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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
BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$122,6092024
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$122,5552021
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$122,5002025
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITYNot stated$122,3332016
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$122,0002024
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$122,0002023
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$121,2082023
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$121,1342019
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARENot stated$120,8832025
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTENot stated$120,2612022
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$120,0002024
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$120,0002025
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$120,0002017
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$119,9992025
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHONot stated$119,9182018
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$119,6842018
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARKNot stated$119,5002018
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$119,0002023
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$118,9512016
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$118,9462016
SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITYNot stated$118,8892022
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$118,8802017
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$118,8172017
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$118,4272023
THE ADMINISTRATORS OF TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUNDNot stated$118,2632021
THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEESNot stated$118,1462025
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEMNot stated$118,1132020
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THENot stated$118,0462018
ARCHAEOLOGY SOUTHWESTNot stated$118,0012024
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVISNot stated$117,7292022
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITYNot stated$117,5122018
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASONot stated$117,4832017
ALASKA GEOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATIONNot stated$117,3892018
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHONot stated$117,3332022
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHONot stated$117,3022021
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPINot stated$116,6002025
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$116,4682017
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$116,3252025
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDNot stated$116,2452019
TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCHNot stated$116,1422019
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$115,7542020
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THENot stated$115,7122018
ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAMENot stated$115,5132018
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$115,3702019
AMERICAN UNIVERSITYNot stated$115,2302019
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$115,2082024
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$115,1812022
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$115,1262024
CAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATIONNot stated$115,0612017
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNot stated$115,0602021
CORNERSTONES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPSNot stated$115,0272019
NORTHERN ROCKIES CONSERVATION COOPERATIVENot stated$115,0002018
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$114,9742016
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMINGNot stated$114,9212017
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYNot stated$114,8282024
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDSNot stated$114,4372017
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$114,4032016
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$114,3932016
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$114,3212023
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCENot stated$113,9632020
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$113,4312021
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$113,1112021
BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONNot stated$112,9372023
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$112,7522019
FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSIONNot stated$112,5362016
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITYNot stated$112,5302021
CORNERSTONES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPSNot stated$112,3762020
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$112,2272018
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTINNot stated$112,1352020
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$112,0762023
ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAMENot stated$111,2502020
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$111,0802022
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIINot stated$110,6562016
NORTHLAND COLLEGENot stated$110,4132024
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$110,2472022
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$110,2402023
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$110,0002023
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITYNot stated$109,8242024
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKSNot stated$109,5302020
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITYNot stated$109,4062016
CORNELL UNIVERSITYNot stated$109,0872020
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYNot stated$109,0282022
THE PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY LABORATORY, INCORPORATEDNot stated$108,6972020
MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA INCNot stated$108,4472020
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEMNot stated$108,4102022
ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORYNot stated$108,2502022
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLANDNot stated$108,2412020
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANot stated$108,0722019
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONANot stated$108,0432019
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$108,0352020
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THENot stated$108,0002022
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.Not stated$107,1692014
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZNot stated$106,8892023
CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES, INC.Not stated$106,7902017
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDENot stated$105,8532019
CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES, INC.Not stated$105,5712017
MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA INCNot stated$105,5352018
THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKNot stated$105,3832022
FLAGLER COLLEGE, INC.Not stated$105,1332018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCEDNot stated$105,0202021

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.