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- The National Park Service in the humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Post volcanic Landscape Change and Human Response in the Chignik and Meshik Rivers Region, Alaska" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.945 Cooperative Research and Training Programs Resources of the National Park System.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 28, 2011 and posted on Jun 28, 2011.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 5, 2011. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $40,538.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $40,538.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- This is a Notice of Intent of a single source task agreement award to Antioch University New England, Keene, NH, under the Great Lakes Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). PI has worked in NW Alaska and for the NPS first as an archaeologist and then a geomorphologist since 1986. PIs M.A. thesis, Late Holocene development of barrier islands in the southern Chukchi Sea, Alaska, focused upon shoreline processes immediately to the south of the project area at Cape Krusenstern. As a graduate student PI participated in NPS archaeological surveys of Cape Krusenstern and established the first coastal erosion monitoring stations there. PI has several published papers focusing on the coastal geomorphology of coastal western Alaska, including the Seward Peninsula and the Alaska Peninsula. PI is a noted expert in coastal change resulting from tectonic uplift, subsidence, and volcanism, and has published widely on how these processes have altered the western Alaska Peninsula. PI is thus very familiar with the project area and PIs backgrounds in both archaeology and geomorphology suit PI exceptionally well to integrate the geology with the larger, archaeological component of the project.
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Opportunity Summary:
The National Park Service posted a discretionary grant opportunity, offered as a cooperative agreement, focused on understanding how dramatic natural forces reshaped the landscape of southwest Alaska and how people responded to those changes over time. Titled "Post volcanic Landscape Change and Human Response in the Chignik and Meshik Rivers Region, Alaska" (Funding Opportunity Number E11AC60559), the project centers on the Chignik and Meshik River region and looks at how volcanism, sea level change, and erosion altered both inland and coastal environments, including coastal geomorphology. The core aim is methodological as well as interpretive: it seeks to develop and apply research approaches that can better track and explain landscape transformation after volcanic events and related processes, and then link those environmental shifts to patterns of human cultural evolution in the region.
The research is framed around the idea that landscape change is not just background context for human history, but a driver that can reorganize settlement choices, subsistence strategies, mobility, and long-term cultural development. By examining physical changes such as shoreline movement, erosion rates, sediment deposition, and volcanic impacts, the project intends to clarify how environmental disruption and recovery shaped the opportunities and constraints faced by past communities. In practical terms, this means integrating geoscience perspectives (coastal processes, geomorphology, sea level history, volcanic disturbance) with archaeological and historical-ecological questions about how societies adapted, persisted, relocated, or transformed following catastrophic or sustained environmental change.
A major expected outcome is the creation of comparative data that can be used beyond this single study area. The opportunity description emphasizes that the results should be valuable to social scientists, biologists, and historical ecologists working in southwest Alaska, while also informing a broader audience of scholars, land managers, and policy makers interested in the long-term consequences of natural catastrophe. That broader relevance is important because volcanic events and coastal change can have cascading effects on ecosystems, resource availability, and human land use, and the project is positioned to help interpret those cascading effects in a way that supports research, management decisions, and long-range planning.
In terms of funding and structure, the announcement anticipated a single award with an estimated total funding amount of $40,538, which also served as the award ceiling. There was no cost sharing or matching requirement. The CFDA listing attached to the opportunity was 15.945, identified as Cooperative Research and Training Programs related to Resources of the National Park System, signaling that this work supports NPS resource understanding and stewardship through collaborative research. The opportunity was posted on June 28, 2011, with an original and current closing date of July 5, 2011, and an archive date of August 4, 2011.
Eligibility was not broadly competitive in the usual sense. The notice was explicitly a Notice of Intent for a single-source task agreement award to Antioch University New England in Keene, New Hampshire, under the Great Lakes Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). The justification provided focuses on the principal investigator's extensive experience with National Park Service work in Alaska dating back to 1986, spanning roles in archaeology and geomorphology. The source information highlights the PI's long-standing involvement with coastal erosion monitoring and archaeological surveys at Cape Krusenstern, along with scholarly contributions on coastal geomorphology across western Alaska, including the Seward Peninsula and the Alaska Peninsula. The PI is described as an expert on coastal change driven by tectonic uplift, subsidence, and volcanism, and as someone particularly well positioned to integrate geological processes with archaeological interpretation in the project area.
The sponsoring agency was the National Park Service, and the opportunity provided a point of contact for access issues: Tonya Bradley, Contract Specialist, reachable by phone at 402-661-1656. Overall, the grant opportunity describes a targeted, collaboration-oriented research effort meant to strengthen how landscape change in a volcanically active, erosion-prone coastal setting is studied and understood, while tying that environmental history directly to the human story of adaptation and cultural change in southwest Alaska.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the title of this National Park Service grant opportunity?
The opportunity is titled "Post volcanic Landscape Change and Human Response in the Chignik and Meshik Rivers Region, Alaska."
