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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
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITYNot stated$16,0492018
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$16,0002018
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$15,9642018
CAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATIONNot stated$15,8972018
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$15,6982021
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$15,6612020
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$15,5502021
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$15,5292019
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$15,0002022
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$15,0002020
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$15,0002018
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$14,9862020
SCHOODIC INSTITUTE AT ACADIA NATIONAL PARKNot stated$14,8482019
ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM, INC.Not stated$14,7082019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$14,5412020
THE ANZA TRAIL FOUNDATIONNot stated$14,5002017
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$14,4052025
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$14,3682022
UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTONNot stated$14,3222021
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$14,2402019
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$14,0992021
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$14,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$14,0002022
THE WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITYNot stated$13,9942022
UNIVERSITY OF GUAMNot stated$13,9412022
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$13,8002021
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$13,6092018
THE WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITYNot stated$13,5362023
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$13,2482018
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$13,0002020
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$12,8452022
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$12,8252021
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$12,7282018
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITYNot stated$12,6462024
ALASKA GEOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATIONNot stated$12,6032020
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$12,5002022
HAWKS ALOFT, INC.Not stated$12,3262023
UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTONNot stated$12,2972014
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$12,2462022
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$12,1612019
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$12,1172019
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO FOUNDATIONNot stated$12,0512019
BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, INC.Not stated$12,0222022
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$12,0112022
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRENot stated$11,9962025
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$11,9492015
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$11,8832018
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$11,8232021
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$11,7502023
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$11,7492017
DISCOVER LIFE IN AMERICA INCNot stated$11,7252020
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$11,6322018
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$11,5692021
THE ADMINISTRATORS OF TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUNDNot stated$11,2942020
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$11,2032021
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$11,1932022
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$11,1752020
TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENTNot stated$11,1532019
IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$11,0462023
TUCSON AUDUBON SOCIETYNot stated$11,0282024
FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN, INC.Not stated$11,0002021
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLENot stated$10,8552018
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$10,5742023
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$10,5742022
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$10,5662019
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$10,5352019
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLENot stated$10,5002018
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$10,4662021
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$10,3232019
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$10,0122019
SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIANot stated$10,0002021
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$10,0002023
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$9,9982020
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$9,9042020
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$9,9002025
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$9,7882016
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$9,7632023
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$9,7132020
UNIVERSITY OF KANSASNot stated$9,5892021
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$9,4882018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTYNot stated$9,2322022
THE ADMINISTRATORS OF TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUNDNot stated$8,9882022
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$8,9702020
AMERICAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$8,8972020
CAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATIONNot stated$8,8202022
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$8,4002021
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION AT MONTEREY BAYNot stated$8,3792021
FORT LEWIS COLLEGENot stated$8,3202021
SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITYNot stated$8,1982020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$8,1252023
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKANot stated$7,7952019
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$7,7562020
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$7,5842017
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$7,4642019
SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$7,0952022
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$6,9142020
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$6,8502022
SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$6,5002024
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$6,1152024
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$5,9502016

Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.

What comparable notices state

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

Among open records stored under Environment & Water, 69 of 191 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

  • 25th percentile$200,000
  • Median$1,000,000
  • 75th percentile$4,000,000

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.

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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.