The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is currently accepting applications for its Utah Cultural and Paleontology Resource Management Program.
Donor Name: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
State: Utah
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/19/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
BLM Utah manages archaeological and historic sites, artifact collections, places of traditional cultural importance to Native Americans and other communities, and paleontological resources that occur on federal lands in the state of Utah. Collectively, these “heritage resources” represent thousands of years of human occupation, and millions of years of the earth’s natural history.
The Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Programs achieve these goals by:
- Protecting and preserving cultural heritage and paleontological resources for the benefit of future generations;
- Improving professional and/or public understanding of the nation’s cultural and natural history;
- Providing educational, recreational, and economic opportunities for local communities and the public;
- Increasing Native American access to locations and natural resources important to traditional cultural practices and beliefs; and
- Managing heritage resource collections and associated records to appropriate standards, and providing access to the public and Native Americans.
- Identify opportunities for repatriation of ancestors and objects in museum collections to descendant Native American tribes;
Funding Opportunity Goals
- Inventory paleontological resources in support of managing resources using scientific principles and expertise and for informing the public about the importance of paleontological resources
- Inventory cultural resources, as necessary for understanding the nature and extent of cultural resources on public lands.
- Repatriate Native American human remains and cultural items to culturally affiliated Indian tribes and ensure that required inventories and summaries are completed.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $750,000
- Maximum Award: $200,000
- Minimum Award: $10,000
Grant Period
Projects cannot be funded for more than a five-year period.
Eligibility Criteria
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Private institutions of higher education
- State governments
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- County governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
For more information, visit Grants.gov.