Journey through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area | NPS 17 NERO 0104

Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 17 NERO 0104

The "Journey through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area" notice (Funding Opportunity Number: NPS 17 NERO 0104) is a National Park Service (NPS), Department of the Interior announcement that serves strictly as a public notice rather than a call for new proposals. In other words, it is not asking organizations to apply, compete, or submit applications. Instead, NPS is informing the public that it plans to make an award through an existing arrangement, specifically a task agreement issued under a master cooperative agreement that has already been competed previously or has been justified as a single-source arrangement.

The funding mechanism identified is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates that NPS expects to be substantially involved in carrying out the supported work, as opposed to a standard grant where the recipient generally carries out the project more independently. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and is associated with the funding activity category of regional development, reflecting the heritage area focus and the kinds of activities that often support planning, interpretation, preservation, education, tourism-related coordination, partner engagement, and other regionally oriented heritage initiatives. The CFDA program number listed is 15.939, which is commonly associated with National Heritage Area-related assistance administered by the National Park Service.

The notice indicates an expected single award, with an award ceiling of $179,760. That ceiling represents the maximum amount anticipated for this task agreement under the referenced cooperative agreement structure. The posting date (Creation Date) is July 27, 2017, and the Original Closing Date is August 5, 2017; however, because this is not a request for applications, the "closing date" functions more like the end of the public notice period rather than a deadline for applicants to submit proposals.

Eligibility is broadly labeled as "Others," with the clarification said to be in an additional eligibility information field (not included in the text provided). In practice, notices like this often correspond to a pre-identified partner organization or managing entity that is already part of the master cooperative agreement framework. The key takeaway is that this announcement is intended to document NPS's intent to fund work connected to the Journey through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area through an established cooperative relationship, not to solicit or evaluate new applications from the public.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the regional development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Journey through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.939.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jul 27, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 05, 2017. (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 $179,760.00 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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