Opportunity Information: Apply for P18AS00553
The grant opportunity titled "Tracing the Sources and Depositional History of Mercury to National Parks" (Funding Opportunity Number P18AS00553) is a National Park Service cooperative agreement focused on understanding how mercury (Hg) has been deposited over time in two specific coastal national park sites in the eastern United States: Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO) and Acadia National Park (ACAD). The central idea is to build a historical record of mercury pollution in these parks and use that record to see how ecosystems responded to major air quality policies and changes in industrial emissions, such as those associated with the Clean Air Act and the shutdown of local or regional power plants.
The project is designed around reconstructing mercury deposition chronologies, meaning it aims to determine how much mercury was deposited in different time periods and how those rates changed across decades. To do that, the work relies on lake sediment cores, which function like natural archives. As sediment accumulates layer by layer on lake bottoms, it can preserve a timeline of contaminants like mercury. By extracting cores and analyzing mercury concentrations through the depth profile, researchers can estimate mercury accumulation rates across time and identify periods when deposition increased or declined.
A major scientific component of the opportunity is the use of mercury isotope analysis, described as using "isotopic Hg fingerprints." Mercury from different source types and atmospheric pathways can sometimes be distinguished by variations in isotopic composition. By measuring those isotopic patterns in the sediment record, the project aims to evaluate how the dominant sources of mercury to these parks have shifted over time, including the relative influence of nearby or regional emissions compared to broader background sources. This source-tracing element is intended to strengthen the interpretation of the sediment chronologies by connecting observed changes to plausible drivers, such as regulatory actions or specific emissions reductions.
In addition to building sediment-based histories, the project plans to compare these reconstructed deposition records with other mercury-related metrics already available for the parks. That implies using existing datasets, likely including monitoring or prior research on mercury in water, fish, wildlife, or atmospheric deposition. By integrating multiple lines of evidence, the program seeks to assess how sensitive these park ecosystems are to changes in emissions and deposition, and to better anticipate how future emissions trends could affect mercury burdens in these protected environments.
Administratively, this opportunity was listed as a discretionary funding program under the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, with an environmental activity focus and CFDA number 15.944. The funding instrument was a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial involvement or collaboration with the federal agency during the project rather than a hands-off grant structure. The listing indicated an expected single award with an award ceiling of $31,659. The posting date was August 20, 2018, and the notice explicitly states that no applications will be accepted, signaling that it was either a closed, competed action that has concluded or a notice posted for transparency about a specific funded effort rather than an open call for proposals.Apply for P18AS00553
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Tracing the Sources and Depositional History of Mercury to National Parks" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.944.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 20, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by NO APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. (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 $31,659.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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