Deadline: 12-Apr-23
The Department of the Interior – Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking applications for Wyoming Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Program.
Goals
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The Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Programs achieve these goals by:
- Protecting and preserving cultural heritage and paleontological resources for the benefit of future generations;
- Improving professional and/or public understanding of the nation’s cultural and natural history;
- Providing educational, recreational, and economic opportunities for local communities and the public;
- Increasing Native American access to locations and natural resources important to traditional cultural practices and beliefs; and
- Managing heritage resource collections and associated records to appropriate standards, and providing access to the public and Native Americans.
- Identify opportunities for repatriation of ancestors and objects in museum collections to descendent Native American tribes;
Objectives
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Broadly, the objective is to develop partnerships to improve access to, and use of, heritage resources, and promote their educational, scientific, cultural, and recreational values in a manner that meets U.S. Department of the Interior priorities and Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Program goals. Individual projects shall meet one or more objectives.
- Conduct studies, including inventory, excavation, records research, and collections-based research to improve the understanding of America’s natural and cultural history;
- Monitor at-risk heritage resources to track trends in condition and project effectiveness;
- Stabilize at-risk heritage resources;
- Train future cultural resource management practitioners and paleontologists through research projects, field schools and internships that highlight BLM resources;
- Assist with cultural heritage data and records management activities such as organizing, maintaining, and scanning site and survey records; creating, digitizing and maintaining geospatial data; and performing data entry;
- Preserve existing collections at recognized curation facilities through such activities as archival housing, stabilization or conservation;
- Broaden public access to museum collections;
- Promote engagement with Native American communities and foster partnerships with tribal governments and programs;
- Promote public engagement, learning opportunities, and conservation/preservation ethics through heritage resources education and outreach programs, events, and products;
- Develop and maintain historic sites with interpretive and educational potential.
- Partner to support BLM’s Tribal consultation efforts.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $45,000
- Award Ceiling: $45,000
- Award Floor: $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- State governments
- Private institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- City or township governments.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
