NPS American Battlefields FY2011 Battlefield Project Grants CFDA 15.926

The American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) of the National Park Service invites non-profit groups, academic institutions, and local, regional, state, and tribal governments, and other private sector organizations to submit applications for grants. The purpose of this grant program is to provide seed money for projects that lead directly to the identification, preservation and interpretation of battlefield land and/or historic sites associated with battlefields. Project funding has ranged from $5,000 to $80,000.
Applications are due by January 13, 2011.

Application Due Dates

Applications sent by commercial express delivery service or hand-delivered by the applicant must be received in the ABPP office by 4:00 p.m. January 13, 2011.

Applications sent by mail must be USPS postmarked by January 2, 2011.

ABPP encourages applicants to use an express delivery service, as packages sent via regular USPS mail will be irradiated - a process that destroys photographs and colored paper.

Definitions

Project areas must be on American soil and/or within U.S. territorial waters.

Battlefield Land - Sites where armed conflict, fighting, or warfare occurred between two opposing military organizations or forces recognized as such by their respective cultures (not civil unrest).

Associated Sites - Sites occupied before, during, or after a battle at which events occurred that had a direct influence on the tactical development of the battle or the outcome of the battle. A site must be associated with a battle in order to be considered an Associated Site.

http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/grants/battlefieldgrants/2011grants.htm
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NPS Save America's Treasures 2010 Grant Round CFDA 15.929

Save America’s Treasures grants are available for preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and collections and on nationally significant historic properties. Grants are awarded by a competitive process and require a dollar-for-dollar, non-Federal match, which can be cash, donated services, or use of equipment. The grant and the non-Federal match must be expended during the grant period, generally 2 to 3 years, to execute the project. Applications are due by May 21, 2010.


Examples of activities supported by these grants may be found at www.nps.gov/history/hps/treasures/search.htm including a searchable list of projects funded in 2009.

The minimum grant request for collections projects is $25,000 Federal share; the minimum grant request for historic property projects is $125,000 Federal share. The maximum grant request for all projects is $700,000 Federal share. The Save America’s Treasures Grants Selection Panel may, at its discretion, award less than the minimum grant request.

WHAT IS FUNDED • Preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural collections and nationally significant historic properties. Intellectual and cultural artifacts and collections include artifacts, collections, documents, sculpture, and other works of art (hereinafter collections). Historic properties include historic districts, buildings, sites, structures and objects (hereinafter historic properties).

WHAT IS NOT FUNDED • Acquisition (i.e. purchase in fee simple or interest) of collections or historic properties. • Survey or inventory of historic properties or cataloging of collections. • Long-term maintenance or curatorial work beyond the grant period. • Interpretive or training programs. • Reconstruction of historic properties (i.e. recreating all or a significant portion of a historic property that no longer exists). • Moving historic properties or work on historic properties that have been moved. • Construction of new buildings. • Historic structure reports and collection condition assessments, unless they are one component of a larger project to implement the results of these studies by performing work recommended by the studies. • Cash reserves, endowments or revolving funds. Funds must be expended within the grant period, which is generally 2 to 3 years, and may not be used to create an endowment or revolving fund or otherwise spent over many years. • Costs of fund-raising campaigns. • Costs of work performed prior to announcement of award. • For Federal agency grantees – Federal salaries, agency overhead, or administrative costs.

Document Type: Modification to Previous Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: NPS-SAT2010
Opportunity Category: Mandatory
Posted Date: Mar 08, 2010
Creation Date: Mar 10, 2010
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 21, 2010
Current Closing Date for Applications: May 21, 2010
Archive Date:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Community Development
Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Category Explanation: Expected Number of Awards: 75
Estimated Total Program Funding: $14,000,000
Award Ceiling: $700,000
Award Floor: $25,000
CFDA Number(s): 15.929 -- Save America's Treasures
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

Save America's Treasures website
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NPS Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program CFDA 15.933

Japanese American Confinement Sites grant applications are now available for the preservation and interpretation of U.S. confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. Grants are awarded to organizations and entities working to preserve historic Japanese American confinement sites and their history, including: private nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and state, local, and tribal governments, and other public entities. Applications are due by March 4, 2010.

