Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS NOIP19AC00164
The National Park Service (NPS), within the Department of the Interior, posted a notice of its intent to issue a single, non-competitive financial assistance award for a project titled "Document Significant Fossil Localities within the Sharps Formation - BADL" (Funding Opportunity Number: NPS NOIP19AC00164). The assistance would be provided through a cooperative agreement, meaning NPS staff are expected to be actively involved in shaping and carrying out the work rather than simply funding it at arm's length. The announcement was created on April 18, 2019, with an original closing date of April 28, 2019, and it anticipated one award with a maximum funding level (award ceiling) of $113,605. The CFDA listing associated with the opportunity is 15.945, and eligibility is described under a special "Others" category that, in practice, aligns with the identified partner organization.
The core purpose of the project is to document and protect paleontological resources in the Sharps Formation in the Cedar Pass area of Badlands National Park. The NPS frames the work around its broader conservation mandate: ensuring that park resources are available for public enjoyment now while remaining unimpaired for future generations. In practical terms, the project targets fossil localities that may be at risk from theft, vandalism, and natural erosion, and it aims to reduce those risks by creating reliable scientific documentation and management-ready maps, and by collecting only the most scientifically important specimens for proper long-term care.
The primary partner identified to perform the work is the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, which participates in the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) framework within the Great Plains Network. Under the proposed arrangement, the university would supply a faculty member and several graduate students to conduct fieldwork focused on locating and documenting scientifically significant fossil sites within the Sharps Formation. A major deliverable is the careful mapping of fossil localities using GPS equipment so that locations are recorded with sufficient accuracy to support resource management, protection strategies, and enforcement needs.
The project emphasizes a selective approach to collecting: only scientifically significant specimens would be removed from the field. Those specimens would then be prepared and curated, implying standard museum-quality processes such as stabilization, documentation, cataloging, and placement into an appropriate collection where they can be preserved and made available for research and educational use. This approach is meant to balance conservation in place with the recognition that certain specimens are vulnerable or especially valuable to science and therefore warrant collection and curation.
Beyond the scientific and protective components, the opportunity also highlights public communication and education. Information gained from the fieldwork would be shared with the general public through interpretive programs, tying the technical paleontology work to visitor engagement and public understanding of why fossil protection matters. The public purpose statement explicitly aims to involve recipients, partners, communities, and park visitors in shared stewardship, and it also notes a youth-development angle by motivating student participants to engage in studying and safeguarding fossil resources.
Because this is a cooperative agreement, NPS involvement is described as substantial. Badlands National Park staff would work jointly with the university to define and develop project goals, scope, and activities, and they would provide orientation on fossil resources along with technical assistance and safety training. Another key outcome is the production of detailed resource maps that would be made available to both law enforcement and the park's resource management program, strengthening the park's ability to prevent illegal collecting, respond to incidents, and plan protective actions based on accurate, field-verified information.
In short, this funding notice describes a targeted, collaborative effort between the NPS and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology to locate, GPS-map, and scientifically document important fossil localities in the Sharps Formation at Badlands National Park, to carefully curate only the most significant specimens, and to translate the results into practical protection tools and public interpretation that support long-term stewardship.Apply for NPS NOIP19AC00164
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Document Significant Fossil Localities within the Sharps Formation - BADL" 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 Apr 18, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 28, 2019. (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 $113,605.00 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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