Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Area | NPS 19 NERO 0136

Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 19 NERO 0136

The "Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Area" opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number NPS 19 NERO 0136) is a discretionary funding notice from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, and it is set up as a cooperative agreement rather than a traditional grant. The activity category is listed under regional development, and it is associated with CFDA (now commonly referred to as Assistance Listing) number 15.939. In practical terms, this type of listing is typically used when the National Park Service expects to work closely with a partner on defined project activities and wants to formally document that collaboration and the federal role through a cooperative agreement.

A key point is that the announcement explicitly says it is not a request for applications. That means the National Park Service is not inviting the public to apply or compete for the funding through an open application process. Instead, the notice is primarily about transparency: it serves as public notice of the agency's intention to award financial assistance for specific project activities connected to the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Area. These kinds of notices often appear when an agency has identified an intended recipient and is fulfilling a requirement to publicly post the intended award.

Only one award is expected, which further reinforces that this is a targeted action rather than a competitive funding round. The listed award ceiling is $0, which commonly indicates that the announcement is not structured to advertise a maximum competitive funding amount, or that the specific dollar figure may be handled outside of the public-facing ceiling field for this notice. The eligible applicant category is described broadly as "Others," with a note to consult an additional eligibility text field (not included in the provided excerpt) for the precise clarification of who the intended or allowable recipient(s) are.

The posting dates show the opportunity was created on October 23, 2019, with an original closing date of November 2, 2019. With notices like this, the "closing date" often functions more as an administrative timeline for the public notice period rather than a deadline for submitting applications, since applications are not being requested. Overall, this opportunity is best understood as an informational notice that the National Park Service planned to issue a single cooperative agreement in support of regional development-related activities for the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Area, rather than a call for proposals.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the regional development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Delaware & Lehigh 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 Oct 23, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 02, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• 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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