Opportunity Information: Apply for P13AS00093
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- The National Park Service in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Collect Oral History Interviews in the Upper Tanana Region for Project Jukebox Year 3" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.945 Cooperative Research and Training Programs Resources of the National Park System.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 18, 2013 and posted on Jun 18, 2013.
- Applicants must submit their applications by This is a continuation of an existing agreement, number P11AT90439 P11AC90450.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $26,674.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $26,674.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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Opportunity Summary:
The National Park Service (NPS) is announcing its intent to fund a third-year continuation project with the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) through a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) cooperative agreement. The planned award is $26,674, issued under statutory authority that allows NPS to partner with educational institutions on cooperative research and training tied to National Park System resources (16 U.S.C. 1a-2(j)). This opportunity is not being competed because it is explicitly a continuation of prior work under existing agreement numbers P11AT90439 and P11AC90450, and the year-three tasks depend on materials and progress from years one and two.
The core purpose of the project is to expand and modernize the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve "Project Jukebox," a long-running public-facing oral history and multimedia website originally developed in the early 1990s. Since that original effort, several Upper Tanana region communities along the Alaska Highway were formally recognized as having customary and traditional ties to the park, and their inclusion was recommended in the NPS Upper Tanana Ethnographic Overview and Assessment. Year three focuses on bringing those communities into the Project Jukebox and updating the site itself to meet modern web expectations, including current security practices and accessibility requirements.
Work will center on six resident-zone communities with recognized connections to Wrangell-St. Elias: Healy Lake, Dot Lake, Tanacross, Tok, Tetlin, and Northway. The project anticipates collecting additional material such as maps and photographs and conducting roughly 20 new oral history interviews total, averaging about three to four interviews per community. Interviewees, including Elders and other knowledgeable community members, will be identified in collaboration with village councils and federally recognized tribal governments, with interview themes shaped in partnership with those entities. The interviews are intended to capture information that often does not exist in written records, including knowledge about places, landscapes, subsistence and lifeways, local history, and culturally important resources. The scope recognizes both Alaska Native ties to the land and long-standing non-Native histories in the region, such as mining and trapping.
The deliverables are both archival and public. New interviews will be audio- or video-recorded, transcribed, and prepared as digital files for publication on the Wrangell-St. Elias Project Jukebox website. Original recordings will be preserved in the Oral History Collection at the Alaska and Polar Regions Archives at UAF. Interview participants will be asked to sign release forms allowing UAF to make the recordings publicly accessible in the archives and online, with the goal of creating an openly available record for tribes, researchers, students, park staff, visitors, and remote "virtual visitors" who may never travel to these communities.
A major year-three emphasis is technical and editorial integration of content gathered previously as well as newly collected materials. Tasks include incorporating earlier interviews from the six communities into the revised website, digitizing and converting video, time-coding transcripts, scanning release forms, writing narrator biographies, and uploading all components (transcripts, media, releases, and photographs with captions) into a Drupal-based platform. The project also calls for integrating historic photographs and film clips from UAF and/or Wrangell-St. Elias (WRST) archives, completing any interviews that were left unfinished in earlier years, and finalizing and testing the updated website.
Community engagement is built into closeout: the team will conduct a presentation in each village to show the final Project Jukebox website and create space for review, comments, and feedback. NPS will have substantial involvement throughout, including participation in meetings and consultations, helping provide local contacts, engaging with tribal governments, and conducting ongoing review as work progresses. NPS staff may adjust protocols, interview targets, scheduling, and subject matter as needed, and the project must comply with NPS guidance on conduct, peer review, and information quality, with the Agreement Technical Representative serving as the peer review manager.
Key administrative details include: Funding Opportunity Number P13AS00093; category discretionary; instrument type cooperative agreement; activity category environment; expected awards 1; CFDA 15.945 (Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System); no cost sharing requirement; eligible applicants limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education (consistent with UAF as the intended partner). The posting date is June 18, 2013, with the closing language noting it is a continuation rather than an open competition; the archive date is August 15, 2013. The NPS technical contact is Barbara Cellarius (barbara_cellarius@nps.gov, 907-822-7236). For access issues, the agreements officer contact listed is Tina Spengler (TinaSpengler@nps.gov, 907-644-3303) with the NPS Alaska Region.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What is this funding opportunity?
This is the National Park Service (NPS) intent to fund a third-year continuation project with the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) cooperative agreement.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number?
The Funding Opportunity Number is P13AS00093.
Is this opportunity open for competitive applications?
No. The notice states the award is not being competed because it is explicitly a continuation of prior work under existing agreement numbers P11AT90439 and P11AC90450, and the year-three tasks depend on materials and progress from years one and two.
Who is the intended recipient/partner?
