Wildlife Trends Analyses for 11 Sonoran Desert parks | P19AS00366

Opportunity Information: Apply for P19AS00366

The National Park Service (U.S. Department of the Interior) posted a discretionary funding opportunity titled "Wildlife Trends Analyses for 11 Sonoran Desert parks" (Funding Opportunity Number P19AS00366) under the Natural Resources activity category and CFDA 15.945. The project focus is straightforward: analyze trends using five years of wildlife monitoring data collected across 11 parks in the Sonoran Desert network. In practical terms, the work centers on turning existing field monitoring datasets into usable trend information that can support park-level and network-level understanding of how wildlife populations or indicators have changed over a five-year period.

The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically means the agency expects substantial involvement during the project (for example, collaboration on methods, interpretation, deliverables, or data management expectations), rather than a more hands-off grant structure. The opportunity lists an award ceiling of $46,715 and anticipates a single award.

Although it is presented as a grant opportunity, it is not open for competition. The notice states that the project will be completed by the University of Arizona under a previously competed cooperative agreement, and that applications will not be accepted. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others" with direction to additional eligibility text, but that detail is effectively moot here because the agency has already identified the recipient and closed the opportunity to new applicants. The posting date (creation date) is July 10, 2019, and the original closing date reiterates that no applications will be accepted due to the pre-selected arrangement.

In summary, this is a non-competitive National Park Service cooperative agreement action to fund a specific, time-bounded analytical effort: evaluate and report on wildlife monitoring trends over a five-year dataset spanning 11 Sonoran Desert parks, with a modest project budget and a single expected awardee (the University of Arizona).

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Wildlife Trends Analyses for 11 Sonoran Desert 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 Jul 10, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Project will be completed by University of Arizona under previously competed Cooperative Agreement. Applications will NOT be accepted.. (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 $46,715.00 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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