Opportunity Information: Apply for L23AS00311
The IRA Bureau of Land Management Headquarters (HQ) Aquatic Resource Management opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number L23AS00311) 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 typically means BLM expects to have substantial involvement in the funded work as it is carried out, rather than simply issuing a grant and stepping back. The program falls under the Natural Resources funding activity category and is listed under CFDA 15.244. The overarching focus is aquatic resources management, meaning proposed projects should align with protecting, restoring, or improving aquatic ecosystems and related natural resource outcomes on or connected to public lands managed by BLM.
Eligibility is aimed at public-sector, educational, tribal, and nonprofit entities rather than private commercial applicants. 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 tribal governments; tribal organizations that are not federally recognized governments; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; and nonprofits both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education when applying under the nonprofit category). Individuals and for-profit organizations are explicitly ineligible to apply under this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), so proposals must come from one of the eligible organization types.
A key restriction in the notice is about workforce and youth hiring models. This NOFO does not support projects where entities propose hiring interns or crews under the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993. BLM points out that the Public Lands Corps Act (16 USC, Chapter 37, Subchapter II) is the only legislative authority that allows BLM to "hire" interns under that specific authority, and this aquatic resources NOFO is not the vehicle for that. As a result, Youth Conservation Corps-style proposals that revolve around interns/crews under the Public Lands Corps framework are directed to a different funding opportunity: NOFO 15.243, titled BLM Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands. In practical terms, applicants to L23AS00311 should avoid building their project around Public Lands Corps intern or crew hiring and instead propose technical, programmatic, planning, monitoring, restoration, or partnership work that fits aquatic resource management without relying on that hiring authority.
The opportunity was created on March 17, 2023, and the original closing date was May 16, 2023. The listed award ceiling is $10,000,000, indicating that very large projects or portfolios of work could be supported depending on agency priorities and available funds. The notice lists "ExpectedAwards:" but does not provide a number in the source data you shared, so the anticipated quantity of awards is not specified here.
In summary, L23AS00311 is a BLM HQ-led Inflation Reduction Act-related funding opportunity for aquatic resource management delivered through cooperative agreements, open to a wide range of governmental, tribal, nonprofit, and higher education entities, but closed to individuals and for-profits. It also draws a bright line against using this particular NOFO to fund Public Lands Corps intern/crew hiring, and it redirects youth-crew style proposals to the separate BLM youth conservation NOFO (15.243).Apply for L23AS00311
- The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "IRA Bureau of Land Management Headquarters (HQ) Aquatic Resource Management" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.244.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-03-17.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-05-16. (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 $10,000,000.00 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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