Closed · P18AS00334 · CFDA 15.945 · Discretionary
Dendroecological analysis of trees in the NCRN
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Park Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1-$60K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 25, 2018
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
Dendroecological analysis of trees in the NCRN is a closed discretionary listing from National Park Service that offered $1 -- $60,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 8,506 other opportunities from National Park Service.
- $1-$60K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 15.945
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Dendroecological analysis of trees in the NCRN is closed (last close June 25, 2018). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. National Park Service still indexes 8,506 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed June 25, 2018
Est. Total Funding
$60,000
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The Cooperator will collect tree core samples at NCRN vegetation plots at Catoctin Mountain Park (outside 49 monitoring plots) and Monocacy National Battlefield (outside of 15 monitoring plots). The Cooperator will assemble a team of trained technicians to prepare cores samples for analysis, including mounting and sanding. Each core will be scanned alongside a scale bar to provide an image archive of the core. A Velmex system and Measure J2X software will be used to measure annual increment (0.001 mm precision). Minimum age will be established for each core and a series of tree-ring chronologies will be developed based on normalized mean annual increment providing a ring width index (RWI). A SQL database will be created with Plot_Name as the primary key. Core_ID will relate to Plot_Name and Ring_ID will relate to Core_ID. Tree species and diameter at breast height (DBH) will be stored in a table with Core_ID. For each Ring_ID the database will record Ring_width. Each tree core will be crossdated against all cores within 3km of the focal core in COFECHA. Crossdating may include the identification of gaps (missing rings) and additions (false rings); the database will be updated with these changes. Ring_year (related to Ring_ID) will be added to the database following cross dating.Tree growth rate, including basal area increment (BAI) and ring width index (RWI), will be evaluated across sites and species. The final tree ring database will be approved by the PI before it is released to NCRN staff.
Campus applicant desk · Employment, Labor and Training
Grants.gov prints only higher-education applicant doors for Dendroecological analysis of trees in the NCRN (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education). This reads as a campus competition desk, not a civic or commercial open call. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Employment, Labor and Training (ELT). 1,235 other National Park Service listings share this eligibility-code string (15% of 8,507).
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
LaQuita Palmer Grants Management Specialist Phone 202-619-7082
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