Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00050
The Urban Waters Learning Network grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00050) is a discretionary, environment-focused cooperative agreement issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, under CFDA 15.954. Its purpose is to support Groundwork USA in continuing to build and strengthen the Urban Waters Learning Network, while also expanding that network into additional communities. The core idea is capacity-building: helping communities develop the practical know-how, partnerships, and long-term strategies needed to restore and protect urban water resources that have been degraded over time.
The project centers on technical assistance and shared learning for places facing brownfields challenges and other environmental justice concerns. In practice, that means Groundwork USA will use its existing national network experience and its partnerships with other practitioners to help communities tackle complex, on-the-ground problems affecting impaired urban waters. The opportunity specifically references a range of water resources that can be affected in urban areas, including rivers, lakes, wetlands, and shorelines. Rather than focusing on a single construction or cleanup action, the emphasis is on providing skills, tools, and techniques that local actors can apply over time to plan, implement, and sustain restoration and conservation work.
A key feature of this opportunity is who benefits from the support. The intended participants include local organizations as well as tribal and local governments that are already part of, or will be connected to, the Urban Waters Learning Network. The network model implies peer exchange and coordinated learning across communities, so that approaches that work in one location can be adapted elsewhere. This is particularly important for environmental justice contexts, where communities may face overlapping burdens such as historical industrial contamination, limited access to resources, and longstanding infrastructure or public health inequities. By strengthening local capacity, the program aims to make restoration efforts more durable and community-driven rather than dependent on one-time interventions.
Administratively, this is not an open competition. The original closing date indicates a notification of intent to award to Groundwork USA under an existing cooperative agreement (P16AC00624) without additional competition, and it explicitly states that no applications will be accepted. The expected number of awards is one, with an award ceiling of $328,998. The listing of eligible applicants as "Others" is effectively moot for this notice because the award is directed to Groundwork USA as the identified recipient through the cooperative agreement mechanism, which typically involves substantial federal involvement and collaboration during the project period.
Overall, the opportunity is best understood as targeted federal support to scale and deepen a national learning and assistance network focused on urban watershed restoration in communities facing contamination and environmental justice challenges. The deliverable is not just improved waterways in the short term, but a stronger local and inter-community ability to plan and carry out restoration work repeatedly and effectively over the long term.Apply for P17AS00050
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Urban Waters Learning Network" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.954.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 10, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Notification of Intent to Award to Groundwork USA under Cooperative Agreement P16AC00624 without additional competition. No applications will be accepted.. (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 $328,998.00 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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