Closed · P19AC00092 · CFDA 15.945 · Discretionary
Monitoring Stream Benthic Macroinvertebrates for NPS-NCR
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Park Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1-$44K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- April 15, 2019
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
Monitoring Stream Benthic Macroinvertebrates for NPS-NCR is a closed discretionary listing from National Park Service that offered $1 -- $44,367 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-$44K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 15.945
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Monitoring Stream Benthic Macroinvertebrates… is closed (last close April 15, 2019). 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 April 15, 2019
Est. Total Funding
$44,367
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
Cooperator will implement the spring sampling of the biological stream monitoring protocol [Norris and Sanders (2009)] to collect data used to calculate stream health. Faunal observations (including herpetofauna, mussels and crayfish), benthic macroinvertebrate sampling, physical habitat assessment and water chemistry data will be collected at thirty-seven (37) stream locations across ten (10) parks in the National Capital Region of the National Park Service. While conducting the monitoring work at each site additional samples will be collected for processing and subsequent DNA analysis. Note that the collection and initial processing of water samples are within the scope of this agreement but the actual DNA sequencing is out of scope and will be funded in a separate agreement or modification. Benthic macroinvertebrate samples will be collected and preserved for identification in the laboratory. Macroinvertebrate samples will be identified to the finest taxonomic scale possible (genus). Cooperator will calculate the benthic index of biotic integrity (BIBI) for each sampling location based on the most up-to-date methods implemented by the Maryland Biological Stream Survey Program. All data (including photographs) will be entered into an MS Access database provided by the NPS and thoroughly checked by members of the field crew. Following data entry all data will undergo a 100% check by someone other than the person who entered the data. At the conclusion of the field season all data, including photographs and data sheets, will be transferred to the NCRN Data Manager.Following the field season cooperators will provide a summary of monitoring activities including any interesting or novel observations. Cooperators will also participate in a brief (typically 1-2 hr.) meeting (referred to as an Operational Review) to review all aspects of the field season ranging from safety to field procedures to data management. Cooperator input is incredibly important to ensure the continuation of a safe and successful monitoring program.
Campus applicant desk · Science and Technology / R&D
Grants.gov prints only higher-education applicant doors for Monitoring Stream Benthic Macroinvertebrates… (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education). This reads as a campus competition desk, not a civic or commercial open call. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). 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 R Palmer Grants Management Specialist Phone 202-619-7082
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