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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
CORNERSTONES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPSNot stated$83,8972019
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$83,7522018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCENot stated$83,6192022
HOWARD UNIVERSITYNot stated$83,4582018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$83,4012016
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$83,1912023
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$83,0222019
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$82,9632017
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$82,9002017
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$82,8612023
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$82,2072024
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$81,9822019
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$81,6842022
CONSERVATION SCIENCE PARTNERS, INC.Not stated$81,5312020
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANSNot stated$81,5142016
TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCHNot stated$81,4582025
CORNERSTONES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPSNot stated$81,4242019
CONSERVATION SCIENCE PARTNERS, INC.Not stated$81,3722018
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$81,2742015
IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$81,0422016
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$80,9982015
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$80,7872019
SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITYNot stated$80,7322022
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$80,6562020
SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITYNot stated$80,6112017
NORTHERN ROCKIES CONSERVATION COOPERATIVENot stated$80,5862020
ARCHAEOLOGY SOUTHWESTNot stated$80,4942020
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$80,2312018
ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORYNot stated$80,0002019
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$80,0002018
MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA INCNot stated$80,0002017
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$80,0002024
NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$80,0002025
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$80,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$80,0002019
AMERICAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$79,9932018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$79,9602024
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$79,9272025
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$79,8922016
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$79,7732020
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$79,7532023
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$79,7522020
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$79,7262018
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$79,7152021
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$79,7132016
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$79,6172018
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$79,4862020
UNIVERSITY OF MASS AT BOSTONNot stated$79,4562025
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$79,3002021
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$79,1062018
ARCHAEOLOGY SOUTHWESTNot stated$78,9432022
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$78,6672019
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$78,3162017
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$77,9562018
ARCHAEOLOGY SOUTHWESTNot stated$77,7152023
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$77,5002021
ARCHAEOLOGY SOUTHWESTNot stated$77,1952025
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$77,0462022
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$76,7772024
UNIVERSITY OF DENVERNot stated$76,6692023
UNIVERSITY OF OREGONNot stated$76,5922019
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINANot stated$76,4402024
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANSNot stated$76,4002015
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$76,2882023
SKY ISLAND ALLIANCENot stated$75,8222017
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$75,4762021
CHICO STATE ENTERPRISESNot stated$75,2622019
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$75,2552021
UNIVERSITY OF MASS AT BOSTONNot stated$75,2422017
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$75,1742022
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$75,1172024
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$75,0552017
CLIMATE CONSERVATIONNot stated$75,0002024
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$75,0002023
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$75,0002023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$75,0002018
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$75,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$75,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCENot stated$75,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$75,0002022
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$75,0002023
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$74,9992020
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$74,9992023
MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA INCNot stated$74,9972018
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDNot stated$74,9722019
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANSNot stated$74,9242019
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$74,7772019
SCHOODIC INSTITUTE AT ACADIA NATIONAL PARKNot stated$74,6122025
UNIVERSITY OF OREGONNot stated$74,6012017
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$74,4882018
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$74,4282023
AMERICAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$74,3782018
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$74,1432022
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASONot stated$74,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THENot stated$74,0002024
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THENot stated$73,8032019
MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA INCNot stated$73,7222019
TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCHNot stated$73,6852016
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$73,6152025
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$73,4252024

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.

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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.