Opportunity Information: Apply for P13AS00182
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- The National Park Service in the education natural resources science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 14 Academic Year Interior Museum Program Intern" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.915 Technical Preservation Services.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 5, 2013 and posted on Aug 5, 2013.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 19, 2013. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $93,912.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $93,912.00 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 FY 14 Academic Year Interior Museum Program Intern opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P13AS00182) is a National Park Service (NPS) notice of intent to award, not an open call for applications. In practical terms, it is a public transparency posting that NPS planned to make a single award without full and open competition to continue an existing internship training effort. The anticipated federal funding amount was $93,912, with no cost share required, issued as a cooperative agreement action (a continuation task agreement) running from the date of award through September 30, 2014. The posting was tied to CFDA 15.915, Technical Preservation Services, and fell under an education and cultural resources training purpose rather than a standard procurement contract.
The intended recipient was the National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE), with Cari Goetheus listed as the principal investigator/program manager. This award was structured as a continuation under an existing cooperative agreement (referenced as P12AC30140, with the specific task agreement identified as P13AC01085). NPS cited the Department of the Interior single-source justification criterion of "Continuation," meaning the agency believed competing the award would disrupt or harm the continuity and completion of an ongoing, already-established program. The statutory authorities referenced include 16 U.S.C. 1g (broad authority for NPS to enter cooperative agreements supporting NPS program purposes) and 16 U.S.C. 470a(i) (authority connected to historic preservation activities and the National Register framework).
The central purpose of the project was to create and deliver additional, hands-on training opportunities for qualified undergraduate and graduate students in historic preservation and closely related fields. Interns were meant to support federal cultural resource professionals and contribute to real projects in archeology, history, museum collections, landscape architecture, and preservation practice. The announcement spells out the kinds of work interns could perform: archeological/architectural/landscape surveys; historical research and documentation; technical writing and publication support; artifact and records cataloging; conservation and collections management; database and website work; and condition assessment and basic repair activities related to historic structures. The overall emphasis is experiential learning in federal cultural resources management, with interns embedded in professional settings and assigned directed tasks that support federal stewardship responsibilities.
A key deliverable was the placement of twelve separate internships connected to the Department of the Interior (DOI) Interior Museum Program and partner bureaus. These placements were distributed across multiple offices and locations, and each one had a specified hour estimate. Two internships supported the Office of the Secretary on department-wide Interior Museum Program work, including compiling bureau museum collection data, drafting policy and procedural documents, preparing training materials, researching museum-collections issues, and updating program web content (one listed at 1200 hours and another at 600 hours). Another internship at the Interior Museum itself focused on core collections technician duties such as database management, registration, photography, object handling, and research (800 hours). Several placements were with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), including one at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge organizing, cataloging, rehousing, and documenting 150-year-old artifacts and related textiles, while updating treatment histories and attaching digital images to catalog records (600 hours), and another helping FWS implement a museum property module within its archeological database (FRED) through data entry and support for regions migrating legacy records into the system (400 hours).
Multiple internships were assigned to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), largely centered on curation backlogs, inventorying, digitization, condition assessments, and organizing documentation for archeological and paleontological collections. Examples include work with collections held at partner institutions such as the Fowler Museum at UCLA (curation, conservation basics, inventory, digitization; 480 hours), the Maturango Museum in Ridgecrest (inventorying, cataloging, repackaging, database entry and documentation organization for collections like the approximately 6,000-object Ayers Rock assemblage; 480 hours), and the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology (digitizing and identifying vertebrate fossils from formations including the Cretaceous Kaiparowits and Miocene Barstow; 480 hours). Additional BLM placements included organizing prehistoric archeological collections in a newly completed curation facility at Chico State with condition assessments and collections organization (800 hours), and helping the BLM AHC Curation Program address backlog cataloging and storage for major assemblages from places like Canyons of the Ancients National Monument (including approximately 10,000 artifacts from Woods Canyon Pueblo), with tasks spanning inventory, cataloging, repackaging, data entry into ICMS, documentation organization, researcher access support, and participation in integrated pest management activities (480 hours).