Grants will be awarded through a competitive process and require a non-Federal match in at least a 2:1 ratio (2 Federal to 1 non-Federal match). The minimum grant request is $5,000.

Use and Use Restriction: Japanese American Confinement Sites grant funds may be used for identifying, researching, evaluating, interpreting, protecting, restoring, repairing, and acquiring historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II as authorized by the Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-441, 120 STAT 3288, 16 USC 461).

These historic confinement sites are defined as the ten War Relocation Authority internment camps (Gila River, Granada, Heart Mountain, Jerome, Manzanar, Minidoka, Poston, Rohwer, Topaz, and Tule Lake), as well as other historically significant locations, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. These sites are specifically identified in "Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites", published by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Western Archeological and Conservation Center, in 1999. Public Law 109-441 (16 USC 461) prohibits land acquisition at sites other than: Heart Mountain (WY), Honouliuli (HI), Jerome (AR), Rohwer (AR), and Topaz (UT).

Match requirement: Each grant requires a 2:1 Federal to non-Federal match; that is, to receive two dollars of Federal funds at least a one dollar non-Federal match is required. The match may be composed of cash or in-kind contributions. The non-Federal match may be raised and spent during the grant period; it does not have to be “in the bank” at the time of the application. Projects must benefit one or more historic Japanese American confinement sites.

Project categories include: •Capital projects- including construction of new interpretive centers, restrooms, and interpretive trails. •Documentation- including identification, research, and evaluation of historic confinement sites; projects may include archeological surveys, National Register of Historic Places nominations, and National Historic Landmark nominations. •Oral history interviews- including recording, transcribing, digitally processing and sharing the interviews. •Interpretation and education related to historic confinement sites- projects may include wayside exhibits, creative arts and educational curricula. •Preservation of confinement sites and related historic resources- projects may include stabilization, rehabilitation, restoration, acquisition, relocation of historic buildings and structures to their original locations, reconstruction of key structures, and collections conservation. •Planning projects- such as interpretive plans for new exhibits and programs, land use plans, and resource management plans. •Non-Federal real property acquisition- allowed only with the owner’s written permission at only Jerome, Rohwer, Topaz, and Honouliuli, per stipulations of Public Law 109-441.

Grant applications are available via the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant website: http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/HPG/JACS/index.html. The website includes the application, forms, instructions and guidelines available for downloading at no cost.

DO NOT SUBMIT AN ELECTRONIC APPLICATION.
Submit applications to: (For Postal Service Delivery) National Park Service ATTN: Kara Miyagishima P.O. Box 25287 Denver, CO 80225-0287 (For Express Delivery) National Park Service ATTN: Kara Miyagishima 12795 West Alameda Pkwy. Lakewood, CO 80228-2838 Applications must be received by THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: NPS-IMRO-JACS2010
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Jan 04, 2010
Creation Date: Dec 29, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Mar 04, 2010
Current Closing Date for Applications: Mar 04, 2010
Archive Date: Apr 03, 2010
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Category Explanation: This grant provides for the preservation and interpretation of historic Japanese American confinement sites in order that present and future generations may learn and gain inspiration from these sites and that these sites will demonstrate the Nation’s commitment to equal justice under the law.
Expected Number of Awards: 40
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor: $5,000
CFDA Number(s): 15.933 -- Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program website
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NPS/DOT The Park Roads and Parkways Program CFDA 20.205

The principal purpose of this project is to establish an agreement with a non-profit organization to cooperatively support NPS efforts to move towards a multi-modal approach to transportation, closely coordinated and in cooperation with state and local governments and other Federal land management agencies. This activity is authorized by federal surface transportation laws enabling the Park Service’s Federal Lands Highway Park Roads and Parkways (FLHP PRP) program. Applications are due by June 30, 2009, 5:00 pm, MST.


