{"id":6,"date":"2018-08-18T22:31:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T05:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/cpcesu\/join\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T21:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:23:06","slug":"join","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/cpcesu\/join\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the CPCESU"},"content":{"rendered":"

Join the CPCESU<\/h1>\n

CPCESU membership<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Members of the Colorado Plateau CESU benefit from a collaborative partnership in research, education, and technical assistance. Collaboration is facilitated by a streamlined task agreement process, and a 17.5% indirect cost rate (with the exception of the indirect cost rate of the U.S. Forest Service (0%) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (10%)).<\/p>\n

Criteria for CPCESU membership<\/h3>\n
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  1. Building CPCESU capacity<\/li>\n
  2. Applicability of knowledge and skill set to the CPCESU<\/li>\n
  3. Compatibility with CPCESU mission<\/li>\n
  4. Regional perspective and\/or involvement, or potential for regional involvement, including spatial scale<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Academic institutions will be asked to submit:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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    1. Letter of interest confirming a review of the general CESU descriptive materials and CPCESU Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (found on the CPCESU Cooperative Agreements & Amendments<\/a> page), and agree to abide by all responsibilities and expectations of partner institutions<\/li>\n
    2. Written response to the elements specified in the\u00a0New Partner Protocol and Approval Process<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Non-academic institutions will be asked to submit:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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      1. Letter of interest confirming a review of the general CESU descriptive materials and CPCESU Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (found on the\u00a0CPCESU Cooperative Agreements and Amendments<\/a>\u00a0page), and agree to abide by all responsibilities and expectations of partner institutions<\/li>\n
      2. Written response to the elements specified in the\u00a0New Partner Protocol and Approval Process<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Benefits to agencies<\/h3>\n