The intended partner is the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF).
What type of award instrument is planned?
The planned instrument type is a cooperative agreement.
What is the planned award amount?
The planned award amount is $26,674.
How many awards does NPS expect to make?
The opportunity indicates an expected number of awards of 1.
What is the statutory authority for this project?
The planned award is issued under statutory authority that allows NPS to partner with educational institutions on cooperative research and training tied to National Park System resources (16 U.S.C. 1a-2(j)).
What is the CFDA number and program name listed for this opportunity?
The CFDA is 15.945, listed as Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System.
What is the funding category and activity category?
The opportunity is listed as discretionary in the category field, and the activity category is environment.
Is cost sharing or match required?
No. The opportunity states there is no cost sharing requirement.
Who is eligible to apply (based on the notice)?
Eligible applicants are limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, consistent with UAF as the intended partner.
What is the overall purpose of the project?
The core purpose is to expand and modernize the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve Project Jukebox, a public-facing oral history and multimedia website originally developed in the early 1990s.
Why is the project expanding now?
Since the original Project Jukebox effort, several Upper Tanana region communities along the Alaska Highway were formally recognized as having customary and traditional ties to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, and their inclusion was recommended in the NPS Upper Tanana Ethnographic Overview and Assessment.
Which communities are the focus of year three?
Work will center on six resident-zone communities with recognized connections to Wrangell-St. Elias: Healy Lake, Dot Lake, Tanacross, Tok, Tetlin, and Northway.
What kind of new materials will be collected?
The project anticipates collecting additional materials such as maps and photographs and conducting roughly 20 new oral history interviews in total (about three to four interviews per community on average).
Who will be interviewed, and how will interviewees be selected?
Interviewees (including Elders and other knowledgeable community members) will be identified in collaboration with village councils and federally recognized tribal governments. Interview themes will also be shaped in partnership with those entities.
What topics are the interviews intended to document?
The interviews are intended to capture information that often does not exist in written records, including knowledge about places, landscapes, subsistence and lifeways, local history, and culturally important resources.
Does the project recognize both Alaska Native and non-Native histories?
Yes. The scope recognizes Alaska Native ties to the land as well as long-standing non-Native histories in the region, including mining and trapping.
What will happen to the recordings and transcripts?
New interviews will be audio- or video-recorded, transcribed, and prepared as digital files for publication on the Wrangell-St. Elias Project Jukebox website. Original recordings will be preserved in the Oral History Collection at the Alaska and Polar Regions Archives at UAF.
Will the interviews be publicly accessible?
Yes, the stated goal is to create an openly available record. Interview participants will be asked to sign release forms allowing UAF to make the recordings publicly accessible in the archives and online.
What are the main technical and editorial tasks in year three?
Year-three tasks include integrating content gathered previously and newly collected materials, incorporating earlier interviews from the six communities into the revised website, digitizing and converting video, time-coding transcripts, scanning release forms, writing narrator biographies, and uploading components (transcripts, media, releases, and photographs with captions) into a Drupal-based platform.
Will historic materials be included?
Yes. The project calls for integrating historic photographs and film clips from UAF and/or Wrangell-St. Elias (WRST) archives.
Will previously unfinished interviews be addressed?
Yes. The scope includes completing any interviews left unfinished in earlier years.
What does "modernize the website" mean in this notice?
The notice describes updates to meet modern web expectations, including current security practices and accessibility requirements, along with finalizing and testing the updated website.
How will the communities be engaged at the end of the project?
As part of closeout, the project team will conduct a presentation in each village to show the final Project Jukebox website and create space for review, comments, and feedback.
How involved will NPS be during the project?
NPS will have substantial involvement throughout, including participating in meetings and consultations, helping provide local contacts, engaging with tribal governments, and conducting ongoing review as work progresses.
Can the project approach change as work progresses?
Yes. The notice states NPS staff may adjust protocols, interview targets, scheduling, and subject matter as needed.
What review and information quality requirements apply?
The project must comply with NPS guidance on conduct, peer review, and information quality. The Agreement Technical Representative is identified as the peer review manager.
What are the posting, archive, and closing details provided?
The posting date is June 18, 2013. The archive date is August 15, 2013. The closing language notes the opportunity is a continuation rather than an open competition.
Who is the NPS technical contact for this opportunity?
The NPS technical contact is Barbara Cellarius (barbara_cellarius@nps.gov, 907-822-7236).
Who should be contacted for access issues related to the agreement?
For access issues, the agreements officer contact listed is Tina Spengler (TinaSpengler@nps.gov, 907-644-3303), NPS Alaska Region.
What agreement numbers are referenced as the basis for the continuation?
The notice references existing agreement numbers P11AT90439 and P11AC90450.
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