Opportunity Information: Apply for L16AS00143
Apply for L16AS00143
- The DOI-BLM in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM Utah GSENM Pollen Core and Ethnobotany Analysis" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.224.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 25, 2016 and posted on May 25, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 25, 2016. (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 $30,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Opportunity Summary:
The BLM Utah GSENM Pollen Core and Ethnobotany Analysis opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L16AS00143) was a discretionary Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management funding call to support additional scientific work on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) in southern Utah. The project centers on two pollen cores collected in 2012 and 2013 that already received an initial round of analysis and contributed to a Northern Arizona University masters thesis. The main idea behind the grant is to build on that foundation and extract more detailed, higher-resolution information from those cores so the reconstructed record more accurately reflects vegetation shifts and climate conditions across the Holocene. The notice also notes that a limited amount of additional fieldwork could be needed to support the expanded analysis.
The work combines two closely related components. First is advanced pollen core analysis aimed at reconstructing past plant communities and climate trends through time, with special interest in periods during the Holocene that were warmer than today. BLM frames this as directly relevant to current concerns about global warming because understanding how ecosystems responded to past warming can inform expectations about future change. Second is an ethnobotanical inventory effort designed to identify plant species that were culturally important to Native American communities, document the habitats where those plants are found today, evaluate whether those plants are currently present or absent under modern conditions, and consider whether those same culturally significant species were likely available on the landscape under past environmental conditions suggested by the pollen record. While the project has an archaeological emphasis, the agency explicitly positions it as broadly useful across natural resource disciplines.
BLM describes the objectives as twofold: producing background environmental data that helps explain how landscapes and ecosystems on GSENM changed over time, and creating advanced educational opportunities by involving academic partners and students in research tied to archaeological resources on BLM-managed public land. The intended public and management benefits are wide-ranging. The results are expected to clarify how earlier warming events affected vegetation (and by extension fauna and human use of the landscape) and how people adapted to those changes, information that could be useful to hydrologists, paleontologists, botanists, geologists and geomorphologists, biologists, ecologists, and wildfire specialists. BLM also anticipates typical research outputs like publications, conference presentations, and outreach, with an added emphasis on improving how the monument interprets and protects resources. The opportunity points to GSENM visitor centers in Kanab, Cannonville, and Escalante as practical venues to share findings with the public, linking the science to themes those centers already highlight, such as archaeology, Paiute and Euro-American land-use strategies, and desert ecology.
Administratively, the award was offered as a cooperative agreement, indicating BLM expected to remain involved in the project beyond simply providing funds. Eligibility was listed as unrestricted (open to any entity type, subject to any additional eligibility language in the full posting). The funding ceiling was $30,000, with one expected award. The opportunity was posted May 25, 2016, created the same day, and had a closing date of July 25, 2016 (original and current closing dates were the same). The CFDA number associated with the opportunity was 15.224, and the activity category was Natural Resources.
FAQs: BLM Utah GSENM Pollen Core and Ethnobotany Analysis (L16AS00143)
What is this grant opportunity?
This opportunity, titled "BLM Utah GSENM Pollen Core and Ethnobotany Analysis" (Funding Opportunity Number L16AS00143), was a discretionary funding call from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM). It supported additional scientific work focused on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) in southern Utah.
Which agency offered the funding?
The funding was offered by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), specifically tied to work on BLM-managed public land within GSENM in Utah.
What is the main purpose of the project described in the notice?
The purpose was to build on earlier work from two pollen cores collected in 2012 and 2013. Those cores already received an initial round of analysis and contributed to a Northern Arizona University master's thesis. The grant aimed to extract more detailed, higher-resolution information from the same cores so the reconstructed record more accurately reflects vegetation shifts and climate conditions across the Holocene.
What are the key scientific materials or datasets involved?
The project centers on two pollen cores collected in 2012 and 2013 on/for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM). The new work was intended to expand and refine analyses already completed on those cores.
What time period is the research focused on?
The focus is on the Holocene, with particular interest in intervals that were warmer than today, as those periods may help inform how ecosystems respond to warming conditions.
