FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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Requests for Statements of Interest and Qualifications for Potential Projects through the CESU Network
National Park Service | Notice of Funding Opportunity
Heritage Documentation Programs Recordation
Deadline for Applications - 01 June 2024 @ 5:00 PM CDT
Eligibility - All CESU Network nonfederal partner institutions
The National Park Service (NPS) Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) is part of the National Park Service’s Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science Directorate. HDP administers the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). The programs document historic sites and structures (>40,000) across the United States through the creation of measured drawings, large-format photographs, and historical reports. Documentation is archived in the HABS/HAER/HALS Collection at the Library of Congress and is available to the public without restriction. This project is in support of the NPS’s federal mandates to inventory the historic properties under the Service’s management (16 USC 470), and as a result, it is anticipated that a cooperative agreement through the CESU program will be awarded.
Questions and Submissions -
Giselle Mora-Bourgeois, NPS Gulf Coast CESU Coordinator, Giselle_Mora-Bourgeois@nps.gov
See the FULL ANNOUNCEMENT for additional details.
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National Park Service | Notice of Funding Opportunity
Great Smoky Mountains National Park – Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Data Analyses
Deadline for Applications - 31 May 2024 @ 5:00 PM EDT
Eligibility - All CESU Network nonfederal partner institutions
The National Park Service’s (NPS) long-term ecological monitoring program, known as "Vital Signs Monitoring,” was designed to provide the minimum infrastructure needed to track the overall condition of natural resources in parks and to provide early warning of situations that require intervention. Park vital signs are a subset of physical, chemical, and biological elements and processes of park ecosystems that are selected to represent the overall health or condition of park resources, effects of stressors, or elements that have important human values (NPS 2014). The Smokies ecological monitoring program began in the early 1990s and re-focused in 2011 toward critical natural resource issues, or Vital Signs, which reflect a new understanding of natural ecological processes and roles of an increased number of interacting stressors. NPS is seeking the assistance of a principal investigator(s) for a project involving the analysis of long-term ecological monitoring data to provide trends in resource condition and to address inter-disciplinary questions that provide insight on the health of the Park’s ecosystems.
Questions -
Paul Super, Research Coordinator, Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, paul_super@nps.gov
See the FULL ANNOUNCEMENT for additional details.
Supplemental information –
GRSM Vital Signs Plan (2014)
GRSM Vital Signs Data
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Notice of Funding Opportunity
Wading Bird Colony Location, Size, Timing, and Reproductive Success in Lake Okeechobee
Notice of Funding Opportunity Number: W81EWF-24-SOI-0020
Deadline for Applications - 13 May 2024 @ 10:00 AM CDT
Eligibility - Non-federal partners of the South Florida – Caribbean Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2000 authorized the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) as a framework for modifications and operational changes to the Central and Southern Florida Project needed to restore the south Florida ecosystem. Provisions within WRDA 2000 provided for specific authorization for an adaptive assessment and monitoring program. The CERP Monitoring and Assessment Plan (MAP) was developed as a framework for measuring and understanding system responses to CERP, determining how well CERP is meeting its goals and objectives, and identifying opportunities for improving the performance of CERP where needed. REstoration, COordination, VERification (RECOVER) is a multiagency, multidisciplinary group responsible for implementing the CERP MAP.
Wading birds are a dominant guild of predators in the Everglades ecosystem and their breeding population responses are considered to be integrative and reflective of many aspects of wetland habitat and systemwide hydrologic conditions; thus wading birds have been identified as a key suite of indicator species of restoration success. Restoration has been centered on several trophic hypotheses regarding wading birds (e.g., appropriate hydrology will increase fish and macroinvertebrate populations, enhanced foraging opportunities will increase wading bird breeding, and the return of flow to coastal regions will restore wading bird nesting in those areas). Without the appropriate monitoring of wading bird colonies, these hypotheses cannot be assessed and CERP may not achieve its goals. To determine if restoration effects are system-wide or local, it is necessary to monitor all “patches” of wading bird breeding activity across the south Florida ecosystem. The Lake Okeechobee basin is just one patch of the landscape hosting breeding wading birds, but the information gathered is vital to determine the success of CERP. This project will draw upon prior research conducted in the Everglades and in Lake Okeechobee basin and will continue to study how CERP restoration influences breeding and reproductive success of wading bird populations.
Additional details are available here:
Notice of Funding Opportunity - W81EWF-24-SOI-0020
USACE Contact - Stacy.D.Thurman@usace.army.mil
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National Park Service | Notice of Funding Opportunity
Special History Study - Fort Rosalie, Natchez, Mississippi
Deadline for Applications - 15 April 2024 @ 5:00 PM EDT
Eligibility - All CESU Network nonfederal partner institutions
The National Park Service (NPS), Interior Region 2 (IR-2) - South Atlantic-Gulf, is seeking the services of a principal investigator(s)/editor(s) for a project to be funded by the National Park Service (NPS) and coordinated by Natchez National Historical Park (NATC). The project involves the development and production of a multi-authored and multi-chaptered Special History Study detailing the history and significance of the Fort Rosalie Site, with a special focus on the experiences and interactions between people of Native American, European, and African descent.
Questions -
Déanda Johnson, Civil Rights Historian, National Park Service, Deanda_Johnson@nps.gov
Submissions -
Carol Daniels, Senior Science Advisor, South Florida-Caribbean CESU, National Park Service, Carol_Daniels@nps.gov
See the FULL ANNOUNCEMENT for additional details.
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National Park Service | Notice of Funding Opportunity
Special History Study - The Sandburgs' Views and Roles Related to African Americans and Civil Rights
Deadline for Applications - 12 April 2024 @ 5:00 PM EDT
Eligibility - All CESU Network nonfederal partner institutions
Responses to this Request for Statements of Interest will be used to identify potential investigators for a project to be funded by the National Park Service (NPS) and coordinated by Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site (CARL). The project involves the development and production of a special history study that uses research and critical analysis to document Carl and Lillian Sandburg’s views on and relationships with African Americans and the struggle for civil rights. These resources will enable CARL to develop interpretive and educational programs that expand understanding of the Sandburgs and connect visitors with African American history and culture.
Questions -
William Hunter, Regional Historian, Interior Region 2 (Legacy Southeast Region), William_Hunter@nps.gov
Submissions -
Carol Daniels, Senior Science Advisor, South Florida-Caribbean CESU, National Park Service, Carol_Daniels@nps.gov
See the FULL ANNOUNCEMENT for additional details.
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Additional Notifications of Funding Opportunities
No opportunities at this time.
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Notifications of Opportunities for Students
Glacier National Park Conservancy – Jerry O'Neal Research Fellowship
Applications are now being accepted for the Glacier National Park Conservancy – Jerry O'Neal Research Fellowship for work in Glacier National Park. The fellowship aims to provide educational assistance for students seeking to understand natural and cultural resource issues and how these interact with human values. Special consideration will be given to proposals that address the following:
- natural resource issues such as aquatic ecology, terrestrial ecology, fire ecology, invasive plants, and climate change
- cultural resource issues, such as history and architectural studies, cultural landscape reports, ethnographic research, and archeology
- social science that informs resource management about a natural or cultural topic and/or that addresses visitor impacts to park resources
Competition is open to graduate students or superior upper division undergraduate students at universities and colleges in the CESU Network. Applicants may request up to $7500. Applications must be submitted electronically by 17 April 2024. Additional information about the fellowship and application process is AVAILABLE HERE.
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* Additional Funding Opportunities will be posted here as they become available.