Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00812
The Cooperative GIS Internships with the Resources Information Services Division grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00812) is a National Park Service (NPS) discretionary funding announcement under the U.S. Department of the Interior. It is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning the NPS expects to be substantially involved in guiding or collaborating on the work rather than simply issuing a grant with minimal federal participation. The listed funding activity category is Education, reflecting that the primary vehicle for accomplishing the work is an internship or training-oriented partnership that builds applied, workforce-relevant skills while advancing NPS operational needs.
The purpose of the opportunity is to collaboratively design and implement information systems and information services that help the NPS carry out its core mission: preserving the natural and cultural resources and values of the National Park System unimpaired for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of present and future generations. The description emphasizes that modern conservation and stewardship challenges increasingly depend on staff and partners who can recognize complex social and environmental issues, understand human-environment interactions, and then translate those needs into actionable, data-driven solutions. In practice, this means collecting, managing, analyzing, and communicating relevant information in ways that support on-the-ground decisions in parks and at regional or national program levels.
A central focus of the work is geospatial and digital technology. The opportunity specifically highlights geospatial sciences and geographic information systems (GIS) as core tools, along with related technical areas such as user experience and interface design, remotely sensed imagery analysis, spatial analysis methods, and the management of large volumes of digital media and data assets. Taken together, these elements point to internship activities that could include building or improving GIS datasets and services, developing web maps or applications that make park data easier to use, applying remote sensing to monitor resources or landscape change, conducting spatial analyses to answer management questions, and creating workflows or systems to organize and publish digital content at scale.
Eligibility is limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, and the announcement makes clear that it is a non-competitive, sole-source action intended for the University of Colorado Denver. The notice explicitly states that no applications will be accepted, meaning it is not an open, competitive call for proposals. The expected number of awards is one, with an award ceiling of $90,001, signaling a relatively small, targeted partnership intended to support a defined set of internship-based outputs and collaborative development work with the NPS Resources Information Services Division.
The opportunity was created on September 12, 2017, and the original closing language reinforces that this is an administratively directed cooperative agreement rather than a solicitation for new applicants. The CFDA number listed is 15.954, identifying the federal assistance program associated with this funding. Overall, the grant is best understood as a focused educational partnership designed to place interns in collaborative roles where they help the NPS improve its geospatial and information-service capabilities, while simultaneously building the technical and analytical talent pipeline needed to address complex resource stewardship challenges.Apply for P17AS00812
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Cooperative GIS Internships with the Resources Information Services Division" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.954.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 12, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED This agreement will be entered into with the University of Colorado - Denver as a Non-Competitive action, due to sole source justification.. (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 $90,001.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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