The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $347,925 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) to George Mason University on January 15, 2025. The award supports a comprehensive network of cooperative study units to facilitate multi-disciplinary research, technical assistance, education, and training for science-based management of the National Park System. Specifically, the cooperator will conduct long-term...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program provides $661,152.38 to Colorado State University (CSU) for a project running from January 3, 2025 to June 30, 2029. The project will develop a comprehensive spatial geodatabase that includes all sampling locations, raw monitoring data, vegetation and monitoring data, photographs, and technical reports for seven...
This $937,213 cooperative agreement from the National Park Service will fund a research project conducted by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from July 2022 to September 2026. The goal is to investigate which elements of live and audience-centered interpretive experiences in the National Park System lead to more positive visitor outcomes. Over two phases, the university will develop consensus-based outcome measures, pilot test them, and conduct field research at multiple...
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) to Austin Peay State University. The project will conduct landscape-scale conversion of agricultural sites and other open lands to native grasslands, and restore or enhance existing high-quality to degraded grassland remnants across the Northeast region. It will develop and implement processes to assess, evaluate,...
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $178,988 Cooperative Agreement to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, doing business as Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania, under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945). This Cooperative Agreement supports coordinated research, technical assistance, education and training, and development of usable knowledge to inform science-based management of the National...
This $299,999 Cooperative Agreement award by the Midwest Region of the National Park Service under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) supports a comprehensive network of Cooperative Study Units to facilitate cooperative research, technical assistance, education, and training to inform science-based management of the National Park System. The project is designed to catalyze resilient prairie grassland management and spans...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $122,000 Cooperative Agreement to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, doing business as Virginia Tech, to facilitate cooperative research, technical assistance, education, and training to inform science-based management of the National Park System. Under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945), the funding will support a comprehensive network of...
The National Park Service has awarded The Pennsylvania State University, doing business as Penn State, a $278,456 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945). The funding supports a comprehensive network of cooperative study units to facilitate multi-disciplinary scientific research, technical assistance, education, and training to inform science-based management of the National Park System. The study units will...
The Department of the Interior, National Park Service has awarded a $128,948.68 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Wyoming under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program. The agreement will fund a comprehensive network of Cooperative Study Units to facilitate cooperative research, technical assistance, education, and training to inform science-based management of the National Park System. Key activities include compiling...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) grant program provides $500,000 in funding to NatureServe, a non-profit organization, to support a comprehensive network of cooperative study units. The goal is to facilitate research, technical assistance, education, and training for science-based management of the National Park System. The project will produce key...