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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
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$278,1172022
UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIANot stated$277,9622018
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGENot stated$277,0282017
ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAMENot stated$276,9602021
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$275,7062024
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$275,1582022
CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY, INC.Not stated$275,0002023
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITYNot stated$274,7762018
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$274,6202017
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$272,2792018
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$271,6192019
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$271,4962021
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$271,2482024
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$270,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLNot stated$270,0002022
DUKE UNIVERSITYNot stated$269,9452019
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDNot stated$268,2462018
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$267,3052018
THE GEORGE WRIGHT SOCIETYNot stated$266,7362020
CAL POLY CORPORATIONNot stated$266,4542017
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$264,9992016
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$264,7812020
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$264,7182021
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$262,7812021
MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA INCNot stated$262,5032022
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$261,6792024
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$260,9172019
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$260,9132022
TUCSON AUDUBON SOCIETYNot stated$260,4642023
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY, INCNot stated$259,7572021
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$259,3772025
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$259,3532024
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$259,1842017
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$258,8652022
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$258,8512018
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$257,0862018
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$255,9662016
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$255,7952021
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDNot stated$255,0352025
SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITYNot stated$254,6682024
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$254,1132021
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$253,9492017
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$253,5992018
ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAMENot stated$253,1172022
ARCHAEOLOGY SOUTHWESTNot stated$252,8812021
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$252,6312020
INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIESNot stated$252,4322021
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$252,2502017
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$250,8232017
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$250,3292021
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$250,0002025
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITYNot stated$250,0002024
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETYNot stated$250,0002025
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIANot stated$249,9992016
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$249,9682024
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$249,1492015
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$248,6002022
THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INCNot stated$248,5002024
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$245,8192024
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$245,0462016
UNIVERSITY OF UTAHNot stated$245,0262022
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMINot stated$244,9792022
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYNot stated$244,6002024
AUBURN UNIVERSITYNot stated$243,2292017
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$243,1322016
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$242,6492017
DICKINSON COLLEGENot stated$242,3402018
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTONNot stated$242,3182018
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$242,3062023
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (THE)Not stated$242,2912015
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$241,9422015
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCENot stated$241,6632014
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$240,7732022
MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA INCNot stated$240,7282025
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$239,9972016
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$239,2782023
FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INCNot stated$238,5002024
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$237,9072020
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$237,6192022
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HISTORY, INC.Not stated$237,4182024
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$236,6012020
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$236,2232018
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGENot stated$235,3282014
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$235,2832020
NORTHERN ROCKIES CONSERVATION COOPERATIVENot stated$235,2702020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$233,5872024
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY, INCNot stated$233,0172016
SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITYNot stated$232,7152017
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$232,4002020
BROWN UNIVERSITYNot stated$232,0132021
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$231,9822018
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$231,3902018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$231,2042019
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$231,1812025
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$231,1792018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$230,5222017
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$230,1172018
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITYNot stated$229,1522024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$228,6662024
SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITYNot stated$228,1502017

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.