The remaining internships supported museum-focused work at other DOI components. One placement with the Bureau of Indian Affairs involved assisting curators with inventory, cataloging, and photography of ethnographic objects and artwork in the Washington, D.C. metro area, along with file and photo management, rehousing, and basic collections area upkeep (480 hours). Another placement with the Indian Arts and Crafts Board supported the Sioux Indian Museum in Rapid City, South Dakota, focusing on inventory, cataloging, photography, digital file management, digitizing historic photos and archival materials, and assisting with development and installation of temporary exhibits featuring contemporary Indian art (480 hours).
Responsibilities were split clearly between NCPE and NPS in a way that fits the cooperative agreement model, where the federal agency anticipates substantial involvement rather than simply paying for a finished product. NCPEs role was to use its established recruitment and selection process to identify interns (or in limited cases extend existing training projects), aiming to match intern qualifications to NPS needs, and to make the necessary financial and logistical arrangements for interns to work in Washington, D.C. and other duty locations. NPSs role included participating in intern selection from the NCPE pool, providing mentors and the needed materials/tools/training, assigning and tailoring tasks to each interns skills and interests, guiding day-to-day work, and reviewing intern work products to ensure they met internship goals and program standards.
Operationally, the announcement also includes typical grants.gov posting details: it was categorized as discretionary funding, expected to result in a single award, and listed an original and current closing date of August 19, 2013, even though the text emphasizes it was not soliciting applications because it was a notice of intent to award a continuation action. The NPS point of contact was June Zastrow (phone 303-987-6718; email junezastrow@nps.gov), and the public-facing purpose of the posting was to document the rationale for a non-competitive continuation award and summarize what the federal funds would support through the end of FY 2014.
FAQs: FY 14 Academic Year Interior Museum Program Intern (Funding Opportunity Number P13AS00182)
Is this an open grant opportunity that organizations can apply for?
No. This notice is a National Park Service (NPS) notice of intent to award, not an open call for applications. It functions as a public transparency posting stating that NPS planned to make a single, non-competitive continuation award.
What does "notice of intent to award" mean in practical terms?
It means NPS was posting information publicly to document and justify its plan to issue one award without full and open competition, primarily to continue an existing internship training effort rather than solicit new proposals.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number for this posting?
The Funding Opportunity Number is P13AS00182.
Which federal agency is associated with this award?
The opportunity is issued by the National Park Service (NPS), under the Department of the Interior (DOI).
What program or assistance listing is this tied to?
The posting was tied to CFDA 15.915, Technical Preservation Services.
What type of federal funding action was anticipated?
The action was anticipated to be a cooperative agreement (a continuation task agreement), which typically involves substantial federal involvement in the project rather than a simple purchase of services.
How much federal funding was anticipated?
The anticipated federal funding amount was $93,912.
Was any cost share or match required?
No cost share was required based on the information provided.
What was the period of performance for the project?
The agreement was expected to run from the date of award through September 30, 2014.
Was this a procurement contract?
No. The posting describes an education and cultural resources training purpose under a cooperative agreement, rather than a standard procurement contract.
Who was the intended recipient of the award?
The intended recipient was the National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE).
Who was listed as the principal investigator/program manager?
Cari Goetheus was listed as the principal investigator/program manager.
Why was the award planned as non-competitive (single-source)?
NPS cited the Department of the Interior single-source justification criterion of "Continuation," stating that competing the award could disrupt or harm the continuity and completion of an ongoing, already-established program.
What existing agreement did this continuation relate to?
The continuation was referenced under an existing cooperative agreement identified as P12AC30140, with the specific task agreement identified as P13AC01085.
What legal authorities were referenced for the cooperative agreement?
The statutory authorities referenced include 16 U.S.C. 1g (authority for NPS to enter cooperative agreements supporting NPS program purposes) and 16 U.S.C. 470a(i) (authority connected to historic preservation activities and the National Register framework).
What was the main purpose of the project funding?
The central purpose was to create and deliver additional, hands-on training opportunities for qualified undergraduate and graduate students in historic preservation and closely related fields, supporting experiential learning in federal cultural resources management.
