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Tech Team debates FY26 ‘hot topics’ grants: $125,000 cap, multiyear options and monitoring needs
Summary
The Great Salt Lake Tech Team reviewed draft FY26 research priorities and debated whether to keep the $125,000 per‑award cap (raised from $70,000), allow multiyear grants, and prioritize monitoring upgrades and ecological questions (birds, vegetation, water budget). Staff sought comments within one to two weeks to finalize the RFP.
State staff (Ben Stierman and Angela) presented the draft list of FY26 "hot topics" research questions and asked the technical advisory group to identify urgent management questions and gaps that warrant funding.
The group’s discussion focused on three program design issues: the per‑award cap (currently $125,000, up from about $70,000 the previous year), whether the program should permit two‑year awards to accommodate field seasons and graduate student projects, and whether to prioritize monitoring and baseline data collection (hydrology gauges, meteorological stations, and autosamplers) or more targeted, deliverable management actions.
Funding and scope: Ben Stierman…
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