2023 Preservation Technology and Training Grants (PTT Grants) are intended to create better tools, better materials, and better approaches to conserving buildings, landscapes, sites, and collections. The PTT Grants are administered by the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT), the National Park Service’s innovation center for the preservation community.
Donor Name: National Park Service
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/28/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000.00 to $20,000.00
Grant Duration: 1 year 5 months
Details:
The competitive grants program will provide funding to federal agencies, states, tribes, local governments, and non-profit organizations. PTT Grants will support the following activities:
- Innovative research that develops new technologies or adapts existing technologies to preserve cultural resources (typically $20,000)
- Specialized workshops or symposia that identify and address national preservation needs (typically $15,000 to $20,000)
- How-to videos, mobile applications, podcasts, best practices publications, or webinars that disseminate practical preservation methods or provide better tools for preservation practice (typically $5,000 to $15,000)
Funding Information
An estimated range of $5,000.00 to $20,000.00
Project Period
July 15, 2023 – December 31, 2024
Funding Instrument Type
Grant Agreement – A legal instrument of financial assistance between The National Park Service and a non-Federal entity that, consistent with 31 U.S.C. § 6302, 6304:
- Is used to enter into a relationship the principal purpose of which is to transfer anything of value from the Federal awarding agency to the non-Federal entity to carry out a public purpose authorized by a law of the United States (see 31 U.S.C. §.
Substantial Involvement for Cooperative Agreement: For a grant agreement no substantial involvement on the part of the National Park Service is anticipated.
Other Information: Applications for renewal or supplementation of existing projects are not eligible to compete with applications for new Federal awards. In addition, no grant recipient may receive more than 10 percent of the grants allocated under this section within any year.
Eligibility Criteria
In accordance with 54 U.S.C.§305304(c). Preservation grants, eligible applicants may include—
- Federal and non-Federal laboratories;
- accredited museums;
- universities;
- nonprofit organizations;
- System units and offices and Cooperative Park Study Units of the System;
- State Historic Preservation Offices;
- tribal preservation offices; and
- Native Hawaiian organizations
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
