Funding Opportunity Number: R14SS00002
Opportunity Category: Continuation
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Natural Resources
Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Agency Name: DOI-BOR
Closing Date: 2014-04-23
Award Ceiling: $140,000
Expected Number of Awards: 1

Description: The Hopi Tribe has completed the development of protocols for a Hopi long-term monitoring program for resources of traditional cultural value in the Grand Canyon (A Hopi Long-term Monitoring Program for Öngtupqa (The Grand Canyon), 2007).  These protocols were presented to and approved by the Technical Work Group of the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program on June 25, 2007.  In the 2008, the Hopi Tribe conducted its first official year of implementation of the monitoring protocols and this work has been conducted annually ever since.  This proposal anticipates the continued implementation of the Hopi monitoring protocols between 2014 through 2017.  The activities to be conducted between 2014 and 2017 listed are below.
• Hopi Monitoring ? Continue conducting annual resource monitoring trips.
• Legacy Data Entry – Examination of all available data sources concerning the state of resources in the Grand Canyon will continue.
• Standardized Surveys – The Standardized Surveys will be conducted following the protocols detailed in A Hopi Long-term Monitoring Program for Öngtupqa (The Grand Canyon), 2007).  The results of the surveys and supplementary interview information will be entered into the Hopi monitoring databases.
• Deliverables ? Annual report.
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Funding Opportunity Number: 20140501-PR
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Eligible Applicants: State governments | County governments | City or township governments | Special district governments | Public and State controlled institutions of higher education | Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) | 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
Agency Name: NEH
Closing Date: 2014-05-01
Award Ceiling: $400,000

Description: Preservation and Access Research and Development grants support projects that address major challenges in preserving or providing access to humanities collections and resources.  These challenges include the need to find better ways to preserve materials of critical importance to the nation¿s cultural heritage¿from fragile artifacts and manuscripts to analog recordings and digital assets subject to technological obsolescence¿and to develop advanced modes of searching, discovering, and using such materials.
Applicants should define a specific problem, devise procedures and potential solutions, and explain how they would evaluate their projects and disseminate their findings.  Project results must serve the needs of a significant number of humanists.
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