The Department of Interior is offering a grant to strategically assess climate change vulnerability across the National Park System. With current research showcasing the negative impacts like melting snowpack, shifting plant and animal ranges, and rising sea levels, this grant aims to bridge the gap in vulnerability assessments for various resources in national parks. By focusing on exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity, the grant seeks to provide park managers with vital information for effective resource management to combat future climate change threats, especially for cultural resources and park infrastructure.
Opportunity ID: 277832
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | P15AS00215 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Strategic Approaches for Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment across the National Park System |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.945 — Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 15, 2015 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – Notification of intent to award. No applications will be accepted. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | – Notification of intent to award. No applications will be accepted. |
| Archive Date: | Jul 25, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $80,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $80,000 |
| Award Floor: | $1 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Private institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | Published research from U.S. national parks shows that climate change is melting snowpack and glaciers, shifting the ranges of plants and animals, altering wildfire patterns, raising sea level, and causing other impacts. Continued climate change in the future threatens the health and functioning of plant and animal species, ecosystems, cultural sites, and infrastructure in national parks.
Yet, published scientific information on vulnerability to climate change exists for a limited set of resources in a fraction of the national park system. Currently, published spatial analyses that examine exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity cover selected resources in approximately 142 national parks out of 407 total. Consequently, in many cases, national park managers do not have adequate information to plan adaptation of resource management to reduce future climate change impacts on resources. Most published analyses have examined natural resources, so the lack of information is particularly acute for cultural resources and park infrastructure. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
STEVE LIVINGSTON, 303-969-2690
Steve_Livingston@nps.gov Email:Steve_Livingston@nps.gov |
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Folder 277832 Full Announcement-1 -> p15as00215-noi.pdf
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