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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
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$37,5682019
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$37,3892023
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCYNot stated$37,2002024
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETYNot stated$37,0582018
UNIVERSITY OF OREGONNot stated$36,9962017
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$36,6922017
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$36,679Not stated
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$36,5572020
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$36,5152024
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$36,4692019
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$36,4502025
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$36,4362019
TUCSON AUDUBON SOCIETYNot stated$36,4102022
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$36,3222022
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$36,2002025
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$36,2002024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$36,1902020
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$36,0732022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$36,0462021
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$36,0002024
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$36,0002020
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$35,8372023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$35,7542025
AMERICAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$35,4222018
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$35,4132018
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMANot stated$35,4022024
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$35,4012019
AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$35,0002018
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$35,0002024
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$35,0002016
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$34,9942017
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$34,9832021
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$34,6492020
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$34,6382023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$34,6122020
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$34,4882025
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$34,4002019
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$34,3862018
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$34,2802020
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$34,2742019
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$34,0752023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$33,9632018
SEWARD ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MARINE SCIENCENot stated$33,6962019
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$33,5062018
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$33,4882025
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$33,4572019
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$33,3682019
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$33,3292023
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$33,2962020
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$33,1992023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCEDNot stated$33,0682016
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDANot stated$33,0552022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$33,0192024
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$33,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$32,9512024
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$32,8672018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$32,8242024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENTNot stated$32,5682020
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$32,3152016
SEWARD ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MARINE SCIENCENot stated$32,2442017
FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN, INC.Not stated$32,2242020
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$32,1902019
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$32,0622023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$31,9772020
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$31,9392016
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$31,9202018
SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITYNot stated$31,9172023
SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$31,8382019
MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA INCNot stated$31,8312020
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$31,7782017
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$31,7242020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENTNot stated$31,6732019
TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGENot stated$31,6492018
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$31,6492020
AMERICAN CONSERVATION EXPERIENCENot stated$31,6002021
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$31,5692016
OREGON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$31,5502025
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$31,3382022
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONNot stated$31,2132018
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$31,1312024
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$30,9692025
NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$30,7672021
HOOD COLLEGE OF FREDERICK, MARYLANDNot stated$30,5872019
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$30,5812019
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$30,5302017
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARYNot stated$30,4992024
THE INSTITUTE FOR BIRD POPULATIONSNot stated$30,4802022
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$30,1342018
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$30,0922022
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$30,0452023
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$30,0142020
SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITYNot stated$30,0112020
AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$30,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LEADERSHIP & EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCNot stated$30,0002017
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEMNot stated$30,0002016
UNIVERSITY OF MASS AT BOSTONNot stated$30,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEMNot stated$30,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$30,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$30,0002023
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$29,9942021

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.

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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.