Wheeling National Heritage Area | NPS 17 NERO 0200

Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 17 NERO 0200

The "Wheeling National Heritage Area" notice (Funding Opportunity Number NPS 17 NERO 0200) is a National Park Service announcement meant to inform the public about an intended award, not to solicit new proposals. In other words, it is not an open grant competition where applicants submit applications by a deadline and are evaluated against each other. Instead, the National Park Service (NPS), within the Department of the Interior, is providing formal public notice that it plans to issue a task agreement under an existing master cooperative agreement that was either previously competed or supported by a single-source justification.

The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and uses a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument. Cooperative agreements are typically used when the federal agency expects to have substantial involvement in the funded work, such as participating in project planning, coordinating activities, providing technical input, or jointly managing deliverables. The activity category is listed as regional development, and the referenced assistance listing/CFDA number is 15.939, which is associated with National Park Service financial assistance.

The notice indicates an anticipated single award (Expected Awards: 1) with an award ceiling of $596,000. This ceiling represents the maximum amount expected for the task agreement described in the notice, rather than a pool of funds available to multiple applicants. Because the action is being made under an existing master cooperative agreement, the practical eligibility is limited to the entity or entities already covered under that agreement, even though the general eligible applicant field is shown as "Others" with a note to consult additional eligibility details.

Key dates show the notice was created on September 4, 2017, with an original closing date of September 14, 2017. In this context, that closing date should be understood as the end of the public notice period rather than a traditional application deadline, since the announcement explicitly states it is not requesting applications.

Overall, this posting functions as a transparency and compliance step: NPS is documenting its intent to fund work related to the Wheeling National Heritage Area through a cooperative agreement mechanism that has already been established, rather than opening a new competitive funding opportunity to the general public.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the regional development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Wheeling National Heritage Area" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.939.
• This funding opportunity was created on Sep 04, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 14, 2017. (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 $596,000.00 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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