The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is pleased to announce the 2023 Wild Horse and Burro Resource Management-Research Program.
Donor Name: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/29/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is looking to work with potential research partners for research that will address any of the priorities that were identified in its 2021 Wild Horse and Burro Program Strategic Research Plan.
The priorities include:
- develop and/ or test fertility control methods that are safe, humane, and applicable to female wild horse (mares);
- address ecological relationships between wild horses and burro and their environments, with studies that may also address the effects of climate change on wild horse and burro populations;
- studies that would further improve wild horse and burro aerial censuses; develop new insights into wild horse and burro genetics; improve health, handling, and welfare; identify factors that improve horse and burro adoption rates; or address indigenous knowledge of, or human dimensions of wild horse and burro management.
Goals
Development and/ or testing of new or improved long-lasting fertility control methods for mares, and/ or testing the application of existing methods in a way that provides essential information for successful application of long-lasting fertility control methods for mares, and/ or testing and documentation of the effects of new or existing long-lasting fertility control methods for mares. Examination of the relationships between wild horses or wild burros and their environment, with potential special attention paid to effects of climate change, or effects of wild horses or burros on ecosystem resilience to climate change. Research studies that would further improve wild horse and burro aerial censuses; develop new insights into wild horse and burro genetics; improve health, handling, and welfare; identify factors that improve horse and burro adoption rates; or address human dimensions of wild horse and burro management.
Program Expected Outcomes
Proposals should support at least one of the goals of this program listed below:
- Development and/ or testing of new or improved long-lasting fertility control methods for mares, and/ or testing the application of existing methods in a way that provides essential information for successful application of long-lasting fertility control methods for mares, and/ or testing and documentation of the effects of new or existing long-lasting fertility control methods for mares.
- Examination of the relationships between wild horses or wild burros and their environment, with potential special attention paid to effects of climate change, or effects of wild horses or burros on ecosystem resilience to climate change.
- Research studies that would further improve wild horse and burro aerial censuses; develop new insights into wild horse and burro genetics; improve health, handling, and welfare; identify factors that improve horse and burro adoption rates; or address indigenous knowledge of, or human dimensions of wild horse and burro management.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $2,000,000
- Maximum Award: $500,000
- Minimum Award: $25,000
Project Period
Agreement terms for funded projects are estimated to range between one and no more than five years and are determined based on the period of performance as stated on the recipient’s project proposal.
Eligibility Criteria
- 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
- Private institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
