Opportunity Information: Apply for P18AS00571
The grant opportunity titled "Characterizing Response of Soil and Stream Chemistry from the Chimney Tops 2 Fire" focuses on understanding how a major wildfire altered the chemical behavior of soils and nearby streams in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM). The Chimney Tops 2 (CT2) fire burned roughly 11,000 acres of park land and removed large amounts of trees and groundcover that normally help regulate how acidic compounds are captured, transformed, and stored in the ecosystem. Because GRSM soils and vegetation play an important buffering and processing role for atmospheric deposition (including acidic inputs), the sudden loss of that biological and organic cover raised concerns about how soil chemistry and water quality might change after the fire. The main goal of the project is to document and characterize those changes, especially across areas that experienced different levels of burn severity, since low, moderate, and high severity fire can produce very different chemical outcomes in soils and runoff.
Administratively, this was a discretionary funding opportunity offered by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, under Funding Opportunity Number P18AS00571. The funding instrument was a cooperative agreement, which typically implies hands-on collaboration with the agency during the project, rather than a purely independent research grant. The activity category is Natural Resources, and it is associated with CFDA number 15.945. Eligible applicants included private institutions of higher education and other eligible entities as clarified in the opportunitys additional eligibility information. The notice was created on August 22, 2018, with an original closing date of August 31, 2018, indicating a short application window. The award ceiling listed was $56,924, and the opportunity record lists expected awards as 0, which can reflect administrative listing conventions, uncertainty at the time of posting, or that awards were not pre-committed.
In practical terms, the work supported by this opportunity would be aimed at building a clearer scientific picture of post-fire chemical responses in both terrestrial and aquatic parts of the park. By comparing soil and stream chemistry across burn severity gradients, the project would help park managers understand whether the loss of vegetation and organic layers led to changes such as altered acidity, shifts in nutrient availability, or movement of chemically important ions and compounds from hillslopes into streams. The results would fill a knowledge gap specific to GRSM, where the chemical effects of fires on soils and streams were described as relatively unknown, and would provide evidence useful for assessing ecological recovery and potential downstream water-quality impacts following large wildfire events.Apply for P18AS00571
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Characterizing Response of Soil and Stream Chemistry from the Chimney Tops 2 Fire" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.945.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 22, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 31, 2018. (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 $56,924.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Private institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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What is the title of this grant opportunity?
The opportunity is titled "Characterizing Response of Soil and Stream Chemistry from the Chimney Tops 2 Fire."
What is the main purpose of this funding opportunity?
The purpose is to document and characterize how the Chimney Tops 2 (CT2) wildfire altered soil chemistry and nearby stream chemistry in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM), with special attention to differences across low, moderate, and high burn severity areas.
What event prompted this research focus?
The Chimney Tops 2 fire, which burned roughly 11,000 acres of park land in GRSM and removed substantial trees and groundcover that normally influence how chemical compounds are captured, processed, and stored in the ecosystem.
Why is the loss of vegetation and groundcover important for soil and water chemistry?
GRSM soils and vegetation help buffer and process atmospheric deposition (including acidic inputs). When that biological and organic cover is suddenly removed by fire, there can be concerns about changes in soil chemistry and potential effects on water quality in streams.
What kinds of chemical changes is the project trying to understand?
Based on the description, the work is aimed at understanding whether post-fire conditions led to changes such as altered acidity, shifts in nutrient availability, and movement of chemically important ions and compounds from hillslopes into streams.
Why does burn severity matter in this study?
The opportunity emphasizes that low, moderate, and high severity fire can produce very different chemical outcomes in soils and runoff. The project is therefore focused on comparing conditions across a burn severity gradient.
Where is the study expected to take place?
The study focus is Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM), specifically areas affected by the Chimney Tops 2 fire and nearby streams influenced by runoff from burned landscapes.
What knowledge gap is this project intended to address?
The opportunity states that, for GRSM, the chemical effects of fires on soils and streams were relatively unknown. The project is intended to fill that site-specific knowledge gap by providing documented measurements and characterization of post-fire chemical responses.
How will the results be useful to park management?
The results are intended to help park managers understand post-fire ecosystem and water-quality responses, support assessment of ecological recovery, and inform evaluation of potential downstream water-quality impacts after large wildfire events.
Which federal agency offered this funding opportunity?
The opportunity was offered by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON)?
The Funding Opportunity Number is P18AS00571.
What type of funding instrument was used?
The funding instrument was a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates more active collaboration with the agency during the project than would be expected under a purely independent research grant.
Is this opportunity categorized under a specific activity area?
Yes. The activity category is Natural Resources.
What CFDA number is associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity is associated with CFDA number 15.945.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants included private institutions of higher education and other eligible entities as described in the opportunity's additional eligibility information.
When was the notice created?
The notice was created on August 22, 2018.
What was the original closing date?
The original closing date was August 31, 2018.
How long was the application window?
Based on the created date (August 22, 2018) and the original closing date (August 31, 2018), the application window was very short.
What was the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling listed was $56,924.
How many awards were expected?
The opportunity record lists expected awards as 0, which may reflect administrative listing conventions, uncertainty at the time of posting, or that awards were not pre-committed.
Does the description indicate the project is focused on both land and water systems?
Yes. The project is described as characterizing chemical responses in both terrestrial systems (soils) and aquatic systems (streams) within and near burned areas.
What is the overall scientific outcome the project is aiming for?
The overall aim is to build a clearer scientific picture of post-fire chemical responses in GRSM by comparing soil and stream chemistry across different burn severities, producing evidence relevant to recovery and water-quality considerations.
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