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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
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNot stated$580,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGENot stated$571,9832019
ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORYNot stated$567,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$554,8282019
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$550,0002023
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$548,7742023
WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITYNot stated$548,3372019
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$547,1172015
CONSERVATION SCIENCE PARTNERS, INC.Not stated$541,8172023
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$540,0002022
SCHOODIC INSTITUTE AT ACADIA NATIONAL PARKNot stated$535,9772018
SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITYNot stated$534,6812017
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETYNot stated$531,9992015
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$530,1652017
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$527,5842023
CONSERVATION SCIENCE PARTNERS, INC.Not stated$525,7612024
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$521,8792017
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$520,5242024
TUCSON AUDUBON SOCIETYNot stated$517,7642023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$516,8002019
SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITYNot stated$513,8452021
THE NATURE CONSERVANCYNot stated$513,5532025
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$509,9492016
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$508,7572019
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$499,8752025
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$490,7992017
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$486,8972017
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$484,4012018
NIOBRARA COUNCILNot stated$480,0002020
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$478,1192023
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$475,1972019
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$473,9012022
THE INSTITUTE FOR BIRD POPULATIONSNot stated$473,4872017
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$471,7482021
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCENot stated$470,9312017
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$469,5102017
TUCSON AUDUBON SOCIETYNot stated$459,8322023
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$459,0002024
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$455,0482018
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$450,1522020
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDNot stated$450,0782020
DUKE UNIVERSITYNot stated$445,3992023
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$441,9862024
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$441,1232019
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$440,5372024
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$439,9712020
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$436,8682017
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$436,1222016
LIVE IT LEARN ITNot stated$434,4072020
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$431,5442020
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$431,3972019
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$429,7442022
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$428,1492016
SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITYNot stated$428,0222017
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETYNot stated$426,8342019
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$425,1282017
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$424,5482017
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$424,2552023
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEENot stated$423,6652025
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$422,8662017
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$422,1192017
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$421,9742017
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$420,0002025
WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITYNot stated$419,9852021
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$411,1752021
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETYNot stated$410,5012015
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$409,6342018
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$407,7352023
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$406,2602020
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$404,9862021
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$404,9642021
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$403,9092020
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$403,7752019
BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, INC.Not stated$401,5322024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARANot stated$400,3162024
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$400,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$400,0002020
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$399,0002016
CONSERVATION LEGACYNot stated$398,1422023
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$397,9982017
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$393,2962019
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$392,9362025
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$391,4752014
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$391,4052017
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADONot stated$390,5712021
CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES, INC.Not stated$389,6562021
TUCSON AUDUBON SOCIETYNot stated$389,4272021
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDANot stated$388,0002024
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$385,8922016
XERCES SOCIETY INCNot stated$385,0002024
STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER INCNot stated$383,7552021
UNIVERSITY OF GUAMNot stated$381,6262024
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$380,9762020
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARYNot stated$380,7732023
IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$380,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$376,8372024
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$374,4002023
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$373,5932021
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$372,9982016
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY, INCNot stated$372,5002018

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.