Request for Proposals (RFP) 2021
The Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands is accepting applications for 2021 Great Salt Lake Research Grants. The applications are due to the Division on Thursday, April 30, 2020. Funding for awarded projects will be available on July 1, 2020.
The Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands at the recommendation of the Research and Grants subcommittee of the Great Salt Lake Technical Team awarded grants for research project work on the Great Salt Lake. Proposals came from universities, government agencies, and private consulting and/or research firms.
The "hot topics" the Great Salt Lake Technical Team seeks to address with this round of funding are:
This Request for Proposals asked for projects that addressed eight "hot topics" of broad interest on Great Salt Lake:
- Gunnison Bay salt crust
- Great Salt Lake waterfowl production
- Wetland revegetation and restoring ecosystem services
- Microbial primary production
- Quantifying the connection between groundwater input to Great Salt Lake and active microbialite communities
- Groundwater and shoreline surface crust mechanics
- Modeling the flow through the openings in the causeway
Request for Proposals (RFP) 2020
The Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands is accepting applications for 2020 Great Salt Lake Research Grants. The applications are due to the Division on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. Funding for awarded projects will be available on July 1, 2019
The Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands at the recommendation of the Research and Grants subcommittee of the Great Salt Lake Technical Team awarded grants for research project work on the Great Salt Lake. Proposals came from universities, government agencies, and private consulting and/or research firms.
The "hot topics" the Great Salt Lake Technical Team seeks to address with this round of funding are:
This Request for Proposals asked for projects that addressed eight "hot topics" of broad interest on Great Salt Lake:
- Effects of low lake levels on air quality
- Salt balance in Great Salt Lake
- Dynamics of the deep brine layer
- Heavy metal distribution in soils and plants of Great Salt Lake wetlands
- Wetland revegetation and restoring ecosystem services
- Causeway flow
- Farmington Bay inundation
- Microplastics in the Great Salt Lake
Cover Sheets for all 2019 proposed projects
Projects that received grants are marked with an *