Deadline: 14-Mar-24
The National Park Service (NPS) is pleased to announce the Preservation Planning Grants Program to support a variety of projects that contribute to the preservation and interpretation of historic battlefields and associated sites of armed conflict on American soil.
Historic battlefields and associated sites of armed conflict are powerful reminders of the shared heritage of all Americans. As an ongoing effort to engage all Americans in the preservation of cultural resources beyond their park boundaries, the National Park Service American Battlefield Protection Program (NPS ABPP) promotes the preservation and interpretation of these important places. NPS ABPP administers four grant opportunities that provide financial assistance to support community-driven stewardship of battlefields and associated sites of armed conflict. The broadest of these four opportunities is the Preservation Planning Grants program.
NPS ABPP encourages all applicants to consider forming inclusive preservation partnerships with these landowners/organizations as well as descendant communities, Native American Tribes, state and/or tribal historic preservation offices, and other nonprofit organizations that may help guide, or want to actively participate in, the proposed project.
To better support all applicants and encourage them to actively embrace diversity and accessibility as important components for all proposed projects, NPS ABPP has included specific prompts within this year’s programmatic focus areas for Preservation Planning Grants to help remove barriers to inclusion and engagement, and respond to the latest best practices in stewardship and advances in technology.
Goals
- Funding Opportunity Goals for Preservation Planning Grants have been set by NPS ABPP to include:
- the advancement of scholarship related to battlefields and associated sites on American soil,
- the engagement of a diverse community of preservation partners,
- helping diverse communities preserve, promote, and protect battlefields and associated sites, and
- helping diverse communities strive to keep battlefields and associated sites relevant.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $1,198,000
- Expected Award Amount
- Maximum Award: $200,000
- Minimum Award: $20,000
- Anticipated Award Date: June 28, 2024
- Expected Number of Awards: 15
Eligible Activities
- Preservation Planning Grants may not be used for the acquisition of property or services to the direct benefit of the Federal government, but may under some circumstances include sites controlled by the Federal government in research and other non-mission oriented (legislated) projects. Applicants working in partnership with units of the Federal government, or including sites under the control of the Federal government in their project proposals, are strongly encouraged to discuss their project’s potential eligibility with NPS ABPP’s technical point of contact prior to submission. In some cases, consent of the authorized representative for a Federal unit (example: Park Superintendent), may be required by NPS ABPP.
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Others
- Eligible applicants also include:
- Alaska Native corporations
- Native American tribally controlled colleges and universities
- Native Hawaiian Community institutions and Native Hawaiian organizations
For more information, visit Grants.gov.