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The Notice of CESU Funding Opportunity titled "Everglades Ecosystem Restoration and Management" (Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00174) is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, focused on supporting research and applied science that directly informs restoration planning and assessment in and around Everglades National Park. The South Florida Natural Resource Center at Everglades National Park is seeking proposals that tackle high-priority management questions, especially work that involves information synthesis (pulling together existing datasets and findings into usable conclusions) and modeling (forecasting, scenario testing, and decision-support tools). The overall intent is to strengthen the park and its partners ability to restore and sustain Everglades ecosystems, while improving readiness to mitigate, reduce, or avoid ecological damage caused by unmanaged drivers and future disturbance events.
Funding is provided through a Cooperative Agreement, which generally means the National Park Service expects to be actively involved during the project rather than simply issuing a grant with minimal federal participation. The opportunity falls under activity areas tied to education, environment, and natural resources, and it is listed under CFDA 15.945. The agency anticipates making about 7 awards, with an award ceiling of up to $500,000 per award. Proposals were required to be submitted by email, using the addresses specified in the full NOFO materials, with an original closing date of May 11, 2017.
Eligibility is limited to a specific set of applicants: Principal Investigators affiliated with five Regional Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Networks. While the eligibility category is broadly listed as "Others," the NOFO clarifies that the competition is targeted to those CESU network participants and their investigators, reflecting the CESU program model of federal-academic partnerships aimed at delivering actionable science for resource management.
The research priorities are organized into six broad topics, each representing major areas where park managers need better evidence, synthesis, or predictive tools to guide restoration decisions and evaluate outcomes. The first topic centers on Everglades restoration actions and their effects along the boundaries of Everglades National Park, emphasizing how interventions and management decisions outside or adjacent to the park can influence conditions within park lands and waters. The second topic addresses estuaries and coastal wetlands of the Everglades, recognizing that coastal interfaces are sensitive to changes in freshwater delivery, sea level, storms, salinity dynamics, and other stressors that can alter habitat quality and ecosystem function.
A third emphasis area is exotic invasive species, a persistent challenge in South Florida ecosystems where non-native plants and animals can reshape habitats, disrupt food webs, and undermine restoration outcomes. The fourth topic focuses on biodiversity and rare, threatened, and endangered species, indicating interest in work that improves understanding of species status, habitat needs, limiting factors, and how restoration actions affect at-risk wildlife and plant communities. The fifth topic expands beyond natural resources into cultural resources, highlighting that restoration planning and park stewardship also require understanding, documenting, and protecting archeological, historical, and traditionally significant resources that may be vulnerable to environmental change and management actions. The sixth topic covers ecosystem services and human ecology, reflecting a need to connect ecological restoration to human benefits and impacts, such as water quality, fisheries, recreation, coastal protection, and the ways communities interact with and depend on Everglades ecosystems.
Across all topics, the through-line is practical usefulness: projects should be designed to answer management-relevant questions, improve assessment of restoration progress, and provide tools or synthesized knowledge that supports decision-making under uncertainty. The full NOFO (referenced as being available in the related documents) contains the specific elements and key issues under each topic, along with submission details and any additional requirements that applicants needed to follow.Apply for P17AS00174
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the education, environment, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of CESU Funding Opportunity Everglades Ecosystem Restoration and Management" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.945.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 10, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 11, 2017 Applications must be submitted via e-mail to the addresses listed in the full NOFO attached under the Related Documents Tab.. (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 $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 7 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the title of this funding opportunity?
The Notice of CESU Funding Opportunity is titled "Everglades Ecosystem Restoration and Management".
What is the Funding Opportunity Number?
The Funding Opportunity Number is P17AS00174.
Which federal agency is offering this opportunity?
This is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS).
Which part of the National Park Service is seeking proposals?
Proposals are being sought by the South Florida Natural Resource Center at Everglades National Park.
What is the main purpose of the opportunity?
