CESU Research Study - Population Surveys of Musk Oxen and Moose | P17AS00076

Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00076

The National Park Service (NPS) funding opportunity titled "CESU Research Study - Population Surveys of Musk Oxen and Moose" (Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00076) is a discretionary cooperative agreement intended to support research and information-gathering efforts related to wildlife population monitoring in support of the National Park System. It was issued under the framework of Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESUs), which are partnerships designed to help federal land management agencies carry out multi-disciplinary research and produce integrated information products that improve understanding and management of natural and cultural resources across parks and the broader surrounding regions.

At its core, the opportunity aligns with statutory direction in 54 USC 100703 and 54 USC 100704, which instruct the Secretary of the Interior to maintain an inventory and monitoring program for National Park System resources. The purpose of that monitoring mandate is to establish baseline information and to track long-term trends in resource condition over time, rather than relying on one-off studies that cannot show change. The description emphasizes that this monitoring work should be coordinated with other federal monitoring and data-collection efforts to ensure the approach is cost-effective and avoids duplication, which is a common goal of CESU-supported projects that leverage shared expertise and existing monitoring infrastructure.

This particular award focuses on "population surveys of musk oxen and moose," indicating a project scope centered on collecting and analyzing information and statistics about these species to support park and regional resource management decisions. While the listing does not spell out the field methods, the activity category of "Information and Statistics" signals that the work is expected to generate usable data products such as population estimates, distribution or abundance metrics, and associated reporting that can be incorporated into NPS inventory and monitoring programs and used to evaluate trends over time.

The opportunity was open specifically to state governments as eligible applicants, and it was structured to result in a single award (Expected Awards: 1). The maximum federal funding available for the project was $100,000 (Award Ceiling: $100000). The announcement was created on February 7, 2017, with an original application closing date of February 13, 2017, reflecting a short turnaround typical of certain CESU or targeted monitoring needs. The relevant assistance listing identifier provided is CFDA 15.945, associated with Department of the Interior/NPS assistance activities.

Overall, this grant opportunity is best understood as a targeted, partnership-driven research and monitoring effort: it uses the CESU mechanism to bring in qualified state-level partners to help the NPS meet its legal responsibilities to inventory and monitor park resources, build reliable baseline wildlife population information, and produce data that can be compared over time to detect and interpret long-term trends in musk oxen and moose populations.

• The National Park Service in the information and statistics sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "CESU Research Study - Population Surveys of Musk Oxen and Moose" 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 2017-02-07.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-02-13. (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 $100,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments.

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