Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor | NPS 17 NERO 0206

Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 17 NERO 0206

The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor notice (Funding Opportunity Number NPS 17 NERO 0206) is a National Park Service announcement intended strictly as a public notice, not an open call for proposals. In practical terms, it is informing the public that the Department of the Interior, through the National Park Service, plans to make an award using a task agreement that falls under an existing master cooperative agreement. That master agreement was either previously competed or justified as a single-source arrangement, meaning the agency is not seeking new applicants through this posting and is not inviting organizations to submit applications in response.

The funding mechanism identified is a Cooperative Agreement, which generally indicates a partnership-style award where the federal agency expects to have substantial involvement during the project period (as opposed to a standard grant where the recipient typically operates more independently). The activity category is listed as Regional Development, aligning the effort with initiatives that support regional planning, economic or community development, heritage tourism, interpretation, conservation, and similar corridor-wide priorities that a national heritage corridor designation commonly involves. The CFDA number provided is 15.939, which is associated with National Park Service assistance programs.

Although an eligibility category is shown as "Others," the notice points readers to additional eligibility details elsewhere (not included in the text you provided). Even so, the core point remains that eligibility is largely academic here because the announcement is not structured for competitive submission. Instead, it signals that the recipient is likely predetermined under the existing cooperative framework, and the task agreement will be issued within that established relationship rather than through a new competition.

The notice was created on September 6, 2017, with an original closing date of September 15, 2017. For postings like this, the closing date typically functions more as an administrative timeline for the public notice period rather than a deadline for applicants to submit materials. The anticipated award information indicates an expected number of awards of one, with an award ceiling of $760,100. That combination suggests a single, relatively substantial task agreement supporting work connected to the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, implemented through a designated partner organization under the master cooperative agreement.

In summary, this opportunity is best understood as a transparency notice: the National Park Service is announcing its intent to fund a specific task agreement tied to the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor under an already-established cooperative agreement structure, with up to $760,100 planned for one award, and without soliciting new applications from the public.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the regional development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor" 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 06, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 15, 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 $760,100.00 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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