OpportunityTitle: FY2024 Historic Preservation Fund- African American Civil Rights - AACRN Preservation
CategoryExplanation: Historic Preservation
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants are current members of the National Park Service African American Civil Rights Network at the time of application. For information on membership in the African American Civil Rights Network, contact aacrn@nps.gov .
Description: The National Park Service&#8217;s (NPS) African American Civil Rights Grant Program (AACR) will document, interpret, and preserve the sites and stories of the full history of the African American struggle to gain equal rights as citizens from transatlantic slave trade forward. The NPS 2008 report, Civil Rights in America, A Framework for Identifying Significant Sites, will serve as a guide in determining the appropriateness of proposed projects and properties. African American Civil Rights Network (AACRN) Preservation Grants are funded by the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), administered by the NPS, and will fund a broad range of preservation projects for historic sites including: architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans, and physical preservation to structures. Grants are awarded through a competitive process and do not require non-Federal match.FY2024 Public Law 118-42 provides $24 million for the AACR Grant Program, of that $5 million is available for these AACRN Preservation Grants.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: STLPG@nps.gov
GrantorContactText: STLPG Staff&lt;br/&gt;STLPG@nps.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM, ET on the listed application due date.Applicants are held responsible for their proposals being submitted to the National Park Service. Applications must be received by the date above. Applicants are encouraged to submit the application well before the deadline.Application preparation time may take several weeks. Start the application process as soon as possible. Applications received after the deadline will not be reviewed or considered for award.  If it is determined that a proposal was not considered due to lateness, the applicant will be notified after the selection process.