Deadline: 29-Jul-22
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Cemetery Administration (NCA) is establishing grants for the Veterans Legacy Grants Program (VLGP) to provide funding to educational institutions and other eligible entities to conduct cemetery research and produce educational tools for the public to utilize and learn about the histories of Veterans interred in VA national cemeteries and VA grant-funded State and Tribal Veterans’ cemeteries.
Priorities
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Competitive Preference Priorities (CPP) for fiscal year (FY) 2022 and any subsequent year in which they make awards from the list of applications from this annual competition, VA will prioritize applications that align with specific VLGP initiatives, which will be noted as CPPs. They will award up to an additional three points to an application if the application meets one or more of the following CPPs, described in a one-page abstract submitted with the application and listed on the VLGP Profile Form:
- Successfully showcasing Veterans or Service members interred in these cemeteries with a focus on underrepresented Veterans or Service members, to include, but not limited to, Veterans or Service members underrepresented by race, ethnicity, identity, as well as Veterans or Service members from the LGBTQ+ community, from any period of American history.
- Creatively highlighting interred Veterans and Service members who have never been studied or researched in previous VLGP project proposals.
- Maximizing the use of best practices in digital scholarship, pedagogy, scholarly communication and digital public engagement.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $22,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $500,000
- Award Floor: $25,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Veteran Serving Organizations are able to to submit as well in partnership with a post-secondary educational institution.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=341566