Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 18 NERO 0169
The opportunity titled "Assessing the benthic community in a partially restored lagoon" (Funding Opportunity Number NPS 18 NERO 0169) is a National Park Service (NPS), Department of the Interior action that was posted as a discretionary funding notice under a cooperative agreement framework. The key point is that it is not an open call for proposals and not a request for applications. Instead, it serves as a public notice that NPS has already entered into a task agreement with Antioch University under an existing cooperative agreement (referenced as #8226 in the notice). In other words, the work described is already assigned and is being announced for transparency rather than competition. The posting lists an award ceiling of $37,400 and anticipates a single award, reflecting the narrow, pre-established scope and partner relationship.
The project itself focuses on assessing the benthic community, meaning the organisms living in or on sediments at the bottom of a waterbody, within a partially restored lagoon system. The work is connected to East Harbor waters and includes integrating ecological monitoring with related chemical and physical datasets. The intent is to generate a clearer picture of benthic conditions and how they relate to restoration progress, using both new field and laboratory work and a review of historical information. By emphasizing benthic invertebrates and sediment sampling, the project aligns with common restoration monitoring goals, such as understanding habitat quality, food web support, and how sediment conditions influence biological communities over time.
Antioch Universitys role, as described in the task agreement, is strongly centered on providing technical leadership and research execution in close coordination with NPS. A major deliverable is the assignment of a technical expert who will collaborate across essentially all project components. That expert is expected to help shape the sampling design, oversee and guide field sampling and laboratory processing, and provide oversight of a PhD students research contributions. The agreement also specifies direct supervision and direction of an Antioch University PhD student who will carry out work according to the projects work plan, indicating that student research and training are integrated into the projects execution rather than being a side component.
Another core element is joint development and refinement of protocols, particularly for invertebrate and sediment sample collection and processing. Protocol development matters here because restoration monitoring requires consistency and defensible methods so that results can be compared across sites and years. The notice also highlights practical collaboration: Antioch and NPS will share equipment and supplies as needed to keep the work efficient and cost effective, suggesting that both partners will contribute in-kind resources and coordinate logistics rather than duplicating capabilities.
Data integration is an explicit expectation. Antioch University will collaborate with NPS and other cooperators to share and interpret biological, chemical, and physical data collected from East Harbor waters. In addition, the partners will analyze historical data previously collected by Antioch and CACO, which likely refers to Cape Cod National Seashore. This historical analysis component implies the project is meant to build on existing monitoring records to strengthen trend interpretation, provide baseline comparisons, and improve understanding of how the benthic community has responded before and after partial restoration actions.
Finally, the agreement stresses ongoing communication and adaptive coordination. Antioch is expected to provide clear, timely updates about progress, raise issues as they emerge, and communicate any changes to procedures described in the work plan. That emphasis reflects the realities of field-based environmental monitoring, where conditions, access, equipment constraints, and sampling outcomes can require adjustments, and where NPS needs regular visibility into methods and results to ensure the work remains aligned with management and scientific objectives.
Administrative details in the notice include the posting date (Aug 28, 2018) and an original closing date (Sep 06, 2018), though the closing date is largely procedural given that the posting is not competitive. The listing also includes CFDA number 15.945 and indicates eligibility as "Others" with additional clarification elsewhere, again consistent with a public notice tied to an existing cooperative agreement rather than a broadly available grant competition.Apply for NPS 18 NERO 0169
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Assessing the benthic community in a partially restored lagoon" 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 Aug 28, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 06, 2018 This is NOT a request for applications. This is just public notice that a task agreement has been entered into between the NPS and Antioch University under an already existing cooperative agreement.. (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 $37,400.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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