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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 NEW MEXICONot stated$227,8932017
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$227,8412022
AMERICAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$227,7712018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$227,7322017
CONSERVATION SCIENCE PARTNERS, INC.Not stated$227,1152018
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$226,9992023
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$226,8192017
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$226,2702023
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$225,6812022
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$225,0002018
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$225,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$224,6392017
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$223,8202018
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$222,6452018
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$222,6232025
UNIVERSITY OF MASS AT BOSTONNot stated$222,3572023
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$222,1852019
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$221,9972019
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITYNot stated$221,0812018
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$220,7672024
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$220,2242023
BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$220,0882022
THE ADMINISTRATORS OF TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUNDNot stated$220,0002024
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$220,0002023
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$219,8592018
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$219,7752021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$219,0172013
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDANot stated$218,4802018
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANSNot stated$217,9942019
BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, INC.Not stated$217,9022017
ST. MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLANDNot stated$216,8912020
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$216,1022023
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$215,2242018
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$214,9182015
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$214,4732022
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$214,1292024
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETYNot stated$213,3312018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$213,0252014
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$213,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$212,9622024
BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, INC.Not stated$212,6132019
CALIFORNIA INVASIVE PLANT COUNCILNot stated$212,1802023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$211,8912023
FORT LEWIS COLLEGENot stated$211,8802016
SCHOODIC INSTITUTE AT ACADIA NATIONAL PARKNot stated$211,0252019
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$211,0002016
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$210,9242017
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$210,4762024
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$210,0162019
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$209,9992020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$209,9222024
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$209,6042013
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$209,6022024
UNIVERSITY OF OREGONNot stated$209,4742017
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$209,4722023
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$209,2682021
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$209,0472016
UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIANot stated$208,5952016
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$208,2182016
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$207,6812024
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$207,0582016
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY, INCNot stated$206,9022025
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$206,1772021
FORT LEWIS COLLEGENot stated$205,0892025
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETYNot stated$205,0002024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$204,0242020
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$203,2282019
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$202,7772018
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$202,5602019
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$201,6262022
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLNot stated$200,0692023
EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, INC.Not stated$200,0002017
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$200,0002023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$200,0002023
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$200,0002023
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$200,0002024
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITYNot stated$200,0002022
THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$199,9992025
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$199,9612017
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCENot stated$199,7652023
NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$199,3752022
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$198,8102018
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$198,3552023
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPNot stated$198,1802021
THE ALEUT INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONNot stated$198,0002018
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$197,5002025
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELESNot stated$196,7112020
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$196,4802023
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKANot stated$196,2632017
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$195,8372020
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$195,6412025
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$195,4142020
THE NATURE CONSERVANCYNot stated$195,3642024
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGENot stated$195,3262023
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$195,0612023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCEDNot stated$194,8272024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$194,6152024
CLEMSON UNIVERSITYNot stated$193,5072021
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$193,4242016
VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCENot stated$192,9952021

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.