What is the Funding Opportunity Number?
The Funding Opportunity Number is E11AC60559.
Which federal agency is sponsoring this opportunity?
The sponsoring agency is the National Park Service (NPS).
What type of award is being offered?
The announcement describes the award as a discretionary grant opportunity offered as a cooperative agreement.
How many awards were anticipated?
The announcement anticipated a single award.
What is the estimated total funding amount?
The estimated total funding amount is $40,538.
What is the award ceiling (maximum award amount)?
The award ceiling is $40,538 (the same as the estimated total funding amount).
Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. The opportunity stated there was no cost sharing or matching requirement.
What CFDA program is associated with this opportunity?
The CFDA listing attached to the opportunity is 15.945, identified as Cooperative Research and Training Programs related to Resources of the National Park System.
What is the main purpose of the project?
The project focuses on understanding how dramatic natural forces reshaped the landscape of southwest Alaska and how people responded to those changes over time. It aims to develop and apply research approaches that can track and explain post-volcanic landscape transformation and connect those environmental changes to patterns of human cultural evolution in the region.
Where is the study area for this project?
The project centers on the Chignik and Meshik River region in southwest Alaska.
What kinds of natural processes are central to the research?
The opportunity emphasizes volcanism, sea level change, and erosion, including effects on inland and coastal environments and coastal geomorphology.
What does the opportunity mean by linking landscape change to human response?
The research is framed around the idea that landscape change can drive changes in human history by reorganizing settlement choices, subsistence strategies, mobility, and long-term cultural development. The project intends to relate physical changes (like shoreline movement, erosion, sediment deposition, and volcanic impacts) to how past communities adapted, persisted, relocated, or transformed.
What kinds of measurements or physical changes are mentioned in the description?
The description specifically references shoreline movement, erosion rates, sediment deposition, and volcanic impacts as examples of physical changes to be examined.
What disciplines or perspectives does the project integrate?
The project integrates geoscience perspectives (coastal processes, geomorphology, sea level history, volcanic disturbance) with archaeological and historical-ecological questions about how societies responded to environmental change.
Is the project focused only on interpretation, or also on methods?
It is both methodological and interpretive. A core aim is to develop and apply research approaches that better track and explain landscape transformation after volcanic events and related processes, then connect those findings to human cultural evolution.
What are the expected outcomes or deliverables described at a high level?
A major expected outcome is the creation of comparative data that can be used beyond the single study area. The results are intended to be valuable to multiple fields and to support research, management decisions, and long-range planning related to the long-term consequences of natural catastrophe.
Who is expected to benefit from the results of the project?
The opportunity states the results should be valuable to social scientists, biologists, and historical ecologists working in southwest Alaska, and also useful to a broader audience of scholars, land managers, and policy makers interested in long-term consequences of natural catastrophe.
Why does the opportunity emphasize broader relevance beyond the study area?
Because volcanic events and coastal change can have cascading effects on ecosystems, resource availability, and human land use. The project is positioned to help interpret those cascading effects in ways that inform research and management over the long term.
Was this opportunity open to broad competition?
No. The notice was explicitly a Notice of Intent for a single-source task agreement award.
Who was the intended recipient of the single-source award?
The Notice of Intent identified Antioch University New England in Keene, New Hampshire as the intended recipient.
What partnership or unit is mentioned as the vehicle for the award?
The award is described as being under the Great Lakes Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU).
Why was a single-source approach justified in the notice?
The justification focuses on the principal investigator's extensive National Park Service experience in Alaska dating back to 1986, including work spanning archaeology and geomorphology, coastal erosion monitoring, and archaeological surveys, as well as scholarly contributions on coastal geomorphology across western Alaska. The PI is described as particularly well positioned to integrate geological processes with archaeological interpretation in the project area.
What specific prior work is mentioned in connection with the principal investigator?
The source information highlights long-standing involvement with coastal erosion monitoring and archaeological surveys at Cape Krusenstern, and scholarly contributions addressing coastal geomorphology across western Alaska, including the Seward Peninsula and the Alaska Peninsula.
What kinds of coastal change expertise are attributed to the principal investigator?
The PI is described as an expert on coastal change driven by tectonic uplift, subsidence, and volcanism.
When was the opportunity posted?
The opportunity was posted on June 28, 2011.
What was the closing date for applications?
The original and current closing date listed was July 5, 2011.
When was the opportunity archived?
The archive date was August 4, 2011.
Who is the listed contact for access issues, and how can they be reached?
The point of contact for access issues is Tonya Bradley, Contract Specialist. The listed phone number is 402-661-1656.
What does this opportunity suggest about how the work will support the National Park Service?
By being tied to CFDA 15.945 (Cooperative Research and Training Programs related to Resources of the National Park System), the opportunity signals that the work supports NPS resource understanding and stewardship through collaborative research focused on landscape change and its human and ecological implications.
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