The opportunity supports research and applied science that directly informs restoration planning and assessment in and around Everglades National Park, with an overall intent to strengthen the ability of the park and its partners to restore and sustain Everglades ecosystems.
What kinds of projects are especially encouraged?
The NOFO emphasizes projects that address high-priority management questions, particularly work involving:
- Information synthesis (pulling together existing datasets and findings into usable conclusions)
- Modeling (forecasting, scenario testing, and decision-support tools)
What does "information synthesis" mean in this NOFO?
Information synthesis refers to compiling and integrating existing datasets and findings and translating them into usable conclusions that can support management and restoration decisions.
What does "modeling" mean in the context of this funding opportunity?
Modeling includes approaches such as forecasting, scenario testing, and creating decision-support tools that help managers evaluate options and outcomes under uncertainty.
What type of award mechanism is used?
Funding is provided through a Cooperative Agreement.
What is the significance of a Cooperative Agreement for applicants?
A Cooperative Agreement generally means the National Park Service expects to be actively involved during the project, rather than issuing a grant with minimal federal participation.
What is the CFDA number listed for this opportunity?
The opportunity is listed under CFDA 15.945.
What activity areas does this opportunity fall under?
The opportunity falls under activity areas tied to education, environment, and natural resources.
How many awards does the agency anticipate making?
The agency anticipates making about 7 awards.
What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling is up to $500,000 per award.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to Principal Investigators affiliated with five Regional Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Networks. Although the category is broadly listed as "Others," the NOFO clarifies that the competition is targeted to CESU network participants and their investigators.
How does the CESU program model relate to this opportunity?
The eligibility limitations reflect the CESU program model of federal-academic partnerships designed to deliver actionable science for resource management.
Where should the work be focused geographically?
Projects are intended to inform restoration planning and assessment in and around Everglades National Park, including issues that affect conditions within park lands and waters.
What are the main research priority topics?
The NOFO organizes priorities into six broad topics:
- Everglades restoration actions and effects along park boundaries
- Estuaries and coastal wetlands of the Everglades
- Exotic invasive species
- Biodiversity and rare, threatened, and endangered species
- Cultural resources
- Ecosystem services and human ecology
What does the "park boundaries" topic focus on?
This topic emphasizes how restoration actions and management decisions outside or adjacent to Everglades National Park can influence conditions within the park.
What does the estuaries and coastal wetlands topic focus on?
This topic recognizes that coastal interfaces are sensitive to factors such as changes in freshwater delivery, sea level, storms, and salinity dynamics that can alter habitat quality and ecosystem function.
What does the exotic invasive species topic cover?
This topic targets challenges from non-native plants and animals that can reshape habitats, disrupt food webs, and undermine restoration outcomes in South Florida ecosystems.
What does the biodiversity and threatened/endangered species topic cover?
This topic supports work that improves understanding of species status, habitat needs, limiting factors, and how restoration actions affect at-risk wildlife and plant communities.
What does the cultural resources topic include?
This topic highlights the need to understand, document, and protect archeological, historical, and traditionally significant resources that may be vulnerable to environmental change and management actions.
What does the ecosystem services and human ecology topic include?
This topic connects restoration to human benefits and impacts, including considerations such as water quality, fisheries, recreation, coastal protection, and how communities interact with and depend on Everglades ecosystems.
What is the common theme across all priority topics?
The through-line is practical usefulness: projects should answer management-relevant questions, improve assessment of restoration progress, and provide tools or synthesized knowledge that supports decision-making under uncertainty.
How were proposals required to be submitted?
Proposals were required to be submitted by email, using the addresses specified in the full NOFO materials.
What was the original closing date for submissions?
The original closing date was May 11, 2017.
Where can applicants find topic-specific elements and submission requirements?
The NOFO indicates the full NOFO (available in the related documents) contains the specific elements and key issues under each topic, as well as submission details and any additional requirements.
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