Opportunity Information: Apply for P18AS00113
The Mosaics in Science Internship Program is a National Park Service (NPS) grant-supported internship effort designed to broaden participation in natural resource and conservation science careers. The program focuses on creating paid, science-based internship experiences within national parks, with the larger aim of helping diverse youth build academic and career pathways in fields tied to natural resources, environmental science, and public lands stewardship. At its core, the program is meant to connect participants directly with hands-on projects and mentorship in real park settings, so interns can see what science careers in the NPS look like day to day and gain practical experience that is hard to replicate in a classroom.
The stated objectives are fourfold: encouraging diverse youth to study and pursue careers in natural resource science fields; providing meaningful, relevant science internships in parks for diverse applicants; introducing participants to science careers within the National Park Service; and increasing relevancy, diversity, and inclusion across the NPS workforce. Taken together, these goals signal that the internships are not just short-term seasonal opportunities, but part of a longer-term strategy to make NPS science and resource management careers more accessible, better known, and more representative of the public the agency serves.
From a funding and administrative standpoint, this opportunity is listed as a discretionary funding action and uses a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument. Cooperative agreements typically indicate substantial involvement by the federal agency in the project compared to a standard grant, which often means closer coordination, shared responsibilities, or ongoing technical collaboration between the recipient organization and the NPS. The funding activity category is Employment, Labor and Training, reflecting that the primary output is workforce development through structured internship placements and training rather than, for example, construction or capital improvements.
Eligibility is limited to nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education). The opportunity is associated with CFDA number 15.931 and was issued by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. The notice was created on April 4, 2018, and it lists an award ceiling of $30,000 with an expected number of awards of one. Importantly, the posting is explicitly a Notice of Intent rather than an open solicitation: it states that no applications are being accepted because the task agreement is being made under an existing cooperative agreement (P15AC00020) that had already been competitively awarded. In practical terms, that means this particular announcement is informational and does not represent a current chance for new applicants to compete for funding under this specific opportunity number (P18AS00113).Apply for P18AS00113
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Mosaics in Science Internship Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.931.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 04, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by This is a Notice of Intent only. This Task Agreement is being awarded under Cooperative Agreement P15AC00020 which was already awarded under a competitive process. No applications are being accepted at this time.. (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 $30,000.00 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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