Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Administrative History | P17AS00461

Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00461

The grant opportunity titled "Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Administrative History" (Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00461) is a National Park Service (NPS) discretionary funding notice under the U.S. Department of the Interior. The purpose of the project is narrowly defined: to support the research, analysis, and writing of an administrative history for the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. In practical terms, this kind of work typically involves compiling and interpreting primary and secondary sources to document how the park unit was established, how it has been managed over time, and how policy decisions, staffing, planning, partnerships, land acquisition, resource management, and public use evolved across different periods. The activity is categorized under Education, which aligns with the NPS mission to preserve and interpret park history and make institutional knowledge accessible for management and public understanding.

This funding notice is issued as a cooperative agreement, meaning the NPS expects substantial involvement with the recipient during the project rather than simply issuing a grant and receiving a final product. Cooperative agreements are often used when the agency anticipates ongoing collaboration on scope, methodology, review of drafts, access to archives, or coordination with park staff and subject matter experts. The opportunity is associated with CFDA number 15.945, which corresponds to National Park Service programs.

Financially, the announcement indicates an award ceiling of $65,000 and anticipates a single award (Expected Awards: 1). That signals a relatively focused, single-project effort rather than a multi-recipient competition. The eligibility field lists "Others," with the implication that eligibility details are clarified elsewhere; however, in this specific notice the key point is that it is not open for competitive applications.

Most importantly, this announcement is not a request for applications. The original closing date is effectively not applicable because the NPS states that no applications will be accepted under this announcement. Instead, it serves as a public notice of the agency's intention to fund this work under an existing cooperative agreement. In other words, the agency is disclosing that it plans to direct funds to a pre-existing partner arrangement for this specific administrative history project, rather than soliciting new proposals from the public. The notice was created on June 29, 2017, and functions primarily as transparency documentation about the planned allocation and purpose of the funding.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area Administrative History" 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 Jun 29, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by This funding opportunity is not a request for applications no applications will be accepted under this announcement. The purpose of this announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service intention to fund this project under an existing cooperative agreement.. (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 $65,000.00 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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