The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Cemetery Administration (NCA) is awarding grants for a maximum of $500,000 per awardee through the Veterans Legacy Grants Program (VLGP).
Donor Name: Department of Veterans Affairs
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Details:
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Cemetery Administration (NCA) is awarding grants for a maximum of $500,000 per awardee through the Veterans Legacy Grants Program (VLGP), authorized under 38 U.S.C. 2400 note 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. This notice includes information about the process for applying for a VLGP grant; criteria for evaluating applications; priorities related to the award of grants; and other requirements and guidance regarding VLGP grants.
Purpose
Funding for VLGP grants under this NOFA is authorized by 38 U.S.C. 2400 note. This NOFA announces the availability of funding to applicants found eligible to receive a VLGP grant to tell the stories of Veterans interred in these cemeteries, especially Veterans who have significant connection to the local community and Veterans from historically underrepresented groups, to include Veterans or Service members underrepresented by race, ethnicity or identity as well as Veterans or Service members from their LGBTQ+ community, from any period of American history, so they are honored in perpetuity.
Funding is interdisciplinary and not restricted according to academic focus or specialization. Eligible applicants are institutions of higher learning, educational institutions, local educational agencies, State educational agencies or non-profits. Successful applicants will:
- Meet VLGP’s mission to commemorate the Nation’s Veterans and Service members through the discovery and sharing of their stories. VLGP encourages students and teachers at the K-12 levels and universities around the country to immerse themselves in the rich historical resources found within 1 or more of VA’s 155 national cemeteries or 1 or more of the 121 VA grant-funded State, Territorial or Tribal Veterans cemeteries.
- Include a study of Veterans or Service members interred in one of VA’s national cemeteries or in one of the VA grant-funded State, Territorial or Tribal cemeteries.
- Foster engagement in the communities surrounding one or several of the national cemeteries or VA grant-funded cemeteries.
- Tell the stories of Veterans interred in these cemeteries, especially Veterans who have significant connection to the local community and Veterans from historically underrepresented groups, to include Veterans or Service members underrepresented by race, ethnicity or identity as well as Veterans or Service members from their LGBTQ+ community, from any period of American history.
Priorities
Competitive Preference Priorities (CPP) for FY 2023 and any subsequent year in which they make awards from the list of applications from this annual competition will align with specific VLGP initiatives, which will be noted as CPPs. NCA will award one priority point for each CPP addressed by the application up to a maximum of three priority points. Each CPP must be described in a one-page abstract submitted with the application. To earn CPP’s submitted applications will:
- Successfully showcase Veterans or Service members interred in qualifying cemeteries that have never been studied as part of a previous VLGP project and in a new geographic region where a VLGP project has not had a presence.
- Creatively highlight interred Veterans and Service members who have never been studied or researched in previous VLGP projects.
- Maximize the use of best practices in digital scholarship, pedagogy, scholarly communication and digital public engagement that expands biographical content within NCA’s Veterans Legacy Memorial.
Funding Information
Allocation of Funds: $2.2 million in Federal funding is available under this NOFA with a maximum award of $500,000 per grant. Each VLGP grant must be awarded in FY 2023, and the period of performance under the grant must have a start date that is also within FY 2023. The number of grants awarded during this period is at the discretion of VA.
Eligible Applicants
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Independent school districts.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
