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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, 2027434 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 HAWAIINot stated$45,0042025
BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTENot stated$45,0002019
TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCHNot stated$45,0002018
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$45,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF OREGONNot stated$45,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSNot stated$44,9342016
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANSNot stated$44,9252016
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEMNot stated$44,9122018
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$44,8972021
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANSNot stated$44,8852022
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$44,8302020
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$44,7122021
UNIVERSITY OF GUAMNot stated$44,6132025
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$44,4082025
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$44,1852019
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$43,9042023
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$43,8752022
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$43,8742018
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$43,8052019
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$43,7052017
AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$43,6512021
SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$43,5022021
THE INSTITUTE FOR BIRD POPULATIONSNot stated$43,3462018
CORNERSTONES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPSNot stated$43,1582023
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$43,0402018
HERITAGE LANDS COLLECTIVENot stated$42,8842020
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$42,7672024
THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INCNot stated$42,7602022
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$42,5002020
UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISES, INC.Not stated$42,4682018
SEWARD ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MARINE SCIENCENot stated$42,1692015
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$42,1302016
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$42,1092020
SKY ISLAND ALLIANCENot stated$42,0892025
THE GEORGE WRIGHT SOCIETYNot stated$42,0372020
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$42,0242021
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$42,0002025
NORTHERN ROCKIES CONSERVATION COOPERATIVENot stated$42,0002020
AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVANCY (ARC), INC.Not stated$41,9992020
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$41,9972022
TUCSON AUDUBON SOCIETYNot stated$41,9382020
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$41,8292019
ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS, INCNot stated$41,6002024
ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAMENot stated$41,5132019
TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCHNot stated$41,4572021
ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAMENot stated$41,4502023
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$41,4252019
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$41,3472021
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$41,2902017
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$41,1172017
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$40,9592019
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGENot stated$40,9462021
TUCSON AUDUBON SOCIETYNot stated$40,9082019
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$40,8412021
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITYNot stated$40,8022025
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$40,6452020
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEMNot stated$40,4902020
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$40,2442025
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$40,2382020
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$40,1142020
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$40,0652024
GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS INSTITUTE, INC.Not stated$40,0002021
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$40,0002020
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$40,0002018
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$40,0002021
NORTHERN ROCKIES CONSERVATION COOPERATIVENot stated$40,0002019
NORTHERN ROCKIES CONSERVATION COOPERATIVENot stated$40,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$40,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGONot stated$40,0002021
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$40,0002018
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$40,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF OREGONNot stated$39,9992022
TOWSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$39,9532024
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$39,7802022
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$39,7722023
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDANot stated$39,7272025
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$39,6612021
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASNot stated$39,6282024
CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$39,6042019
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$39,5802024
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$39,5512021
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$39,5282020
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$39,4972019
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HISTORY, INC.Not stated$39,4022025
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HISTORY, INC.Not stated$39,4012025
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEMNot stated$39,2472020
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$39,2302021
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$39,0102025
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$38,8002025
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$38,6542020
SEWARD ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MARINE SCIENCENot stated$38,6072016
BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, INC.Not stated$38,3842022
CORNERSTONES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPSNot stated$38,2992025
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$38,2212018
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$38,0092021
GAME AND FISH, ARIZONA DEPT OFNot stated$38,0002023
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$37,9932019
MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA INCNot stated$37,9072024
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$37,7092017
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$37,6002019

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.