New grant opportunity on Grants.gov: Monitoring Glacier Change in Alaska¿s National Parks

Funding Opportunity ID: 326078 Opportunity Number: P20AS00053 Opportunity Title: Monitoring Glacier Change in Alaska¿s National Parks Opportunity Category: Discretionary Opportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Environment Information and Statistics Natural Resources Category Explanation: CFDA Number(s): 15.945 Eligible Applicants: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Additional Information on Eligibility: Agency Code: DOI-NPS Agency Name: Department of the Interior National Park Service Posted Date: Apr 06, 2020 Close Date: Apr 12, 2020 This is a notice of intent to award to the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Applications will not be accepted from any other entity. Last Updated Date: Apr 06, 2020 Award Ceiling: $130,000 Award Floor: $125,000 Estimated Total Program Funding: $130,000 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Description: A.Project Goals: To inventory the status (surface elevations, areas, and other metrics) and trends (rates of shrinkage or growth) of glaciers in the Alaskan National Parks, with potential additional focus on glaciers of high interest. B.Project Objectives: a.Update an existing time series of glacier surface elevations, using aircraft-based laser altimetry measurements, to assess modern rates of change of a subset of park glaciers. b.Develop, document, and implement a methodology for incorporating satellite-based glacier surface elevation measurements into ongoing monitoring efforts, with particular focus on use of ICESat-2 data c.Report the results of these efforts with delivery of electronically archived data (with complete metadata), a technical report that summarizes and discusses methods and results, and an internal whitepaper summarizing best practices for future monitoring efforts. Version: 1

Published at: June 04, 2020 at 05:45AM