Opportunity Information: Apply for L21AS00442
The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is offering a discretionary funding opportunity in California focused on cultural and paleontological resource management. The program is intended to support work that helps identify, evaluate, protect, and manage cultural resources (such as archaeological sites, historic properties, traditional cultural places, and related heritage resources) as well as paleontological resources (such as fossils and fossil-bearing geologic deposits) on or associated with BLM-managed lands. Funding is provided through a cooperative agreement, which generally means the BLM expects to have substantial involvement in the project beyond simply issuing funds, such as coordinating activities, providing technical input, participating in planning, or collaborating on deliverables.
This opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number L21AS00442 and is categorized under Natural Resources, with CFDA number 15.224. The stated award ceiling is $100,000 per award. The original closing date for applications was May 31, 2021, and the notice was created on April 1, 2021. While the notice does not specify the number of expected awards in the source data provided, the presence of an award ceiling and the cooperative agreement structure suggests BLM anticipated supporting one or more partner-led projects aligned with program priorities and agency needs in California.
Eligible applicants include a wide range of public and nonprofit entities that commonly partner with federal land management agencies. Specifically, eligible applicants are state, county, and city/township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; other Native American tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in the nonprofit category). A key restriction is that individuals and for-profit organizations are explicitly ineligible to apply under this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), meaning applications must come from the eligible governmental, tribal, educational, or nonprofit sectors.
In practical terms, projects under a cultural and paleontological resource management umbrella typically include activities like field inventories and surveys, site recording and documentation, evaluation and monitoring of known resources, condition assessments, stabilization or protection planning, development of management tools (such as databases, GIS layers, predictive models, or treatment protocols), research and reporting that supports resource decision-making, and education or outreach efforts when aligned with BLM objectives. Because the instrument is a cooperative agreement, applicants should generally expect coordination with BLM staff during project design and implementation, adherence to applicable federal standards and permitting requirements, and delivery of agreed-upon products such as technical reports, datasets, maps, or management recommendations that BLM can use to guide stewardship and compliance responsibilities.
Overall, this grant opportunity is a BLM California partnership vehicle aimed at strengthening the stewardship of cultural heritage and fossil resources on public lands. It provides up to $100,000 per award through a collaborative federal assistance agreement and is open to eligible governmental bodies, tribes and tribal organizations, qualifying nonprofits, and higher-education institutions, while excluding individuals and for-profit entities from participation.Apply for L21AS00442
- The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Department of the Interior - Bureau of Land Management California Cultural and Paleontological Resource Management" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.224.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2021-04-01.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-05-31. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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