Closed · L20AS00058 · CFDA 15.224 · Discretionary

NM Cultural and Paleontological Resource Management

Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of Land Management, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$5K-$75K
Award range
Closed
Status
April 27, 2020
Close date
11
Expected awards

The verdict

NM Cultural and Paleontological Resource Management is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Land Management that offered $5,000 -- $75,000 across 11 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 3,020 other opportunities from Bureau of Land Management.

$5K-$75K
award range
Closed
application status
11
expected awards
15.224
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

NM Cultural and Paleontological Resource Mana… is closed (last close April 27, 2020). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Bureau of Land Management still indexes 3,020 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 April 27, 2020

Posted Feb 25 Closes Apr 27

Est. Total Funding

$220,000

Expected Awards

11

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

Improve access to and use of heritage resources, and promote their educational, scientific, cultural, and recreational values in a manner that meets U.S. Department of Interior priorities and Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Program goals. Individual projects shall meet one or more objectives: 1. Conduct studies, including inventory, excavation, records research, and collections-based research to improve the understanding of America¿s natural and cultural history; 2. Monitor at-risk heritage resources to track trends in condition and project effectiveness; 3. Stabilize at-risk heritage resources; 4. Train future cultural resource management practitioners and paleontologists through research projects, field schools and internships that capitalize on BLM heritage resources; 5. Assist with cultural heritage data and records management activities such as organizing, maintaining, and scanning site and survey records; creating, digitizing and maintaining geospatial data; and performing data entry; and 6. Preserve existing collections at recognized curation facilities through such activities as archival housing, stabilization or conservation. 7. Promote engagement with Native American communities and foster partnerships with tribal governments and programs; and 8. Promote public engagement, learning opportunities, and archaeological and/or paleontological ethics through heritage resources education and outreach programs, events, and products. 9. Conduct studies directed at determining impacts to heritage resources caused by activities such as prescribed fire, juniper control projects, vegetation removal by chaining or any land disturbing activity. 10. Stabilize at-risk historic structures 11. Develop and maintain historic sites with interpretive and educational potential.

Campus–civic applicant bridge · 11 doors

NM Cultural and Paleontological Resource Mana… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (11 doors: State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +7 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Natural Resources (NR). Only 32 other Bureau of Land Management listings share this exact eligibility-code string (1% of 3,021).

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 04
Special district governments
Code 05
Independent school districts
Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 11
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 13
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private 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.

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Agency Contact

Grants Management Specialist Sheryl Dowley (505) 216-8596 sdowley@blm.gov

What to do next

NM Cultural and Paleontological Resource Mana… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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