The Park Roads and Parkways Program, which is jointly administered by the Federal Highway Administration, USDOT, to create and maintain park roads, parkways and bridges that provide visitor access and protection of natural, historic, and cultural resources, must maintain and likely increase its capacity and expand its outreach efforts. • The NPS wishes to assist the various units of the agency to effectively and efficiently take part in the opportunities provided by the Federal transportation legislation, as well as fulfilling the requirements of this legislation related to coordination and outreach, planning, and safety.

To accomplish this purpose the NPS units need to understand the processes and tools which allow them to work cooperatively with state and local transportation and planning agencies, and the associated stakeholder groups, on a wide range of ongoing and complex transportation issues and projects. • The primary purpose of the FLHP is to provide funding for a coordinated program of public roads that serve public safety needs, design and planning of transportation facilities and services in the National Parks. The FLHP PRP is administered through partnerships and interagency agreements between the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration Office of Federal Lands Highway. The program continually improves public transportation access and safety to and through the parks by providing balanced, safe, and innovative roadways that blend into or enhance the existing environment; and by providing services to outside communities.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES
• To substantially collaborate with the Federal Lands Highway Park Roads and Parkways program in the provision of public safety activities outside the park mission with other agencies including States and local communities.
• To be substantially involved with the Park Roads and Parkways program in developing a program involving cooperative efforts in national planning, design and implementation of programs related to transportation policy, reauthorization of surface transportation laws and expanding opportunities for multi-modal (including non-motorized modes) transportation within and connecting to the national parks.
• To provide the NPS with information on details related to national policy, guidance and effectuation of various transportation programs including guidance on transportation policy and planning processes mandated and coordinated by outside agencies.
• To provide the NPS with guidance on the development and implementation of education and training for NPS and Federal Highway staff such as program handbooks and assist the NPS in the development of approaches to cooperative activities with State and local agencies and outreach with local communities.

• Joint (NPS and Partner Organization) Program Objectives • To substantially cooperate to the fullest extent possible to assure that the efforts of each party are coordinated and result in the fulfillment of the principal purpose of this agreement. • To substantially participate and collaborate in the management and performance of the scope of work by reviewing and approving one stage before approving the next stage of work and to be substantially involved in the direction of work as related to other projects. • To consider jointly a range of program activities designed to identify, expand and enhance public transportation opportunities and safety related activities of the NPS. • To develop specific task agreements and plans for program development, educational and outreach activities relating to preserving and protecting resources of the NPS while providing safe and enjoyable transportation access by using sustainable, appropriate, and integrated solutions.

Applicants are held responsible for their proposals being submitted to the National Park Service. Applications must be received by close of business, Tuesday 06/30/2009, by 5:00 PM (MST). You are encouraged to submit your application well before the deadline. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE REVIEWED OR CONSIDERED FOR AWARD. If it is determined that a proposal will not be considered due to lateness, the applicant will be notified. Application preparation time may take several weeks. Please start the application process as soon as possible. •

APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE BY THE DUE DATE, BY MAIL, FEDEX, UPS, ETC., TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: • National Park Service • Washington Contracting Office • 7333 W. Jefferson Avenue • Suite 100 • Denver, CO 80235 • Attn: Elizabeth Walden - Funding Opportunity Announcement – NPS-09WASO-00002

APPLICATION PACKAGE • The APPLICATION PACKAGE for this announcement is contained in Appendix C of the full announcement. The required forms for this Funding Opportunity Announcement include: • SF 424 (Application for Financial Assistance), • SF 424 A (Budget Information), and • DI 2010 (Assurances). • Please note: The application package page count does not count against the 10 page limit of your proposal.

• ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS
Non-Profit Organizations Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code exempts payment of federal income taxes for charitable, religious, scientific, literary and educational organizations. It is the most commonly used section in the IRS code granting tax exemption. Unless a non-profit corporation files a 501(c) (3) application with the IRS, it will not be exempt from paying federal income taxes. • AGENCY NAME • National Park Service – WASO (Washington Contracting Office)

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: NPS-09WASO-00002
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Apr 28, 2009
Creation Date: Apr 28, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 30, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 30, 2009
Archive Date: Jul 30, 2009
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Category Explanation: Highway Planning and Construction
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,000,000
Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number(s): 20.205 -- Highway Planning and Construction
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Full Announcement NPS-09WASO-00002
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NPS Save America's Treasures 2009 Grant Round CFDA 15.929 (mod 1)

Save America’s Treasures grants are available for preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and collections and on nationally significant historic properties. Grants are awarded through a competitive process and require a dollar-for-dollar, non-Federal match, which can be cash, donated services, or use of equipment. The grant and the non-Federal match must be expended during the grant period, generally 2 to 3 years, to execute the project. The minimum grant request for collections projects is $25,000 Federal share; the minimum grant request for historic property projects is $125,000 Federal share. The maximum grant request for all projects is $700,000 Federal share. Applications are due by May 22, 2009. Applications WILL NOT be accepted through Grants.gov.

The Save America’s Treasures Grants Selection Panel may, at its discretion, award less than the minimum grant request. Example of activities supported by these grants may be found at at their website.

Save America's Treasures Website

Application Instructions

Applications are due by May 22, 2009. Applications WILL NOT be accepted through Grants.gov. Information on the application can be found here: http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/treasures/application.htm

Please complete and save all of the REVISED Save America's Treasure(SAT) application forms onto your computer. Though most of the forms look exactly the same as the previous forms, they include a box at the top of the form for an application number. This number is essential for your application submittal.
REQUEST AN SAT APPLICATION NUMBERAn application number will be sent to the email address provided.

Who May Apply

• Federal Agencies funded by the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
• Other Federal agencies collaborating with a nonprofit partner to preserve the historic properties or collections owned by the Federal agency may submit applications through the nonprofit partner.
• Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c), U.S organizations.
• Units of state or local government.
• Federally recognized Indian Tribes.
• Historic properties and collections associated with active religious organizations are eligible to apply for grants. They must meet the grant Selection Criteria, including national significance.

What is funded

• Preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and nationally significant historic structures and sites. Intellectual and cultural artifacts include artifacts, collections, documents, sculpture and works of art (hereinafter collections).
• Historic structures and sites include historic districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects (hereinafter historic properties).
  

What is not funded

• Acquisition (i.e. purchase in fee simple or interest) of intellectual and cultural artifacts, historic sites, buildings, structures or objects.
• Survey or inventory of historic properties or cataloging of collections.
• Long-term maintenance or curatorial work beyond the grant period.
• Interpretive or training programs.
• Reconstruction of historic properties (i.e. recreating all or a significant portion of a structure that no longer exists).
• Moving historic properties or work on historic properties that have been moved.
• Construction of new buildings.
• Historic structure reports and condition assessments, unless they are one component of a larger project to implement the results of these studies by performing work recommended by the studies.
• Cash reserves, endowments or revolving funds. Funds must be expended within the grant period, which is generally 2 to 3 years, and may not be used to create an endowment or revolving fund or otherwise spent over many years.
• Costs of fund-raising campaigns.
• Costs of work performed prior to announcement of award.
• For Federal agency grantees - Federal salaries, agency overhead or administrative costs.
  

Selection Criteria

• The collection or historic property must be nationally significant.
• Collections or historic properties not meeting this criterion will receive no further consideration.
• The collection or historic property must be threatened or endangered, and the application must document the urgent preservation and/or conservation need.
• Projects must substantially mitigate the threat and must have a clear public benefit (for example, historic places open for visitation or collections available for public viewing or scholarly research).
  The project must be feasible (i.e. able to be completed within the proposed activities, schedule, and budget described in the application), and the application must document adequately the required non-Federal match.

