Opportunity Information: Apply for P16AS00490
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- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Development of Youth through Records Internship Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.931.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 12, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 22, 2016. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $46,278.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Opportunity Summary:
The Development of Youth through Records Internship Program (Funding Opportunity Number P16AS00490) is a discretionary National Park Service (NPS) cooperative agreement under the Department of the Interior that supports an internship-style education project focused on engaging youth and young adults in national park stewardship through records and archives work. The program builds on a previously competed cooperative agreement between NPS and the Greening Youth Foundation, with an explicit emphasis on reaching diverse, underserved, and underrepresented children, youth, and young adults. At its core, the opportunity is designed to help participants develop into informed and responsible environmental stewards by connecting them to the mission of national parks and exposing them to how parks manage, protect, and interpret their resources over time.
A central feature of the program is hands-on exposure to real-world work in resource collections management and conservation as it relates to park records and archival holdings. Participants are not just learning concepts in a classroom setting; they are placed in situations that mirror the kinds of decisions and tradeoffs that NPS professionals routinely face. The work is oriented around "media neutral" records preservation, meaning the program recognizes that important park documentation exists in many formats, including traditional paper-based materials and modern electronic records. By participating in the organization, preservation, and management of these holdings, interns gain practical insight into how documentary evidence supports park operations, compliance, research, interpretation, and long-term public accountability.
The internship experience is also structured as a career exploration pathway. NPS staff are expected to mentor students directly, helping them build practical skills, professional confidence, and connections to practitioners and organizations working in records preservation and related fields. Through the archival lens, participants are introduced to broader areas of public history and allied disciplines that archival records document and support, including historic preservation and administrative history research. In practical terms, this means interns can see how records are used to reconstruct decisions, document historic resources, track management actions, and inform how stories are told to the public about places and communities connected to the national parks.
From an administrative standpoint, this opportunity is offered as a Cooperative Agreement, which typically indicates substantial involvement by the federal agency in shaping, supporting, or participating in the funded work, rather than a hands-off grant structure. The funding activity category is listed as Education, and the CFDA number associated with the program is 15.931. The posting indicates one expected award with an award ceiling of $46,278. The opportunity was created on August 12, 2016, with an original closing date of August 22, 2016, reflecting a short application window at the time it was posted.
Eligibility is described broadly as "Others," with additional clarification indicated to be in the full eligibility text field. The agency listing and description make clear that the project was tied to collaboration with the Greening Youth Foundation and is framed around serving youth audiences who have historically had fewer pathways into conservation, preservation, and public history careers. Overall, the grant opportunity supports a structured, mentored internship program that uses records and archives as the vehicle for engaging young people in national park stewardship, professional skill-building, and exposure to conservation and public history work in a real operational context.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the Development of Youth through Records Internship Program?
The Development of Youth through Records Internship Program is a discretionary National Park Service (NPS) cooperative agreement under the U.S. Department of the Interior. It supports an internship-style education project that engages youth and young adults in national park stewardship through hands-on records and archives work.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number for this program?
The Funding Opportunity Number (FON) is P16AS00490.
Which federal agency is offering this opportunity?
The opportunity is offered by the National Park Service (NPS), which is part of the Department of the Interior.
Is this a grant or a cooperative agreement?
This opportunity is offered as a Cooperative Agreement. That typically means the National Park Service expects to have substantial involvement in shaping, supporting, or participating in the funded work, rather than operating in a fully hands-off manner.
What is the main purpose of the program?
The main purpose is to help participants develop into informed and responsible environmental stewards by connecting them to the mission of national parks and showing how parks manage, protect, and interpret resources over time, using records and archives as the hands-on learning vehicle.
What kind of activities will participants do?
Participants receive hands-on exposure to real-world work in resource collections management and conservation as it relates to park records and archival holdings. The work includes organizing, preserving, and managing park documentation and learning how documentary evidence supports park operations, compliance, research, interpretation, and public accountability.
What does "media neutral" records preservation mean in this program?
"Media neutral" records preservation means the program recognizes that important park documentation exists in many formats, including paper-based materials and modern electronic records. The internship experience includes working with and preserving records across these formats.
How does this internship connect to national park stewardship?
The program uses archival and records work to show how parks document decisions, track management actions, protect resources, and interpret histories. By working directly with these records, participants learn how stewardship is supported over time through documentation and evidence.
Does the program include mentoring?
Yes. NPS staff are expected to mentor students directly, helping them build practical skills, professional confidence, and connections to practitioners and organizations involved in records preservation and related fields.
Is this program meant to support career exploration?
Yes. The internship is structured as a career exploration pathway. Through the archival lens, participants are introduced to records preservation and related fields, as well as broader areas such as public history and allied disciplines that archival records document and support.
What related fields or topics might interns be exposed to?
In addition to archives and records management, interns may be introduced to public history and allied areas referenced in the opportunity description, including historic preservation and administrative history research, as reflected through the kinds of records parks maintain and use.
How are park records used in practice, according to the opportunity description?
The description explains that records can be used to reconstruct decisions, document historic resources, track management actions, and inform how stories are told to the public about places and communities connected to the national parks.
Who is this opportunity intended to reach?
The opportunity has an explicit emphasis on reaching diverse, underserved, and underrepresented children, youth, and young adults, with the goal of expanding pathways into conservation, preservation, and public history careers.
Does this opportunity build on any prior work?
Yes. It builds on a previously competed cooperative agreement between the National Park Service and the Greening Youth Foundation.
What is the funding activity category for this opportunity?
The funding activity category is Education.
What CFDA number is associated with the program?
The CFDA number associated with this program is 15.931.
How many awards are expected?
The posting indicates one expected award.
What is the award ceiling listed for this opportunity?
The award ceiling is $46,278.
When was the opportunity created and when did it close?
The opportunity was created on August 12, 2016, and the original closing date listed is August 22, 2016.
How long was the application window based on the posted dates?
Based on the posted creation date (August 12, 2016) and the original closing date (August 22, 2016), the application window was short at the time it was posted.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," with additional clarification indicated to be provided in the full eligibility text field.
How is the Greening Youth Foundation referenced in this opportunity?
The opportunity description notes that the program builds on a previously competed cooperative agreement between NPS and the Greening Youth Foundation and frames the project around serving youth audiences that have historically had fewer pathways into related careers.
What makes this program different from a classroom-only education project?
The description emphasizes that participants are not only learning concepts in a classroom. They are placed in situations that mirror the decisions and tradeoffs that NPS professionals face, using real records and archival holdings in an operational context.
Why are records and archives important to the National Park Service work described here?
The opportunity describes records as documentary evidence that supports park operations, compliance, research, interpretation, and long-term public accountability, and as a foundation for understanding how parks manage resources over time.
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