What kinds of work were expected under this award?
The notice describes two closely related components: (1) advanced pollen core analysis to reconstruct past plant communities and climate trends through time, and (2) an ethnobotanical inventory to identify culturally important plants, document their present-day habitats, evaluate whether they are present or absent under modern conditions, and consider whether those plants were likely available under past environmental conditions suggested by the pollen record.
What is meant by "advanced pollen core analysis" in this opportunity?
Based on the description, it refers to producing a more detailed and higher-resolution reconstruction from the existing pollen cores, aimed at improving how accurately the record reflects changes in vegetation and climate across the Holocene.
Why is the project described as relevant to global warming?
BLM explicitly connected the work to current concerns about global warming by emphasizing that understanding how ecosystems responded to past warming periods can help inform expectations about future ecological change.
What is the ethnobotanical inventory trying to accomplish?
The ethnobotanical component is designed to (1) identify plant species that were culturally important to Native American communities, (2) document where those plants occur today and the habitats they occupy, (3) evaluate whether those plants are present or absent under modern conditions, and (4) consider whether those culturally significant species were likely available in the past under environmental conditions inferred from the pollen record.
Is the project only intended for archaeology audiences?
No. While the project has an archaeological emphasis, the notice states the work is broadly useful across natural resource disciplines.
What are the stated objectives of the opportunity?
BLM described two objectives: (1) produce background environmental data that helps explain how landscapes and ecosystems on GSENM changed over time, and (2) create advanced educational opportunities by involving academic partners and students in research tied to archaeological resources on BLM-managed public land.
What kinds of benefits or uses does BLM expect from the results?
The results were expected to clarify how earlier warming events affected vegetation (and by extension fauna and human use of the landscape) and how people adapted to those changes. The notice suggests the information could be useful to hydrologists, paleontologists, botanists, geologists and geomorphologists, biologists, ecologists, and wildfire specialists.
What deliverables or outputs does the opportunity anticipate?
BLM anticipated typical research outputs such as publications, conference presentations, and outreach, and also emphasized that findings could improve how the monument interprets and protects resources.
Could the project include fieldwork?
Yes. The notice mentions that a limited amount of additional fieldwork could be needed to support the expanded analysis.
Where is the project geographically focused?
The work is focused on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) in southern Utah.
How does BLM plan to share findings with the public?
The opportunity identifies GSENM visitor centers in Kanab, Cannonville, and Escalante as practical venues to share findings with the public and connect results to themes the centers already highlight (including archaeology, Paiute and Euro-American land-use strategies, and desert ecology).
What type of award instrument was used?
The award was offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning BLM expected to remain involved in the project beyond simply providing funding.
Was this grant competitive or discretionary?
The notice describes it as a discretionary funding call from BLM.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was listed as unrestricted, meaning it was open to any entity type, subject to any additional eligibility language in the full posting.
What was the maximum funding amount available?
The funding ceiling was $30,000.
How many awards were expected?
BLM expected to make one award.
What is the CFDA number associated with this opportunity?
The CFDA number listed in the notice was 15.224.
What was the activity category?
The activity category was Natural Resources.
When was the opportunity posted?
The opportunity was posted on May 25, 2016 (and created the same day).
What was the application deadline?
The closing date was July 25, 2016, and the notice indicates the original and current closing dates were the same.
What kinds of disciplines might use the results, according to BLM?
The notice specifically calls out potential usefulness to hydrologists, paleontologists, botanists, geologists and geomorphologists, biologists, ecologists, and wildfire specialists, in addition to archaeology-focused applications.
How does the pollen work connect to human history and land use?
As described, the pollen record is intended to help clarify how vegetation changed during earlier warming events, which can inform interpretations about fauna and human use of the landscape and how people adapted to those environmental changes.
Does this opportunity build on prior academic work?
Yes. The notice states the pollen cores had already been analyzed initially and contributed to a Northern Arizona University master's thesis. The grant was designed to extend and deepen that foundation.
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