Deadline: 31-Dec-22
The National Park Service’s (NPS) 2022 American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant Program is now open to assist citizens, public and private institutions, and governments at all levels in planning, interpreting, and protecting sites where historic battles were fought on American soil.
NPS ABPP administers Battlefield Land Acquisition Grants (BLAGs) awarded to assist State and local governments for the preservation, through acquisition of fee-simple or less-than-fee (easement) interests, of eligible Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War battlefield lands. Funding for the BLAG program is made available from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and is awarded competitively. Each grant requires a dollar-for-dollar non-Federal match.
Grants are available to acquire interests in eligible Civil War battlefields listed in the Civil War sites Advisory Commission’s (CWSAC) Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields (1993) and in the principal battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 identified in NPS ABPP’s Report to Congress on the Historic Preservation of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the United States (2007) (“Survey Reports”).
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $17,400,000
- Maximum Award: $2,000,000
- Minimum Award: $30,000
- Anticipated Award Date: March 01, 2022
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Additional Information on Eligibility: Battlefield Acquisition Grant Program, this funding opportunity is limited to state or local governments. Tribal governments or nonprofit organizations may acquire an interest in an eligible site by partnering in an application from a state or local government which has jurisdiction over the property to be acquired or put under easement. The government agency will be the grant recipient and serve as a pass-through entity for Federal funds to the nonprofit organization.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=337177