The Oil Region National Heritage Area | NPS 19 NERO 0007

Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 19 NERO 0007

The Oil Region National Heritage Area grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number NPS 19 NERO 0007) is a National Park Service (NPS) funding notice issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior. It is categorized as a discretionary funding action and would be carried out through a cooperative agreement, which typically means the NPS expects to have substantial involvement in the project rather than simply issuing funds and stepping back. The funding activity category is listed as regional development, and it falls under CFDA 15.939, a program area commonly associated with National Heritage Area support and related partnership-based preservation and interpretation work.

A key point of this posting is that it is not an open call for proposals. The notice explicitly states it is not a request for applications and is instead a public notice of the NPS intention to make a financial assistance award for specific project activities. In other words, it is essentially an informational posting that signals an anticipated award, rather than a competitive opportunity that new applicants can apply for through Grants.gov. The posting also references a Grants.gov posting determination in Section 2, which is generally used to explain why the opportunity is being posted even though it is not soliciting applications (for example, to meet transparency requirements when an agency intends to make a non-competitive or directed award).

The opportunity indicates an expected number of awards of one, with an award ceiling of $61,000. That ceiling reflects the maximum anticipated federal funding amount for the single cooperative agreement tied to this notice. The original closing date shown is March 23, 2019, but since the notice is not requesting applications, that date is best understood as an administrative timeline associated with the posting rather than a true application deadline for competitive submissions.

Eligibility is broadly labeled as "Others," with the note to see the additional eligibility information in the full posting for clarification. In practice, National Heritage Area funding is often directed to the local coordinating entity or management partner responsible for the heritage area, or another specifically identified partner organization, which aligns with the notice language about a planned award and the expectation of only one recipient.

In summary, this posting communicates the National Park Service's intention to issue up to $61,000 via a cooperative agreement to support regional development-related activities connected to The Oil Region National Heritage Area, but it is not inviting the public to apply. It functions primarily as a transparency and public-notice document for a planned financial assistance award rather than an open grant competition.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the regional development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "The Oil Region National Heritage Area" 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 Mar 14, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 23, 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 $61,000.00 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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