Opportunity Information: Apply for P18AS00669
This notice describes a National Park Service (NPS) intent to make a single, non-competitive cooperative agreement award for a project focused on decision support for prescribed fire and wildland fire operations in California and Nevada. It is explicitly not a call for applications and does not invite new proposals; instead, it serves as a public announcement that NPS plans to fund specific work with a named partner. The opportunity is categorized as a discretionary award and will be issued as a cooperative agreement, which typically means NPS expects to have substantial involvement in guiding, coordinating, or collaborating on the project work rather than simply issuing a hands-off grant.
The planned award is associated with Funding Opportunity Number P18AS00669 and references Cooperative Agreement P18AC01360 with the Desert Research Institute (DRI). DRI is identified as a partner under the Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, which is a cooperative research and assistance framework that federal agencies use to partner with universities and other eligible entities for science and technical support. While the notice lists eligible applicants broadly as public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, the practical point of this announcement is that NPS has already selected the partner organization for this specific effort and intends to proceed without full and open competition.
The project scope, as indicated by the title, centers on providing climatological, meteorological, and smoke-related decision support information to improve prescribed burning operations and wildland fire management. In practical terms, this kind of work generally supports fire managers and incident personnel who need timely, location-specific insights about weather patterns, short-term forecasts, atmospheric conditions that influence fire behavior, and smoke transport and dispersion. For prescribed burns in particular, the ability to plan around favorable meteorological windows and anticipate smoke impacts is critical for meeting burn objectives, protecting public health, complying with air quality requirements, and reducing the risk of escapes. For wildland fire response, similar information can support operational decisions, resource allocation, firefighter safety, and communication about expected smoke conditions.
The funding details indicate an award ceiling of $299,217, with the notice listing expected awards as 0 because it is not an open competition with anticipated multiple selections. The assistance listing includes CFDA (now commonly referenced as Assistance Listing) number 15.945, and the activity category is Natural Resources, reflecting the land management and environmental decision-support nature of the project. The posting date (creation date) is September 10, 2018, and there is no application deadline because, again, the action is a notice of intent to award rather than a solicitation.
Overall, this announcement is best understood as a transparency and compliance step: NPS is notifying the public that it plans to fund DRI, through the CESU partnership mechanism, to deliver applied science and operational support products related to weather, climate, and smoke for prescribed fire and wildfire management across California and Nevada, up to roughly $299K, without requesting or accepting competing applications.Apply for P18AS00669
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Climatological, Meteorological, and Smoke Decision Support Information for Prescribed Burning Operations and Wildland Fire Management in California and Nevada" 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 Sep 10, 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 $299,217.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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