Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 18 NERO 0132
The opportunity titled "Inspire Cooperative Coastal Change Adaptation Through Locally-Scaled..." is a National Park Service (NPS) announcement that it is continuing an existing cooperative agreement with the Trustees of Boston University, rather than opening a new competition. In other words, this is not a call for proposals and it is not seeking applications from other organizations. It is essentially a public notice that NPS will fund and carry on a specific, ongoing partnership effort focused on coastal change and climate adaptation planning.
The central purpose of the continued agreement is to produce a comprehensive coastal vulnerability report for island clusters within Boston Harbor. The work will evaluate vulnerability under three sea-level rise (SLR) scenarios and will be supported by a suite of technical products, including model outputs, high-quality maps, and interpretive graphics that NPS staff and stakeholders can use for planning and communication. Rather than waiting until the end of the project, the cooperator will provide annual interim progress summaries and will transfer data to NPS each year as it is developed, allowing managers and partners to use emerging findings immediately in decision-making and stakeholder engagement.
Analytically, the project is designed to assess how different coastal areas on each island are likely to respond to rising seas and storm impacts. The assessment will consider factors such as coastal substrate resilience (how resistant different shoreline types are to erosion or failure), island topography, exposure to storms, and Boston Harbor sediment dynamics, along with the possibility of threshold crossings, meaning points at which conditions shift enough to trigger rapid or irreversible changes. The intent is to generate locally scaled predictions that can be checked and refined through straightforward field monitoring. Examples include evaluating the likelihood that seawalls will be overtopped, estimating the expected frequency of storm overwash in dune systems and gravel overwash ridges, identifying locations where large overwash deposition events may occur, and approximating bluff and shoreline retreat rates under modeled sea-level conditions. A major emphasis is identifying the places where infrastructure, visitor facilities, and cultural and natural resources face the highest risk from storm-driven impacts.
A key management-oriented outcome of the project is the development of simple indicators that can be monitored easily over time, such as measures tied to absolute sea level or the frequency of inundation at specific index sites. Alongside these indicators, the project will define thresholds that can serve as triggers for management action, supporting proactive decision-making rather than reactive responses after damage occurs. The overall approach is meant to translate complex modeling into practical, trackable signals that help park managers recognize when systems are nearing critical change.
The deliverables are described in fairly concrete terms. Boston University will produce basic but high-value metrics, including beach and bluff retreat rates for selected areas across three islands. The project will also deliver authoritative, high-accuracy GIS map layers that classify coastal substrate types (for example seawalls, riprap, rocky bluffs, glacial till bluffs, cobble beaches, and salt marshes) and characterize each type's relative resilience to erosion or dismantling. Additional mapped layers will include the location and elevation of significant cultural resources, natural resources, and visitor facilities. The agreement also calls for measured and predicted erosion and deposition mapping across Boston Harbor and the islands, highlighting hot spots of scarp retreat, as well as predicted areas where high-volume overwash deposition is likely during storm events.
The final coastal vulnerability report will synthesize these analyses into actionable findings. It will identify where storm impacts most threaten infrastructure and important resources, evaluate the capacity for management success in protecting resources in the highest-risk locations, provide predictions about storm overwash frequency, and recommend monitoring sites and methods that can function as early-warning systems for approaching threshold crossings. Taken together, the work is intended to help NPS prioritize adaptation strategies, focus monitoring where it matters most, and communicate risk and response options more clearly to partners and the public.
From the funding and administrative standpoint, this is categorized as a continuation cooperative agreement under the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, with a single expected award. The opportunity lists an award ceiling of 114,840 and references CFDA 15.944. The posting date is August 14, 2018, with an original closing date of August 23, 2018, but the key practical point remains that it is a continuation notice and not an open solicitation.Apply for NPS 18 NERO 0132
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Inspire Cooperative Coastal Change Adaptation Through Locally-S" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.944.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 14, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 23, 2018 This is NOT a request for applications. This is just an announcement that NPS is continuing its current cooperative agreement with the Trustees of Boston University.. (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 $114,840.00 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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