Marine Science Internships and Science at the Seashore Education at Point Reyes National Seashore | P18AS00520

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The grant opportunity titled "Marine Science Internships and Science at the Seashore Education at Point Reyes National Seashore" is a National Park Service (NPS) notice of intent to award funding under the U.S. Department of the Interior. It is listed as a discretionary cooperative agreement in the education and natural resources activity area, and it appears under CFDA number 15.944. The posting was created on August 14, 2018, and it is explicitly not a request for applications, meaning the NPS is not seeking proposals or competing applications from the public. Instead, the purpose of the listing is to provide formal public notice that the NPS intends to fund a specific set of project activities through an existing agreement relationship.

The NPS indicates that the funding will be issued as Task Agreement P18AC00979 under a larger "master" Cooperative Agreement P13AC00786. The intended partner organization is the Point Reyes National Seashore Association, a nonprofit entity, and the listing specifies that eligible applicants for this type of opportunity would generally be 501(c)(3) nonprofits other than institutions of higher education. In practice, however, because this is a notice of intent to award rather than an open competition, the eligibility language is more a reflection of the standard program category than an invitation for new applicants to apply.

In terms of scope, the project title signals two connected priorities at Point Reyes National Seashore: marine science internships and "Science at the Seashore" education programming. While the notice does not provide detailed work plans or deliverables, the framing strongly suggests support for experiential learning and public education tied to coastal and marine resources at the park. The internship component typically implies structured opportunities for participants to gain hands-on experience in marine science-related work, often supporting park resource stewardship, monitoring, interpretation, or related field-based learning. The education component implies programs designed to engage students, visitors, or community audiences with coastal ecology and marine science concepts in a seashore setting, likely emphasizing place-based learning connected directly to Point Reyes National Seashore.

Financially, the posting lists an award ceiling of $29,292 and anticipates a single award. That figure functions as the maximum amount expected for this particular task agreement action rather than a broad pool of funds for multiple recipients. Because the NPS expects only one award and names the intended partner, the listing functions mainly as a transparency and compliance step, documenting the government intent to fund a specific nonprofit partner to carry out marine science internship and seashore education activities associated with Point Reyes National Seashore.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the education, natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Marine Science Internships and Science at the Seashore Education at Point Reyes National Seashore" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.944.
• This funding opportunity was created on Aug 14, 2018.
• 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 $29,292.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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