Project Grant P21AP11667

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Park Service's Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program (CFDA 15.954), funds the National Park Foundation's efforts to connect people with national parks and public lands through educational and recreational programming. The $5,146,153.34 award, dated December 2, 2025, supports the development and implementation of initiatives such as the Junior Ranger Angler Program, which engages approximately 20,000...

This $450,313 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) supports research to understand the molecular mechanisms and dynamics underlying multidomain enzymatic factories known as nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs). The project aims to leverage nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and computational approaches to determine structural ensembles that can predict how...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $905,000 from the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program (CFDA 15.954) supports safe, educational, and meaningful recreation experiences in National Park Service sites and neighboring communities. The award funds the National Park Foundation's Junior Ranger recreation programming, which connects people and families to national parks and public lands through...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $1,043,000.00 from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) supports the Santa Monica Mountains Fund, a non-profit organization, in conducting post-fire invasive plant control and ecological restoration efforts in the Calabasas, California area. Key activities include invasive plant management, native plant propagation and revegetation, ecological monitoring, and providing environmental education...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the NPS Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program (CFDA 15.954) provides $299,287 to the Bainbridge Island Metro Park to support the management and maintenance of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial. The agreement enables the NPS to provide public access to the memorial and ensure that its infrastructure, including trails, boardwalks, bridges, benches, and signage, is properly...

This $119,951.34 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program (CFDA 15.954) supports an educational and interpretive lead who will offer environmental education opportunities, community engagement, interpretive programming, visitor services, and work-studies for approximately 10,000 K-12 students and 16,000 non-student visitors annually within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and at...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $496,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) to The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. The funding will be used to increase the number of undergraduate research interns from local universities, support graduate students in The Lundquist Institute's PhD program in Translational Research, and enhance recruitment of underserved students in the...

This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $811,942 was provided by the Department of the Army Medical Command under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program. The grant supports research by the J. David Gladstone Institutes, a non-profit biomedical research organization, to investigate genetic factors conferring susceptibility to toxicant-induced Parkinson's disease. The research involves a sub-award to the Northern California Institute For Research And...

The National Park Service (NPS) has awarded a $1,085,000 Cooperative Agreement to Conservation Legacy, a non-profit organization, under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). Through this award, Conservation Legacy will complete invasive plant control and removal work across NPS lands to encourage native species recovery and restoration, and increase resilience to future stressors. The project will provide on-the-job training and work experience for...

This $889,948.30 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) will enable The Great Basin Institute's Nevada Conservation Corps division to carry out natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service projects on Department of the Interior lands. The project will engage youth and young adults in hands-on activities such as native plant restoration, seed collection,...