NATIVE AMERICAN CONSULTATION SERVICES NAFB, CAFB, & NTTR, Nevada | NWO CESU 17 27

Opportunity Information: Apply for NWO CESU 17 27

The grant opportunity titled "NATIVE AMERICAN CONSULTATION SERVICES NAFB, CAFB, & NTTR, Nevada" is a discretionary federal funding opportunity intended to support tribal consultation and coordination work connected to military installations in Nevada. The project focuses on providing consultation support for activities involving Native American tribes that have cultural or historical ties to Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB), Creech Air Force Base (CAFB), and the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR). The central purpose is to strengthen and maintain government-to-government consultation while ensuring that tribal perspectives and participation are integrated into environmental and related compliance efforts associated with these sites.

A key element of the opportunity is its connection to NAFB's Native American Interaction Program (NAIP). The NAIP was created in response to federal legal requirements around tribal consultation and serves as the institutional framework for ongoing engagement with tribes. Beyond formal consultation, the NAIP emphasizes involving tribal members in "all facets" of the environmental program, with a particular stress on field participation. In practice, that means the funded work is not limited to administrative coordination; it also supports meaningful involvement of tribal representatives in on-the-ground environmental activities and review processes where cultural resources, heritage considerations, and environmental stewardship intersect.

The scope of work described centers on three main coordination areas. First, the award supports planning and coordination for Native American Heritage Month activities, which typically involve outreach, educational events, and collaboration with tribal communities and base stakeholders. Second, it includes support for the Document Review Committee (DRC), which implies coordinating reviews and input on documents that may relate to environmental planning, cultural resources, compliance documentation, or other materials requiring tribal consideration. Third, it funds participation in professional meetings, reflecting an expectation that the recipient will engage with relevant interagency, technical, or consultation-focused forums to maintain alignment with best practices and ongoing consultation needs.

This opportunity is structured as a Cooperative Agreement, which generally signals that the federal agency expects to be substantially involved in the project during performance, rather than simply issuing a grant and stepping back. The issuing agency is listed as the Omaha District, and the program is categorized under Environment, with CFDA number 12.632. The opportunity anticipates a single award, with an award ceiling of $151,196, indicating the maximum expected federal funding amount for the project under this announcement.

Eligibility is narrowly limited. Only members of the CESU Desert Southwest Network are eligible to apply. The CESU (Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units) network model is commonly used to partner with universities and other qualified research or technical institutions to deliver scientific, cultural, and environmental support services to federal agencies. In this case, the announcement explicitly restricts applicants to those within the Desert Southwest CESU Network, as identified through the provided CESU portal link. This restriction means that otherwise qualified organizations outside the network would not be eligible unless they are already formal CESU Desert Southwest participants.

Administratively, the funding opportunity number is "NWO CESU 17 27." The posting date (creation date) is July 20, 2017, and the original closing date is August 21, 2017. Overall, the grant is designed to resource structured, ongoing tribal consultation support tied to environmental programs and cultural-resource-sensitive activities at NAFB and affiliated sites, with deliverables likely centered on coordination, documentation, and facilitation of tribal engagement through established mechanisms like the NAIP, Heritage Month events, the DRC, and professional meeting participation.

• The Omaha District in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NATIVE AMERICAN CONSULTATION SERVICES NAFB, CAFB, & NTTR, Nevada" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.632.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2017-07-20.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-08-21. (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 $151,196.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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