Opportunity Information: Apply for P18AS00614
This opportunity is a National Park Service cooperative agreement focused on making full use of a long-running bird monitoring effort in the Northern Colorado Plateau Network (NCPN). The work centers on analyzing 14 years of landbird monitoring data collected since 2005 and pairing that analysis with additional field monitoring during the 2019 breeding season, roughly May through July. The program spans 12 National Park units across Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Arizona, reflecting a broad, multi-state view of breeding bird communities in key Colorado Plateau ecosystems.
The main purpose is to turn more than a decade of consistent monitoring into clear, defensible information about long-term population status and trends for breeding landbirds. In practical terms, that means using the existing dataset to evaluate how bird communities have changed over time, which species appear stable or in decline, and how those patterns differ across habitat types and park units. The NCPN treats landbirds as a "vital sign" because shifts in breeding bird communities can serve as an indicator of ecosystem integrity. Birds are sensitive to changes in vegetation, water availability, climate, and disturbance, so tracking their status and trends provides an efficient way to detect broader ecological change.
A second major goal is continuity and comparability: conducting avian monitoring during the 2019 breeding season helps extend the time series and ensures the dataset remains current for trend detection. The monitoring and analysis emphasize breeding landbirds associated with low-elevation riparian areas, pinyon-juniper woodlands, and sage shrubland habitats. These habitat types are ecologically important and can be especially vulnerable to pressures such as drought, invasive species, altered fire regimes, and land-use change, making long-term bird data particularly valuable for management and interpretation.
The opportunity is structured as a cooperative agreement (rather than an open competitive grant) under the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, with an anticipated single award. The notice explicitly states it is a notice of intent to partner with the University of Delaware and that no applications will be accepted, meaning the partner has effectively been pre-identified. The total expected funding is modest, with an award ceiling of $48,650, indicating a focused scope: targeted analysis of an existing long-term dataset plus one season of field monitoring rather than a large multi-year expansion.
Beyond the technical outputs, the project is designed to support multiple NPS needs. It contributes to local and regional bird monitoring efforts by providing standardized, park-based trend information that can complement broader avian conservation programs. It also supports communication and interpretation by helping parks explain to visitors and the public why these protected areas matter as breeding habitat and what the data show about ecological conditions over time. In short, the project aims to convert 14 years of consistent monitoring into actionable trend results and updated field data that strengthen science-based stewardship across the Northern Colorado Plateau Network.Apply for P18AS00614
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "ANALYZING 14 YEARS OF LANDBIRD DATA FOR THE NORTHERN COLORADO PLATEAU I&M NETWORK" 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 Aug 30, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Notice of intent to partner with University of Delaware. No applications will be accepted.. (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 $48,650.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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