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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 CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$140,3202019
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARYNot stated$140,2002024
SAINT MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTANot stated$140,0542016
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARYNot stated$140,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND ESNot stated$139,9942024
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$139,9902019
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$139,9532025
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$139,6912019
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$139,6532018
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$139,4372014
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$139,1372025
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$138,8942020
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$138,8442017
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$138,7432018
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$138,2502025
SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIANot stated$138,1212016
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$138,1182015
UNIVERSITY OF OREGONNot stated$137,9942019
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$137,7402023
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$137,6782015
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$137,1302020
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$137,1302020
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$136,9822024
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$136,8122025
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$136,5072017
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$136,2752022
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$136,1612018
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITYNot stated$135,5332021
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$135,4352019
CONSERVATION SCIENCE PARTNERS, INC.Not stated$135,0002025
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANANot stated$134,9882022
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARYNot stated$134,9802025
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$134,9082018
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$134,7802022
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETYNot stated$134,6642016
CORNERSTONES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPSNot stated$134,4672019
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$134,2612018
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIONot stated$134,1632025
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$134,1552022
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$133,9102024
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$133,8902015
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$133,0642020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$133,0312022
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$132,9842023
ARCHAEOLOGY SOUTHWESTNot stated$132,9002019
MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA INCNot stated$132,5252017
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETYNot stated$132,0132016
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$131,8982022
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$131,8752017
SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITYNot stated$131,2732022
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$130,9992021
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$130,4762017
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$130,3762022
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$130,3602020
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$130,3582025
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY, INCNot stated$130,1162025
BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, INC.Not stated$130,0002024
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$130,0002021
SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$130,0002019
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGENot stated$130,0002018
THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNot stated$129,9992024
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$129,9202023
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$129,8522016
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$129,7802020
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$129,4932024
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$129,3842024
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANSNot stated$129,2072017
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDANot stated$128,9532026
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$128,9492023
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITYNot stated$128,5162019
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$128,5002022
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$128,3632024
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITYNot stated$128,1842019
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$127,6872022
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCENot stated$127,0632023
HOWARD UNIVERSITYNot stated$127,0102016
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARYNot stated$127,0002025
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITYNot stated$126,8512016
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$126,3622020
NATURESERVENot stated$126,0002025
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$125,6152017
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$125,0782025
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$125,0242024
WEST LIBERTY UNIVERSITYNot stated$125,0212025
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$125,0002024
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$125,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGENot stated$125,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGENot stated$125,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$125,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONNot stated$125,0002024
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$124,3562019
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$124,3232024
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$123,9992021
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$123,8732019
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINANot stated$123,7772016
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$123,6032023
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICONot stated$123,0932024
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$123,0312016
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$123,0052019
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$122,9572022

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.