Opportunity Information: Apply for P21AS00320
The National Park Service (NPS) funding opportunity titled "Aircraft Tracking Over NPS Units" (Funding Opportunity Number P21AS00320) is a discretionary grant offered as a cooperative agreement to support work that improves how commercial air tours are tracked when they fly over National Park Service units. The overall purpose is to strengthen the shared capability of the NPS and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to reliably identify, track, and document air tour activity over parks, and to modernize how tracking data is processed and delivered back to park staff in a usable form.
A central focus of the project is improving the end-to-end data pipeline, meaning not just collecting aircraft tracking information, but also making the downstream steps (processing, analysis, and reporting) more efficient and more consistent. The intended outcome is a better "data processing and reporting flow to parks," so that parks receive timely, actionable information rather than raw or delayed data that is difficult to interpret. This is especially important for parks that must monitor whether commercial air tour operators are following the terms of air tour management plans (ATMPs) or other agreements. With stronger tracking and reporting, parks can more effectively confirm compliance, identify patterns of use, and document potential issues in a way that supports operational decisions.
The opportunity also emphasizes decision support for adaptive management and plan updates. Parks routinely need credible flight activity data to evaluate proposed amendments to air tour plans, assess whether existing management measures are working as intended, and respond to Department of the Interior (DOI) requirements for ongoing oversight and management. In practice, the funded work is meant to help parks move from reactive monitoring to a more proactive and evidence-based approach, where consistent tracking information can inform management actions and policy choices over time.
This funding opportunity is issued under authority tied to cooperative and research training programs (54 U.S.C. 101702(b)), which shapes who can apply and signals that collaboration with the federal partners is expected. Eligibility is limited to state governments and political subdivisions of states, as well as public or state-controlled institutions of higher education and private institutions of higher education. In other words, it is not open to the general public or private companies unless they are applying through or in partnership with an eligible institution that serves as the applicant.
Administratively, the opportunity is managed by the National Park Service under the environment funding activity category and is associated with CFDA number 15.945. The original application closing date was April 9, 2021, and the opportunity was created on February 4, 2021. The award ceiling listed is $150,000. The instrument type being a cooperative agreement indicates that the NPS likely anticipates substantial involvement in the project during performance, such as coordination, technical direction, data sharing, joint development of methods, or iterative review of deliverables, rather than a hands-off grant where the recipient operates independently.
Overall, the opportunity is aimed at building practical, scalable improvements to aircraft tracking and reporting systems that directly support NPS units in monitoring and managing commercial air tours, ensuring compliance with management plans, and making informed adjustments based on reliable flight activity data.Apply for P21AS00320
- The National Park Service in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Aircraft Tracking Over NPS Units" 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 2021-02-04.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-04-09. (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 $150,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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