Southwest Border Resource Protection Program

Closed Posted

Opportunity number
P26AS00060
Agency
Applications due
Award size
$15,000 to $50,000

Opportunity facts

Funding instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Category
  • Environment
Eligible applicants
  • Higher Education Inst. (Private)
  • Higher Education Inst. (Public)
  • Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
  • County Governments
  • State Governments
  • 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
  • Special District Governments
  • Independent School Districts
  • City/Township Governments
  • Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
Points of contact

Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

Written by GovTribe AI ·

The National Park Service is soliciting applications for cooperative agreements under the Southwest Border Resource Protection Program with an application deadline of September 8, 2026. Awards range from $15,000 to $50,000, with 10–15 cooperative agreements anticipated from an estimated $250,000 to $600,000 total program funding. Applicants must partner with at least one NPS unit in the Intermountain Region (Interior Regions 6, 7, and 8) along the U.S.–Mexico border and a protected area in Mexico, addressing shared cultural or natural resource issues between the two countries.

Eligible applicants include state and local governments, federally recognized tribal governments, Native American tribal organizations, public and private institutions of higher education, and 501(c)(3) nonprofits. For-profit organizations and foreign entities are ineligible, though foreign entities may serve as subcontractors. Cost sharing is not required but voluntary contributions are considered favorably in evaluation.

Eligible NPS units include Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Big Bend National Park, Amistad National Recreation Area, Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Site, Padre Island National Seashore, Saguaro National Park, Tumacacori National Historical Park, Chamizal National Memorial, Coronado National Memorial, and Chiricahua National Monument. Projects must focus on research and monitoring, conservation and preservation, or interpretation and education related to natural and cultural resources.

Merit review criteria, each scored 0–5, weight project addressing impacted shared resources (25%), partnership participation with Mexican entities (25%), cost effectiveness (10%), substantial outcomes (20%), and increased understanding of shared heritage (20%). The anticipated period of performance runs May 1, 2027, through May 1, 2029. Funding opportunity number P26AS00060 corresponds to CFDA 15.963. All applicants except natural persons must register in SAM.gov and maintain an active Unique Entity Identifier before applying.

Synopsis

The Southwest Border Resource Protection Program (SWBRPP) provides financial assistance to National Park Service (NPS) units, as well as educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, tribes, and local and state agencies to improve resource stewardship, achieve international cooperation, provide meaningful interpretation and conduct scientific research, which will lead to increased appreciation and understanding of our shared natural and cultural heritage along our international border with Mexico. Several National Parks located along the U.S. border with Mexico have recently experienced serious resource damage due to illegal cross border activities including drug traffickers and undocumented persons traversing the parks. Other national park units within the desert southwest have also experienced impacts to their natural and cultural resources. Thousands of miles of unauthorized roads and trails have been created, major ecological processes and the migration patterns of wildlife have been disrupted, important historic sites have been vandalized, and archaeological sites have been looted. Program funding is available for conducting scientific research and monitoring of species, as well as conservation, interpretation and preservation projects designed to help protect and preserve natural and cultural resources located near or along our international border. Applicants must work with and benefit an NPS unit in the Intermountain Region along the U.S. - Mexico border as well as a protected area in Mexico by addressing cultural or natural resource issues shared by both countries. These parks include Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Big Bend National Park, Amistad National Recreation Area, Palo Alto National Historic Site, Padre Island National Seashore, Saguaro National Park, Tumacacori National Historical Park, Chamizal National Memorial, Coronado National Memorial, and Chiricahua National Monument. Please note that applicants can work with other Intermountain Region parks near the U.S. Mexico Border, or not otherwise listed to support cultural or natural resource issues shared by both countries. The projects and activities will be individually authorized by separate awards, with each project or activity having a separate work plan and budget developed cooperatively between the NPS and the cooperator. Project categories include: Research & MonitoringCultural Resource examples:Identification, research, and evaluation of archeological and historic sitesNational Register of Historic Places nominationsNational Historic Landmark nominationsNatural Resource examples:Wildlife habitat managementInventory and monitoring of invasive plants and animalsImpacts from climate change to endangered speciesAssessments of the effects of border activities on threatened and endangered speciesConservation & PreservationCultural Resource examples:Stabilization, rehabilitation, and restoration of historic structures, archeological sites, trails and landsc

Files

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P26AS00060 SWBRPP NOFO.docx DOCX document
P26AS00060 SWBRPP NOFO.docx DOCX document
P26AS00060 SWBRPP NOFO.docx DOCX document

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