Opportunity Information: Apply for P18AS00426
The National Park Service (NPS), part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, issued a Notice of Intent to Award for a project focused on using lichens to evaluate nitrogen impacts in the North Cascades National Park Service Complex. This notice is meant to inform the public that the NPS plans to fund a specific set of research activities and, importantly, it is not a request for applications or proposals. In other words, the agency is not opening a competitive grant round; it is announcing that it intends to move forward with a pre-identified partner and award structure.
The project is titled "Quantifying Lichen Community Composition, Nitrogen Content, and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Composition to Assess Nitrogen Critical Loads at North Cascades National Park Service Complex." The central idea is to measure lichen community composition (which lichen species are present and in what abundance), the nitrogen content within lichen tissues, and the nitrogen stable isotope signature (commonly expressed as nitrogen-15/nitrogen-14 ratios) to understand how much nitrogen deposition the park ecosystem is receiving and how that deposition is influencing biological communities. Lichens are widely used as bioindicators because they take up nutrients directly from the atmosphere and can reflect patterns of air pollution and nitrogen deposition over time. By combining community changes with chemical and isotopic measurements, the work supports an assessment of "nitrogen critical loads," meaning estimated thresholds of nitrogen input above which harmful ecological changes are expected to occur.
The planned award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, indicating an arrangement where the NPS expects to have substantial involvement in the work rather than simply providing funds and receiving final deliverables. The identified recipient is Washington State University, working under Cooperative Agreement number P18AC00927, and participating through the Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) network. CESUs are partnerships designed to connect federal agencies with universities and other research institutions to support applied science, technical assistance, and resource management needs. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding, with the activity area listed as natural resources.
Key administrative details include the opportunity number P18AS00426 and a CFDA listing of 15.945 (a federal assistance listing historically associated with National Park Service programs). Eligibility is described as public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, which aligns with the selection of a public university partner. The notice lists an expected total of one award, reinforcing that this action is intended for a single, specific project rather than multiple competitive awards. The funding ceiling is $61,907, representing the maximum amount anticipated for this cooperative agreement. The posting (creation) date is July 12, 2018, and the "closing date" field explicitly notes that there is no application period because the notice is not soliciting proposals.
In practical terms, this notice communicates that the NPS is moving forward with a targeted collaboration to generate field- and lab-based measurements using lichens as monitoring tools, with the ultimate management goal of better defining nitrogen deposition risks and informing resource protection decisions for the North Cascades park complex. The public notice component is primarily about transparency around a noncompetitive award, explaining who will receive the funds, through what instrument, for what scientific purpose, and at what approximate funding level.Apply for P18AS00426
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Quantifying Lichen Community Composition, Nitrogen Content, and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Composition to Assess Nitrogen Critical Loads at North Cascades National Park Service Complex" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.945.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 12, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by This is not a request for applications.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $61,907.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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