Maine Acadian Culture Project | NPS 18 NERO 0052

Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 18 NERO 0052

The Maine Acadian Culture Project is a discretionary funding opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior through the National Park Service (NPS). It is listed under Funding Opportunity Number NPS 18 NERO 0052 and is associated with the education funding activity category. The opportunity is tied to CFDA (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance) number 15.946, which generally relates to National Park Service programs that support preservation, education, and public engagement connected to cultural and historical resources.

This notice is explicitly not a request for applications, meaning it is not an open competition where new applicants are being invited to submit proposals. Instead, it serves as a formal public notice that the National Park Service intends to make a single award by issuing a task agreement under an existing master cooperative agreement. In practical terms, this indicates that the recipient organization has already been identified through an earlier competitive process or through a documented single-source justification, and the NPS is now using this announcement to meet transparency and public notice requirements for the planned award.

The funding instrument for the project is a cooperative agreement rather than a standard grant. Cooperative agreements are typically used when the federal agency expects to have substantial involvement in carrying out the project, such as collaborating on project design, participating in decision-making, providing technical direction, or otherwise working closely with the recipient during implementation. The project name suggests a focus on Maine Acadian culture, which may include activities such as cultural documentation, interpretation, educational programming, exhibits, archival work, oral history collection, or other public-facing efforts that help preserve and share Acadian heritage in Maine, although the notice itself does not provide project deliverables or a detailed scope.

The notice lists an award ceiling of $377,270 and anticipates one award, reinforcing that this is a single, defined funding action rather than a multi-award opportunity. Key dates included are a creation date of June 19, 2018, and an original closing date of June 28, 2018; in notices like this, the closing date generally reflects the end of the public notice period rather than an application deadline, since applications are not being solicited. Eligibility is broadly labeled as "Others" with a reference to additional eligibility information elsewhere, which is consistent with the idea that eligibility is effectively limited to the organization(s) already covered by the relevant master cooperative agreement and any constraints tied to that agreement or justification.

Overall, this announcement functions primarily as an administrative and transparency notice: the National Park Service is signaling its intent to fund a specific Maine Acadian culture-related education project through a cooperative agreement mechanism, with one anticipated award up to $377,270, without opening the opportunity to new applicants.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Maine Acadian Culture Project" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.946.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 19, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 28, 2018. (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 $377,270.00 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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