Identifying pathways to distributive equity in MPA Management in a changing climate

Departmental Grant ID:
C0874013
Portal ID:
17540
Status:
Closed
Opportunity Type:
  • Grant
Last Updated:

Details

Purpose:

The overall goal of this solicitation is to understand the role that California’s MPA Network plays in the face of climate change, climate variability, and marine heatwaves in the lives of key species, habitats, or human activities. Projects must be research-based. Applications submitted in response to this solicitation should advance implementation of the OPC’s Strategic Plan to Protect California’s Coast and Ocean 2020-2025. 

 

Description:

To be eligible for this round of Prop 68 funding, projects must advance at least one of the purposes of Chapter 9 of Prop 68. Additionally, Prop 68 funds must be spent consistent with the General Obligation Bond Law, Government Code §16727. This means projects must provide long-term benefits to the state; “long-term benefits” are generally considered to be a minimum of 15 to 30 years.

Projects that benefit diverse population will be awarded additional points in scoring. To determine whether a project is located within or near a disadvantaged or severely disadvantaged community, please use the California State Parks Community FactFinder map viewer: https://www.parksforcalifornia.org/communities. 

The following three project types will be prioritized for funding. Projects that:

Characterize local vulnerability of MPAs across multiple stressors to evaluate the potential of the MPA Network to provide ecological resilience through climate refugia.

Projects should investigate and identify physical, ecological, and biological characteristics of climate refugia in California coastal systems and assess whether MPAs include or promote these conditions. Projects should investigate the spatial distribution of MPAs relative to historic and current stressor exposures and how those stressors are likely to evolve in the future.

Model habitat and species distributions in current and future conditions to inform risk assessments of species, ecosystems, and habitats within MPAs.

Projects should model future species and habitat distributions while considering important conditions that affect focal taxa of MPA monitoring, including but not limited to: physiological tolerances, tipping-point thresholds, species and ecological community range shifts, and genetic diversity. Projects can also feature risk assessments that focus on key managed species or culturally important species and identify those that are most at risk from climate change. Refer to the list of species targeted for long-term MPA monitoring in the 2018 MPA Monitoring Action Plan (Tables 7 - 10, pages 33 - 40). Projects that propose to assess culturally important species should be able to describe how the lead investigators will engage with Tribes and other communities to determine cultural importance.

Assess social values and outcomes relating to MPAs and climate resilience in California.

Projects should aim to understand social resilience outcomes of MPAs in California specifically. Proposed projects could assess the state of the knowledge to identify and assess important gaps in our understanding of the interactions between MPAs and social resilience under a changing climate. Projects should investigate the role that MPAs play in protecting or rehabilitating species or ecosystems that are considered culturally important to different societal groups, or what species or ecosystems are considered important to society (beyond economic or consumptive uses.

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible Applicants:

  • Business
  • Public Agency
  • Tribal Government

•     Local, state, and federal agencies;

•     Public or private universities;

•     Nonprofit organizations (must be a 501(c)(3) as verified by the Internal Revenue Service)

•     Private entities

•     California Native American Tribes, including federally recognized Native American Tribes and non-federally recognized Native American Tribes included on the contact list maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission

Eligible Geographies:

Funds need to be used within the state of California. 

OPC prioritizes projects that demonstrate meaningful and direct benefits to diverse populations, particularly minority, low-income, and disabled populations, and tribal communities. OPC also prioritizes projects that demonstrate significant benefits to communities disproportionately burdened by environmental injustice and those historically excluded from decision-making processes.

Matching Funding Requirement:

Matched funds will award more points in scoring. Matched funds cannot include previous OPC funding.

Important Dates

The date (and time, where applicable) by which all applications must be submitted to the grantmaker. Time listed as “00:00” equates to midnight.
The date on which the grantor expects to announce the recipient(s) of the grant.
February 2023
The length of time during which the grant money must be utilized.
18 months

Funding Details

The total projected dollar amount of the grant.
$615,775
A single grant opportunity may represent one or many awards. Some grantors may know in advance the exact number of awards to be given. Others may indicate a range. Some may wish to and wait until the application period closes before determining how many awards to offer; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
1
Grant opportunities representing multiple awards may offer awards in the same amount or in varied amounts. Some may wish to wait until the application period closes before determining per-award amounts; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
$615,775
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) provide a letter of intent.
Yes ( see Description for details )
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) be able to fully or partially match the grant award amount with another funding source.
No

Available Funding Notes:

Exact funds available

The funding source allocated to fund the grant. It may be either State or Federal (or a combination of both), and be tied to a specific piece of legislation, a proposition, or a bond number.
  • State

Funding Source Notes:

The California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection and Outdoor Access for All Act of 2018 (Proposition 68 or “Prop 68”). Funding is intended to support greening urban areas to mitigate the effects of climate change and pollution, and to protect and restore the state’s natural resources for the benefit and enjoyment of future generations.

The manner in which the grant funding will be delivered to the awardee. Funding methods include reimbursements (where the recipient spends out-of-pocket and is reimbursed by the grantor) and advances (where the recipient spends received grant funds directly).
  • Reimbursement(s)

Funding Method Notes:

Reimbursement of invoicing on a quarterly basis.

How to Apply

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