Closed · P18AS00028 · CFDA 15.945 · Discretionary
Development of a soil crust identification guide for White Sand National Monument Citizen Science Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Park Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $100K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- December 14, 2017
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
Development of a soil crust identification guide for White Sand National Monument Citizen Science Program is a closed discretionary listing from National Park Service that offered Up to $99,954 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 8,506 other opportunities from National Park Service.
- up to $100K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 15.945
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Development of a soil crust identification gu… is closed (last close December 14, 2017). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. National Park Service still indexes 8,506 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed December 14, 2017
Est. Total Funding
$99,954
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
This project will allow baseline data to be obtained on biological soil crusts within the Worldâ¿¿s Largest Gypsum Dune Field at White Sands National Monument in support of a citizen science program. The inventory will focus on non-flowering plants and plantlike organisms, including lichens, bryophytes, eukaryotic algae and cyanobacteria representing the soil cryptogam diversity. This project will also determine the ecological functionality of these organisms throughout the gypsum system. Globally gypsum soils have been shown to promote a rich endemic flora of vascular plants. The Chihuahua Desert in New Mexico is especially distinguished by large areas of gypsum with a rich endemic vascular plant flora. Yet, data on the gypsum cryptogams are sparse and to date cryptogams have never been systematically surveyed at the monument. The information from this inventory will provide new media for public interpretation and understanding and be used to develop a crust identification guide, a simplified distribution map for the dune drive, and a collection of crust specimens. The associated analyses, morphological species descriptions, and photo documentation will provide important baseline information about unique environmental and biological conditions that formed and preserve this incredible gypsum island.
Campus applicant desk · Natural Resources
Grants.gov prints only higher-education applicant doors for Development of a soil crust identification gu… (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education). This reads as a campus competition desk, not a civic or commercial open call. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Natural Resources (NR). 1,235 other National Park Service listings share this eligibility-code string (15% of 8,507).
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Grants Management Specialist Kelly Adams Kelly_Adams@nps.gov
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