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Opportunity Summary:

This grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L14AS00203) is a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) discretionary funding announcement issued under the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Network, specifically the Californian CESU. It is set up as a cooperative agreement, meaning the federal agency expects to be substantially involved in the work rather than simply providing funds and receiving a final report. The overall CESU mission is to support federal land and resource management by promoting and carrying out research, technical assistance, and education related to natural and cultural resources on federal and sometimes adjacent private lands and waters. In practice, CESU projects are meant to be collaborative and mutually beneficial, bringing together federal staff and nonfederal partners (such as universities) to address management-relevant questions.

The focus of this particular opportunity is cultural resource management, with an emphasis on archaeology. BLM California (BLMCA) is seeking to address persistent knowledge gaps and uncertainties in the archaeological record that complicate the agencys ability to manage cultural resources proactively. The announcement explains that many topics have been neglected or lightly studied for decades, and that routine compliance-driven archaeology (often tied to specific projects and regulatory requirements) does not always generate the kind of broad, synthesis-level information needed for long-range planning. Through a partnership arrangement described as entering into the TAARP with CSU Sacramento, ARC, the intent is to conduct targeted archaeological research on under-investigated topics so that BLM can make better informed decisions, improve comprehensive planning, and strengthen proactive cultural resource strategies rather than relying only on reactive, project-by-project compliance work.

Eligibility is restricted due to the way CESU agreements operate. Because the work is administered through the Californian CESU master agreement (Master California agreement number L13AC00082), only public and state-controlled institutions of higher education are eligible applicants. The funding instrument listed is a cooperative agreement, and the program is categorized under natural resources with a CFDA listing of 15.224 (Cultural Resource Management). The opportunity anticipates a single award, reinforcing that this is designed as a specific partnership effort rather than a broad multi-award competition.

Financially, the announcement lists an estimated total funding amount of $700,000, with an award floor of $500,000 and an award ceiling of $700,000. No cost sharing or matching is required, which typically lowers barriers for eligible university applicants and signals that the federal agency is prepared to fully fund the agreed scope of work. Key dates show the opportunity was posted and created on July 14, 2014, with an original and current closing date of August 14, 2014, and it was later archived on December 31, 2018.

For applicants or interested parties who needed access assistance at the time, the notice provides a grants.gov link for full announcement details and lists the agency contact as Leona B. Parker, Grants Management Officer, with phone number 530-252-5338 and email lparker@blm.gov. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a CESU-based, university-focused cooperative research effort aimed at producing actionable archaeological knowledge that BLM can use to improve cultural resource management across its California lands.

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