American Battlefield Protection Program Battlefield Preservation Planning Project Grants | P15AS00175

Opportunity Information: Apply for P15AS00175

The American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Battlefield Preservation Planning Project Grants is a discretionary grant opportunity administered by the National Park Service. It is designed to provide early, "seed" funding for planning and preparatory work that directly supports the identification, preservation, and interpretation of battlefield land or other historic sites connected to battlefields. In practical terms, the program focuses on helping communities and organizations do the foundational work needed to protect and explain these places, such as establishing what resources exist, why they matter, and how they can be conserved and shared with the public.

This opportunity is offered as a grant (Funding Opportunity Number P15AS00175) under CFDA 15.926, and it spans several public-purpose areas including arts, community development, environment, natural resources, and regional development. The program’s emphasis on planning means it is aimed at projects that build the groundwork for future preservation outcomes, rather than serving as a general funding source for unrelated activities. The core expectation is that funded projects will lead directly to tangible preservation and interpretation steps, such as improved documentation, clearer preservation strategies, or better-defined interpretive approaches for battlefield-related resources.

Eligibility is broad and includes many types of public and nonprofit entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled colleges and universities; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; other tribal organizations; public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; and nonprofits both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in that nonprofit category). This wide eligibility is meant to accommodate the reality that battlefield landscapes and associated historic sites often involve partnerships across local governments, tribes, educational institutions, and preservation-focused organizations.

For this particular posting, the original closing date was January 14, 2016, and the opportunity was created on September 29, 2015. The listing anticipated approximately 25 awards. The award ceiling is shown as 0, which typically indicates that a specific maximum award amount was not stated in the provided summary data for this notice, rather than implying that awards have no limit. Applicants would normally confirm actual funding limits, match requirements (if any), and allowable costs in the full notice or program guidance tied to the announcement.

Overall, this grant opportunity is best understood as a planning-stage preservation tool: it helps recipients take the critical first steps that make battlefield protection and public interpretation possible, supporting projects that clarify what should be preserved, how it should be preserved, and how the story of the site can be responsibly and effectively communicated.

• The National Park Service in the arts, community development, environment, natural resources, other, regional development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "American Battlefield Protection Program Battlefield Preservation Planning Project Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.926.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2015-09-29.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-01-14. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 25 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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