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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
CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITYNot stated$372,3772017
THE SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTANot stated$371,4562020
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$370,0002022
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$368,6002020
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$368,2082018
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$366,4422017
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$361,9712019
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$355,5002023
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$355,2412021
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$355,0402014
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$354,6252024
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$350,9082019
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCENot stated$350,0582017
SCHOODIC INSTITUTE AT ACADIA NATIONAL PARKNot stated$350,0002024
SCHOODIC INSTITUTE AT ACADIA NATIONAL PARKNot stated$348,7552025
THE INSTITUTE FOR BIRD POPULATIONSNot stated$348,6642018
SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITYNot stated$348,1162017
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$347,9252025
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$346,7042017
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTONNot stated$344,5332021
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$344,0102020
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$341,6212015
CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES, INC.Not stated$340,2232016
AMERICAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$339,9842024
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$339,6972025
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$339,4922019
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$337,2402020
SCHOODIC INSTITUTE AT ACADIA NATIONAL PARKNot stated$336,5362023
TUCSON AUDUBON SOCIETYNot stated$336,0822024
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$336,0322018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$334,9972016
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTONNot stated$333,6512023
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$332,7872018
SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITYNot stated$330,4732020
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$329,6772019
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$328,4772019
BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, INC.Not stated$324,8132023
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$321,8392022
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$320,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$319,2242016
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$318,7332022
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$318,4662017
ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAMENot stated$317,4182016
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$316,9682022
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$316,4312020
CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES, INC.Not stated$314,5862023
UNIVERSITY OF MASS AT BOSTONNot stated$312,8552018
INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIESNot stated$312,6752022
PHEASANTS FOREVER, INC.Not stated$311,5762024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$311,3422017
ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAMENot stated$311,2392024
UTAH TECH UNIVERSITYNot stated$311,0372015
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$310,5242018
THE NATURE CONSERVANCYNot stated$310,4052024
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$310,0002017
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDNot stated$309,9802024
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGENot stated$308,6012021
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARYNot stated$307,7562019
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$307,2802022
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$306,4832023
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$305,9692019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$304,8612016
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$304,5312024
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEMNot stated$302,8422025
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGENot stated$302,0322017
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$302,0002016
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$300,0002017
SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$300,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$300,0002023
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$299,9992023
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$299,9882018
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$299,8242025
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$298,9982018
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTANot stated$297,5062017
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$297,5002021
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$297,0462021
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$296,9762024
THE NATURE CONSERVANCYNot stated$295,0002014
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$294,9972021
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$294,4972018
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$294,2772020
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$291,4422017
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$291,3432024
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$291,1472018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$290,7452015
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$285,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$284,9392017
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$284,8022024
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$283,7862015
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$283,4992024
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$282,4882016
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$280,7432023
AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$280,5052019
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$280,0222017
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$280,0002022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$280,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$279,4912024
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$279,1192021
NORTHERN ROCKIES CONSERVATION COOPERATIVENot stated$278,9972021
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$278,4562024

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.