Opportunity Information: Apply for P19AS00317
The grant opportunity titled "Investigate Alternative Winter Roost Features and Initiate Pseudogymnoascus destructans and WNS" (Funding Opportunity Number P19AS00317) was issued by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, as a discretionary Cooperative Agreement under the Natural Resources funding activity category (CFDA 15.945). It was created on June 25, 2019, with an original application closing date of July 4, 2019. The opportunity anticipated making a single award, with a maximum funding level (award ceiling) of $71,100. Eligibility was limited to nonprofit organizations holding IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) status, excluding institutions of higher education.
The central purpose of the project was workforce development through hands-on conservation work, using a National Park Service-led wildlife initiative as the learning platform. Rather than being framed as a traditional research grant to a standalone principal investigator, it was structured to place students and early-career participants (such as interns, volunteers, or resource assistants) in direct collaboration with NPS professional staff. The intent was to give emerging professionals practical exposure to complex, real-world wildlife conservation challenges and field-oriented project workflows that are difficult to replicate in classroom settings or short-term training programs.
From the title and description, the project focus ties to bat conservation and the early stages of work associated with Pseudogymnoascus destructans (the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome, commonly abbreviated WNS). The mention of investigating alternative winter roost features suggests activities aimed at understanding where bats may overwinter outside of classic cave and mine hibernacula, which can be important for both conservation planning and disease surveillance. The inclusion of initiating P. destructans and WNS work indicates that part of the effort would involve beginning or expanding monitoring, field investigations, and related conservation tasks associated with the disease threat, likely in a park or parks where NPS staff are responsible for natural resource stewardship and wildlife health response.
A key outcome emphasized in the opportunity description is professional development: participants would gain background experience that helps them make informed long-term career decisions and build skills relevant to conservation careers. In practical terms, this kind of cooperative agreement typically supports supervised field and applied conservation activities, mentorship by agency experts, and exposure to the standards and constraints that come with federal land management work, such as data quality expectations, safety protocols, and coordination across resource disciplines. Overall, the opportunity combined a relatively modest, single-award funding structure with a clear emphasis on building early-career capacity while advancing NPS priorities related to bat winter ecology and the emerging management needs associated with P. destructans and white-nose syndrome.Apply for P19AS00317
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Investigate Alternative Winter Roost Features and Initiate Pseudogymnoascus destructans and WNS" 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 Jun 25, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 04, 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 $71,100.00 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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