Natural Resource Education and Outreach Intern | P18AS00012

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The Natural Resource Education and Outreach Intern opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P18AS00012) is a National Park Service initiative under the U.S. Department of the Interior that supports an intern position focused on public education and hands-on natural resource work tied to a battlefield park setting. The role is built around helping visitors, students, and community members understand the park's natural resources through engaging, standards-based learning experiences and outreach programming. While it appears as a grant listing, it is structured as a Cooperative Agreement action and is presented as a Notice of Intent, meaning it is not open for new applications.

The core duties center on education and interpretation. The intern would lead school field trips that emphasize natural resources while aligning activities with Standards of Learning, which suggests the programs are designed to fit classroom requirements and reinforce what students are expected to learn in school. In addition to on-site field trips, the intern would travel to classrooms, expos, and special events to deliver outreach presentations and educational activities, essentially taking the park's natural resource story into the community. A major part of the work also includes developing and improving interpretive and educational materials and programs, which can involve designing lesson content, creating hands-on demonstrations, and refining messaging so it is clear and useful for different audiences.

A communications component is included as well. The intern would assist with improving the natural resources section of the park's website and contribute to social media sources, supporting the park's ability to share updates, educational content, and resource information with the public online. Another recurring theme is partnership-building: the intern would collaborate with community partners, which can include schools, local organizations, conservation groups, and event organizers, to broaden the reach of natural resource education and strengthen community engagement.

Beyond outreach, the position includes optional field and resource management support duties that provide direct exposure to practical conservation work. These may include helping conduct habitat assessment surveys, participating in deer spotlight surveys, contributing to quail counts, and assisting with exotic plant control. The listing also mentions data management tied to these activities, indicating the intern may help record, organize, and maintain monitoring data so staff can track conditions and trends over time. Additional work can include habitat restoration tasks and collecting water quality data, which are common park stewardship activities that connect ecological conditions to management decisions and public education.

Administratively, this opportunity is categorized as discretionary and falls under the funding activity category of Employment, Labor and Training, with CFDA number 15.931. The award information lists an expected single award with a ceiling of $31,145. Eligibility is noted as "Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education," but in practical terms this notice is not soliciting proposals. It was created on November 7, 2017, with an original closing date of November 17, 2017, and explicitly states that no applications are being accepted because the task agreement is being issued under an existing cooperative agreement (P15AC00031) that had already been competitively awarded.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Natural Resource Education and Outreach Intern" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.931.
• This funding opportunity was created on Nov 07, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 17, 2017 This is a Notice of Intent only. This Task Agreement is being awarded under Cooperative Agreement P15AC00031 which was already awarded under a competitive process. No applications are being accepted at this time.. (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 $31,145.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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