Opportunity Information: Apply for L23AS00193
The FY23 IIJA Bureau of Land Management Headquarters (HQ) Cultural and Paleontological Resource Management opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L23AS00193) is a discretionary federal funding program run by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM). It is offered as a cooperative agreement, which generally means BLM expects to be substantially involved in the project beyond simply issuing funds. The program’s activity focus is natural resources, and it is tied to CFDA/Assistance Listing 15.224. As the title suggests, the emphasis is on cultural resources and paleontological resource management work connected to BLM’s mission, likely supporting planning, stewardship, protection, documentation, and related management needs that fall within those resource areas.
Eligibility is limited to public and nonprofit or education-sector entities. Eligible applicants include 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; Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized as governments; 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 when applying in the nonprofit category). Individuals and for-profit organizations are explicitly ineligible, so proposals cannot be submitted by private persons or commercial companies, even if they have relevant expertise.
The notice also places a clear restriction on workforce or youth-hiring approaches. This NOFO does not support projects where entities propose to hire interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993. The reason given is that the Public Lands Corps Act is the only legislative authority that allows BLM to “hire” interns under that specific authority, and this particular funding opportunity is not the mechanism for those projects. As a result, Youth Conservation Corps or similar youth-focused entities are directed away from this NOFO and told that they may only apply for projects developed under a different announcement: NOFO 15.243, titled BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands. In practice, that means applicants to L23AS00193 should not frame their proposals around PLC-style intern hiring, youth crews, or similar arrangements that would fall under that separate authority.
Key administrative details include an original closing date of April 3, 2023, and an award ceiling of $50,000. The opportunity was created on February 2, 2023. The listing indicates “Expected Awards:” but does not provide a number in the supplied text, so the quantity of awards is not stated here. Overall, this is a relatively small, targeted cooperative agreement opportunity aimed at qualified government, tribal, nonprofit, and academic partners to support BLM HQ priorities in cultural and paleontological resource management, with a firm exclusion of individuals/for-profits and a specific prohibition on using this NOFO to run Public Lands Corps intern or crew hiring projects.Apply for L23AS00193
- The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY23 IIJA Bureau of Land Management Headquarters (HQ) 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 2023-02-02.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-04-03. (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 $50,000.00 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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