Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00091
This grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00091) comes from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, and supports a cooperative agreement focused on how arthropod (invertebrate) communities change over time as forests and watersheds recover from fire and as managers carry out restoration treatments. The work is centered on the Valles Caldera National Preserve (VALL) and the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest, where agencies are implementing large, coordinated landscape restoration funded through the U.S. Forest Service Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) and the DOI Resilient Landscapes Program. The main management goal driving the research is to restore more natural fire regimes across forest and grassland watersheds by reducing excessive fuels and reintroducing fire in a controlled way.
The project is grounded in the reality that fire affects ecosystems differently depending on severity, timing, and habitat type, and those effects ripple through both plants and animals. VALL experienced two major, uncharacteristic wildfires in recent years, the 2011 Las Conchas Fire and the 2013 Thompson Ridge Fire, which caused severe burns in some watersheds and created a strong need to understand post-fire ecological impacts. After the Las Conchas Fire, preserve biologists set up replicated, long-term monitoring sites to track how multiple parts of the ecosystem respond, including vegetation, birds, small mammals, and invertebrates. This opportunity builds on that existing monitoring framework rather than starting from scratch, which means the funded work is meant to extend and strengthen an ongoing dataset that can reveal ecological succession, not just a one-time snapshot.
A second major component involves prescribed fire and before-and-after sampling. The U.S. Forest Service planned a prescribed burn (the Southern Paliza Fire) with invertebrate sampling already conducted pre-burn, and additional collections to follow after the burn is completed. This design is intended to capture fire-related changes in both pest species and beneficial invertebrates, reflecting practical management concerns such as forest health, regeneration, and the balance of species that can either harm or support recovering ecosystems. By combining post-wildfire monitoring (in severely burned areas) with pre- and post-prescribed fire sampling, the project aims to compare different fire contexts and understand how arthropod assemblages shift across forest stands, woodlands, and grasslands through time.
Overall, the grant is aimed at producing applied, management-relevant findings that can be fed directly into adaptive management for restoration and fire programs on the Preserve and adjacent Forest Service lands. In other words, the research is not only about documenting which arthropods are present, but about using successional patterns and community changes as indicators of ecosystem recovery and treatment effects, helping land managers refine thinning strategies, prescribed burn plans, and broader efforts to return fire to the landscape in a way that supports resilient watersheds.
Key administrative details include an award ceiling of $106,000, an expectation of one award, and eligibility limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding, uses a cooperative agreement instrument (implying close collaboration with the agency), falls under the Natural Resources activity category, and lists CFDA number 15.945. The notice was created February 22, 2017, with an original closing date of March 3, 2017.Apply for P17AS00091
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Intent: Successional changes in arthropod assemblages during watershed restoration and fire management" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.945.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 22, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 03, 2017. (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 $106,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is the funding opportunity number for this grant?
The Funding Opportunity Number is P17AS00091.
2) Which federal agency is offering this grant opportunity?
This opportunity comes from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), National Park Service (NPS).
3) What type of funding is being offered (grant vs. cooperative agreement)?
The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial involvement and close collaboration with the federal agency during the project.
4) What is the primary purpose of this cooperative agreement?
The project supports research on how arthropod (invertebrate) communities change over time as forests and watersheds recover from fire and as land managers implement restoration treatments.
5) Where is the work expected to take place?
The work is centered on the Valles Caldera National Preserve (VALL) and the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest.
6) What management need is driving the research?
The main management goal is to restore more natural fire regimes across forest and grassland watersheds by reducing excessive fuels and reintroducing fire in a controlled way.
7) Why is fire such an important focus of this project?
Fire affects ecosystems differently depending on severity, timing, and habitat type, and those effects can cascade through plants and animals. This project is designed to help understand those post-fire ecological impacts through the lens of arthropod community change.
8) What recent wildfires are relevant to the project area?
The opportunity references two major, uncharacteristic wildfires that affected VALL: the 2011 Las Conchas Fire and the 2013 Thompson Ridge Fire.
9) How does this project relate to existing monitoring work at VALL?
After the Las Conchas Fire, preserve biologists established replicated, long-term monitoring sites tracking multiple ecosystem components (including invertebrates). This opportunity is designed to build on that existing monitoring framework and extend a long-term dataset rather than create a brand-new program.
10) What does the opportunity mean by "long-term" and "replicated" monitoring?
Based on the description, monitoring sites were designed to be sampled over time (long-term) and set up in multiple comparable locations (replicated) so ecological change can be assessed more reliably across space and through successional recovery.
11) Besides arthropods, what other ecosystem components are being tracked in the broader monitoring framework?
The existing framework includes monitoring of vegetation, birds, small mammals, and invertebrates.
12) What is the prescribed fire component mentioned in the opportunity?
The U.S. Forest Service planned a prescribed burn (the Southern Paliza Fire). Invertebrate sampling was already conducted pre-burn, with additional collections planned after the burn is completed.
13) What is the value of collecting data both before and after a prescribed burn?
The before-and-after sampling design is intended to capture fire-related changes in invertebrate communities attributable to the prescribed burn, including shifts in both pest species and beneficial invertebrates.
14) What kinds of invertebrate changes is the project trying to understand?
The project aims to detect changes in arthropod assemblages over time and across fire contexts, including practical shifts relevant to management such as pest versus beneficial invertebrate dynamics tied to forest health and regeneration.
15) How does the project compare wildfire impacts versus prescribed fire impacts?
The project combines post-wildfire monitoring (including severely burned watersheds) with pre- and post-prescribed fire sampling, allowing comparisons across different fire contexts and through time.
16) What habitat types are included in the scope of the research?
The description indicates comparisons across forest stands, woodlands, and grasslands.
17) What is meant by "ecological succession" in the context of this project?
Within this opportunity, succession refers to how ecological communities (here, arthropod assemblages) change through time as burned landscapes recover and as restoration actions occur. The intent is to capture trends and trajectories, not just a single-time snapshot.
18) How will the results be used by land managers?
The grant is aimed at producing applied, management-relevant findings that can be fed directly into adaptive management for restoration and fire programs on the Preserve and adjacent Forest Service lands.
19) What decisions could this research inform?
According to the opportunity, findings could help managers refine thinning strategies, prescribed burn plans, and broader efforts to return fire to the landscape in ways that support resilient watersheds.
20) What larger restoration programs are mentioned as part of the landscape context?
The work is set within large, coordinated landscape restoration funded through the U.S. Forest Service Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) and the DOI Resilient Landscapes Program.
21) What is the activity category for this funding opportunity?
The activity category is Natural Resources.
22) What is the CFDA number listed for this opportunity?
The CFDA number is 15.945.
23) What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling is $106,000.
24) How many awards are expected?
The opportunity indicates an expectation of one award.
25) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education.
26) Is this considered discretionary funding?
Yes. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding.
27) When was the notice created?
The notice was created on February 22, 2017.
28) What was the original closing date for applications?
The original closing date was March 3, 2017.
29) What is the overall scientific emphasis of the project?
The emphasis is on arthropod community composition and how it shifts in response to wildfire severity, prescribed fire, restoration treatments, and time since fire, with the goal of producing management-relevant indicators of recovery.
30) Why focus on arthropods for assessing recovery?
In this opportunity, arthropod assemblages are framed as indicators of ecosystem recovery and treatment effects, helping connect biological community change to practical restoration and fire management outcomes.
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