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NPS Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Units (CESU) Master Cooperative Agreements

Award ceiling
Not stated
Closes
Dec 31, 2027
Last verified
2026-10-23

Per-recipient award not stated for others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Dec 31, 2027.

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Environment & Water

In one sentence

NPS Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Units (CESU) Master Cooperative Agreements does not state a per-recipient award amount, open to others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Dec 31, 2027.

Record fields
Program pool (total)
Not confirmed
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
Not stated
NPS obligates between $30M and $40M in CESU cooperative agreements agency wide annually
Award floor
Not stated
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Dec 31, 2027
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Dec 22, 2022
Status
Open
Eligible entities
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
No
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Use of funds
research · technical assistance · education and capacity building
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
Not stated
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
Not stated

Source wording: “NPS obligates between $30M and $40M in CESU cooperative agreements agency wide annually”

Who can apply?

level
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Source field: entity types
industry
Source field: industries
use
education and capacity building, research, technical assistance
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

All applicants must be a partner of the CESU network prior to being considered for an award of a master cooperative agreement under this announcement. Information on how to join the CESU network can be found at: www.cesu.org.

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Dec 31, 2027433 daysDeadline type Fixed date

Applications may be submitted at any time up until the closing date

What can the money be used for?

3 categorys
The source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
researchtechnical assistanceeducation and capacity building

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

1 field
Effort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
No

Who has received this funding?

2132 awards
Awards on file for this programme, counted rather than modelled.

2132 prior awards on file for this programme, largest first. Every row comes from the funder's own award listing; nothing here is estimated.

RecipientStateAmountFiscal year
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,9842017
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,9762021
MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA INCNot stated$29,9732017
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,9692021
SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,9252022
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,9232019
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$29,8972020
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$29,8962020
TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,8732019
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$29,6492021
THE GEORGE WRIGHT SOCIETYNot stated$29,6002023
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,3752017
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$29,2182024
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARYNot stated$29,2142020
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$29,1692023
FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN, INC.Not stated$29,0642021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$29,0332025
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$29,0042018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$28,9242022
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$28,7882019
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$28,7312024
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$28,6102017
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$28,5022019
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANSNot stated$28,4922017
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$28,1582016
CORNERSTONES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPSNot stated$28,0952024
ARCTIC INSTITUTE OF NORTH AMERICA, THENot stated$27,8372016
AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$27,6422018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$27,5882018
POINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORYNot stated$27,5402023
UTAH TECH UNIVERSITYNot stated$27,4702022
UNIVERSITY OF OREGONNot stated$27,4302022
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$27,2002021
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$27,0882022
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$27,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$26,9992021
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$26,9942017
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$26,8252019
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$26,8202018
CORNERSTONES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPSNot stated$26,7472021
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$26,6792023
SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIANot stated$26,6242023
BLACKFEET COMMUNITY COLLEGENot stated$26,6082017
UNIVERSITY OF GUAMNot stated$26,4772021
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$26,4132017
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISNot stated$26,3262021
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$26,2372016
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$26,0002021
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$25,9722020
NATURESERVENot stated$25,9182021
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$25,8632019
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$25,6782019
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$25,6342021
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$25,5402023
NORTHLAND COLLEGENot stated$25,4122022
UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDANot stated$25,2912022
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$25,2502021
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$25,2292024
NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDANot stated$25,2272022
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$25,1952021
MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA INCNot stated$25,0702018
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$25,0602024
DISCOVER LIFE IN AMERICA INCNot stated$25,0002025
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$25,0002025
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$25,0002021
TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCHNot stated$25,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$25,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$25,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$25,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$25,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$25,0002020
AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVANCY (ARC), INC.Not stated$24,9972021
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$24,9942017
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$24,9932021
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$24,9462015
SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$24,9432021
EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$24,9272020
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$24,9222024
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$24,8222021
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITYNot stated$24,7142024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$24,6912020
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$24,6452022
UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEYNot stated$24,3702022
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCYNot stated$24,3112025
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$24,2282024
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATIONNot stated$23,9962021
COLLEGE OF ATLANTICNot stated$23,7822025
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$23,5232017
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$23,5092021
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$23,5002019
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$23,5002020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$23,4362025
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEMNot stated$23,2682020
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$23,2612019
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$23,2222017
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$23,1622020
UNIVERSITY OF OREGONNot stated$23,0882017
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$23,0222021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$23,0002024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$22,8892019

Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.

What comparable notices state

70 records
Stated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Environment & Water, 70 of 192 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

  • 25th percentile$212,500
  • Median$1,000,000
  • 75th percentile$3,962,500

A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.

Who has won this programme before?

2132 awards
Awards under the same assistance listing, not under this notice.

2132 federal awards on file under assistance listing 15.945, the programme this notice is published under. These are not awards made under this notice — a listing covers every year the programme runs, and awards under an open notice do not exist yet.

Every award under this programme

Common questions

5 questions
Every answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
When is the application deadline?
Dec 31, 2027. Applications may be submitted at any time up until the closing date
Who is eligible to apply?
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification).
What can the funding be used for?
research, technical assistance, education and capacity building, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required.
Has this programme funded anyone before?
2132 prior awards are on file for this programme, made by National Park Service. Recipients, amounts and fiscal years are listed on this page.

AI summary of the source text

Optional. Every core field on this record is already above, free and complete.

AI summary of the source text

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Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-10-23
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-02
Assistance listing15.945

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.