coordination, or collaboration during implementation). The opportunity lists an award ceiling of $40,000 and anticipates a single award, so it is structured as a relatively small, targeted effort intended to fill a specific support need rather than fund a large multi-year research program.

Eligibility is limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, meaning the intended recipient pool is state universities and similar public higher education entities. However, the posting itself is explicitly a Notice of Intent and not an open competition. The notice states that no applications are being accepted because the work will be issued as a task agreement under an existing cooperative agreement (P14AC00728) that was already awarded through a competitive process. The creation date for the notice is July 20, 2018. As a result, this announcement functions mainly as public documentation of the agency's intent to fund the described work under a previously competed agreement, rather than a solicitation for new proposals.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Technical and Professional Assistance at GRYN" 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 Jul 20, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by This is a Notice of Intent only. This Task Agreement is being awarded under Cooperative Agreement P14AC00728 which was already awarded under a competitive process. No applications are being accepted at this time.. (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 $40,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.

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