Opportunity Information: Apply for BOR UC 16 N001
The "Natural History Museum of Utah, Long Term Curation" grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: BOR UC 16 N001) is a discretionary Bureau of Reclamation award in the humanities category that supports the ongoing, long-term care of federally owned archeological and historical collections tied to Reclamation work in the Upper Colorado Region. The underlying need is straightforward: over decades of construction and related projects, Reclamation generated large bodies of cultural materials, including physical objects and associated records. Federal rules require these items to be housed and maintained in a qualified repository, and this opportunity is intended to ensure that the collections continue to be curated in compliance with those requirements.
A central point in the announcement is compliance with 36 CFR 79, the federal regulation that governs curation of federally owned and administered archeological collections. Under that regulation, federal collections must be curated in facilities that meet Department of the Interior standards or the standards recognized by the American Association of Museums. The Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU) is identified as meeting those professional standards, making it an appropriate long-term repository for these materials. In practice, that means the funds are aimed at professional museum-level curation activities such as collections management, preservation, documentation, and maintaining the environmental and security conditions needed to protect archeological and historical holdings and their associated records for the long term.
The opportunity is also rooted in the historical origins of the collections themselves. The notice explains that NHMU was originally engaged by the Secretary of the Interior through the National Park Service to help generate and document these collections before major Colorado River Storage Project dams were constructed in the 1950s and 1960s. Those pre-construction efforts produced archeological and historical materials that were then deposited with NHMU beginning in the 1950s. Importantly, the original agreements between the United States (National Park Service) and the University of Utah/Museum of Natural History of Utah (referenced as MNA in the text) specified that the repository would retain the collection in perpetuity. This funding opportunity therefore functions less like a new collecting initiative and more like continued support for an established, legally and professionally grounded curatorial responsibility that has been in place for decades.
Administratively, the grant is offered by the Bureau of Reclamation, with an expected single award and an award ceiling of $200,000. The eligible applicant category is limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, aligning with NHMU's institutional setting within a public university environment. The CFDA number listed is 15.511, and the original closing date for applications was February 8, 2016, with the opportunity created on January 25, 2016. Overall, the announcement describes a targeted, compliance-driven award intended to ensure that Reclamation-related cultural resources already housed at NHMU remain properly preserved, documented, and managed under federal curation standards and longstanding deposit agreements.Apply for BOR UC 16 N001
- The Bureau of Reclamation in the humanities sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Natural History Museum of Utah, Long Term Curation" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.511.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2016-01-25.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-02-08. (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 $200,000.00 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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