Engage Youth to Restore Habitats and Protect Rare Species | NPS 19 NERO 0050

Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 19 NERO 0050

The National Park Service (NPS) grant opportunity titled "Engage Youth to Restore Habitats and Protect Rare Species" (Funding Opportunity Number: NPS 19 NERO 0050) is a discretionary funding notice describing NPS intent to make an award using a cooperative agreement. The activity focus is tied to employment, labor, and training, with the underlying purpose implied by the title: involving youth in on-the-ground conservation work that restores habitats and supports the protection of rare species. The listing is associated with CFDA 15.931, which corresponds to NPS assistance programs.

A key point is that this notice is explicitly not a request for applications. Instead, it functions as a public notification that NPS plans to award financial assistance for certain project activities. In practice, announcements like this are often used when an agency has identified a specific partner, project, or recipient pathway and is meeting transparency requirements by posting its intent to fund, rather than running an open, competitive solicitation. Because of that, readers should not interpret the posting as an open call where new proposals will be accepted.

The award structure is a cooperative agreement, which generally means NPS expects to have substantial involvement in the project beyond simply providing funds. That can include collaborative planning, technical guidance, coordination with park staff, shared oversight of deliverables, or participation in key implementation decisions. This fits the nature of habitat restoration and rare species protection work, which typically requires alignment with site-specific management plans, compliance needs, and ongoing coordination with federal land managers.

The financial details shown indicate an award ceiling of $71,805. The posting does not list multiple expected awards (the field is blank), which often suggests a single intended award or that the number of awards was not specified in the public notice data. The original closing date is listed as June 28, 2019, with a creation date of June 19, 2019; however, given the repeated statement that it is not a request for applications, that closing date should be understood more as an administrative timeline for the notice rather than a deadline for submitting proposals.

Eligibility is labeled broadly as "Others," which is a general category that can encompass non-federal partners such as nonprofits, youth-serving organizations, conservation corps, educational institutions, or other entities depending on how NPS defines the intended recipient for the specific project. Because the notice is not competitive, the eligibility label does not function the way it would in an open solicitation; it mainly indicates the type of organization category involved in the planned assistance relationship.

In summary, this opportunity is best understood as an informational, transparency-oriented announcement that NPS intends to fund a youth-engagement conservation project through a cooperative agreement, with funding up to $71,805, rather than a programmatic grant competition open to new applicants.

• The National Park Service in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Engage Youth to Restore Habitats and Protect Rare Species" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.931.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2019-06-19.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2019-06-28. (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 $71,805.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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