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NPS American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Historically Black Colleges and Universities Preservation Grants

In 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to jump-start our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century. Included in this Act was $15 million to be competitively awarded to HBCUs for the preservation of campus buildings listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Applications are due by April 10, 2009.


The goal of this grant program is to make historic properties on the campuses of HBCUs safe and useable. Eligible activities include structural stabilization; masonry work; abating environmental hazards; installing or replacing heating, ventilating, and cooling systems; replacing damaged electrical and plumbing systems; repairing leaky roofs; treating termite damage; and providing handicapped accessibility. All work must be performed in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.

Applications must be submitted directly to NPS and not through Grants.gov. Go to www.nps.gov/history/hps/hpg/hbcu/index.htm to download application and guidelines.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: NPS-HBCU2009
Opportunity Category: Other
Posted Date: Mar 12, 2009
Creation Date: Mar 12, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications: Apr 10, 2009
Current Closing Date for Applications: Apr 10, 2009
Archive Date:
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Recovery Act
Category Explanation: Recovery Act Grant
Expected Number of Awards: 50
Estimated Total Program Funding: $15,000,000
Award Ceiling: $2,500,000
Award Floor: $100,000
CFDA Number(s):
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

NPS Historic Preservation Grants HBCU application
HBCU GRANT SELECTION PROCESS
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American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) FY2009 Battlefield Project Grants CFDA 15.926

The American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) of the National Park Service invites non-profit groups, academic institutions, and local, regional, state, and tribal governments, and other private sector organizations to submit applications for grants. The purpose of this grant program is to provide seed money for projects that lead directly to the identification, preservation and interpretation of battlefield land and/or historic sites associated with battlefields. Project funding has ranged from $5,000 to $80,000. Hardcopy applications must be submitted. Applications will not be accepted through grants.gov. Applications sent by commercial express delivery are due by 4:00 p.m. January 23, 2009.

The ABPP encourages potential applicants to contact the ABPP staff and discuss proposed projects before preparing an application. Contact the ABPP Grants Manager by email or at (202) 354-2037 for more information.

Application Due Dates
Applications sent by commercial express delivery service or hand-delivered by the applicant must be received in the ABPP office by 4:00 p.m. January 23, 2009.

Applications sent by mail must be USPS postmarked by January 2, 2009.

Late and/or incomplete Grant Application Packages will not be considered for funding and will be discarded without action or notification.

Standard Form (SF) 424 submitted without original signatures will be discarded without action.

ABPP encourages applicants to use an express delivery service, as packages sent via regular USPS mail will be irradiated-a process that destroys photographs and colored paper.

Definitions
Project areas must be on American soil and/or within U.S. territorial waters.

Battlefield Land - Sites where armed conflict, fighting, or warfare occurred between two opposing military organizations (not civil unrest).

Associated Sites - Sites occupied before, during, or after a battle at which events occurred that had a direct influence on the tactical development of the battle or the outcome of the battle. A site must be associated with a battle in order to be considered an Associated Site.

Guidelines and Application Form
Please read the 2009 Grant Application and Guidelines carefully before attempting to prepare the application.

If you need additional help please contact the ABPP Grants Manager by email or at (202) 354-2037.

Download 2009 Battlefield Grant Guidelines (MSWord 2000)

Download 2009 Battlefield Grant Application Form (MSWord 2000)
N.B. The MicroSoft Word 2000 version of the application is formatted to encourage concise answers to questions on the form. Any adjustment to the form's layout, margins, or spacing may result in disqualification of the grant application.

Download Standard Form 424 -- Application for Federal Assistance. The SF424 must be completed and sent as the cover sheet of your ABPP project grant application.

To complete question #16 on Standard Form 424, the first page of the application, go to the Office of Management and Budget to see if your state participates in the intergovernmental review process (pursuant to Executive Order 12372). If your state does participate, you may be required to send a copy of your application to the state clearinghouse.
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