Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00754
This notice describes a National Park Service (NPS) intent to make a single, specific cooperative agreement award for an internship project focused on diverse and underrepresented youth at several park units in the Intermountain West. The opportunity is titled "Intergovernmental Internship Cooperative (IIC) Diverse and Underrepresented Youth Internships at Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Bryce Canyon National Park, Great Basin National Park, and Pipe Springs National Monument." It was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, and is categorized as a discretionary funding action using a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument. The activity areas tied to the award are employment/labor/training and natural resources, reflecting that the primary purpose is to place interns into real-world park operations and resource-related work while building career pathways.
A key point in the announcement is that it is not a request for applications and has no application closing date. Instead, it functions as a public Notice of Intent to Award, meaning NPS is announcing it plans to fund this project without full and open competition. In practical terms, no new applicants are being solicited, and the award is directed to a named partner based on an existing relationship and justification under federal assistance rules for a non-competitive action. The identified partner is Southern Utah University (SUU), operating under the Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CPCESU), and the specific cooperative agreement referenced is P17AC01565. The related funding opportunity number is P17AS00754.
The project itself centers on creating and supporting internship placements for youth from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds across five NPS units: Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Bryce Canyon National Park, Great Basin National Park, and Pipe Springs National Monument. While the notice does not list individual internship positions or duties, the framing makes clear the intent is workforce development within the parks, likely pairing hands-on training and mentoring with meaningful work that supports park missions. Because it is a cooperative agreement, NPS staff typically expect to be substantially involved in the project, such as coordinating placements, shaping internship learning objectives, supervising or co-supervising work, and ensuring the internships align with park priorities and compliance requirements.
The total anticipated federal funding amount is listed with an award ceiling of $74,051, and the expected number of awards is one. Eligibility, as stated in the source data, is limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, which matches the identified recipient type. The CFDA (now commonly referred to as Assistance Listing) number associated with the program is 15.945, which is used to track federal assistance programs and helps situate the award within NPS financial assistance authorities and reporting.
Overall, this posting is essentially a transparency notice: NPS is documenting its plan to issue a single cooperative agreement to Southern Utah University through the CPCESU framework to run and support a set of internships aimed at improving access and representation in conservation and park-related careers. It signals a workforce pipeline approach where youth interns gain paid or structured experiential opportunities at multiple national park sites, and the parks benefit from added capacity while strengthening long-term diversity in the public lands workforce.Apply for P17AS00754
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the employment, labor and training, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Intergovernmental Internship Cooperative (IIC) Diverse and Underrepresented Youth Internships at Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Bryce Canyon National Park, Great Basin National Park, and Pipe Springs Na" 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 Sep 01, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by This is not a request for applications.. (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 $74,051.00 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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