How many internships were a key deliverable?
A key deliverable was the placement of twelve separate internships connected to the DOI Interior Museum Program and partner bureaus.
What kinds of professional areas could interns support?
Interns were meant to support federal cultural resource professionals and contribute to real projects in areas such as archeology, history, museum collections, landscape architecture, and preservation practice.
What types of tasks could interns perform under this program?
The announcement lists tasks including archeological/architectural/landscape surveys; historical research and documentation; technical writing and publication support; artifact and records cataloging; conservation and collections management; database and website work; and condition assessment and basic repair activities related to historic structures.
Which DOI offices or bureaus were included in the internship placements?
Placements were described across multiple DOI components, including the Office of the Secretary (Interior Museum Program), the Interior Museum, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and the Indian Arts and Crafts Board (including the Sioux Indian Museum).
What were the Office of the Secretary Interior Museum Program internships focused on?
Two internships supported department-wide Interior Museum Program work such as compiling bureau museum collection data, drafting policy and procedural documents, preparing training materials, researching museum-collections issues, and updating program web content. The two placements were listed at 1200 hours and 600 hours.
What was the Interior Museum internship focused on?
One internship at the Interior Museum focused on collections technician duties such as database management, registration, photography, object handling, and research (800 hours).
What were examples of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) internship tasks?
One placement at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge involved organizing, cataloging, rehousing, and documenting 150-year-old artifacts and related textiles, updating treatment histories, and attaching digital images to catalog records (600 hours). Another placement supported implementation of a museum property module within the FWS archeological database (FRED), including data entry and support for regions migrating legacy records (400 hours).
What were examples of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) internship tasks?
BLM placements emphasized curation backlogs, inventorying, digitization, condition assessments, and organizing documentation for archeological and paleontological collections, including work with partner institutions and BLM curation facilities.
Which partner institutions were mentioned for BLM-related placements?
Examples included the Fowler Museum at UCLA, the Maturango Museum in Ridgecrest, the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, and a newly completed curation facility at Chico State.
What kinds of collections were mentioned in the BLM placements?
Examples included the approximately 6,000-object Ayers Rock assemblage, vertebrate fossils from formations including the Cretaceous Kaiparowits and Miocene Barstow, and approximately 10,000 artifacts from Woods Canyon Pueblo associated with Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.
What systems or databases were referenced for collections data work?
The posting references the FWS archeological database FRED, BLM data entry into ICMS, and general database and web content work as part of internship duties.
What did the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) internship involve?
The BIA placement involved assisting curators with inventory, cataloging, and photography of ethnographic objects and artwork in the Washington, D.C. metro area, along with file and photo management, rehousing, and basic collections area upkeep (480 hours).
What did the Indian Arts and Crafts Board / Sioux Indian Museum internship involve?
This placement in Rapid City, South Dakota focused on inventory, cataloging, photography, digital file management, digitizing historic photos and archival materials, and assisting with development and installation of temporary exhibits featuring contemporary Indian art (480 hours).
How were responsibilities divided between NCPE and NPS under the cooperative agreement?
NCPE was responsible for recruitment and selection processes to identify interns (and in limited cases extend existing training projects), matching qualifications to NPS needs, and making financial and logistical arrangements for interns across duty locations. NPS participated in selection from the NCPE pool, provided mentors and materials/tools/training, assigned and tailored intern tasks, guided day-to-day work, and reviewed work products for alignment with internship goals and program standards.
Why does the posting show a closing date if it was not open for applications?
The listing included typical grants.gov details (including an original and current closing date of August 19, 2013) even though the text emphasizes it was not soliciting applications because it was a notice of intent to award a continuation action.
What was the expected award count?
The posting indicated it was expected to result in a single award.
How was the funding categorized in the posting?
It was categorized as discretionary funding.
Who was the NPS point of contact listed on the notice?
The NPS point of contact was June Zastrow (phone 303-987-6718; email junezastrow@nps.gov).
What was the public-facing purpose of posting this notice?
The purpose was to document the rationale for a non-competitive continuation award and summarize what the federal funds would support through the end of FY 2014.
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