Opportunity Information: Apply for NOIP16AC01057
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- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Illinois Freedom Project Civil Rights Statewide Youth Summit Series" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.946.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 28, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 07, 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 $300,000.00 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 Illinois Freedom Project Civil Rights Statewide Youth Summit Series (Funding Opportunity No. NOIP16AC01057) is a National Park Service (NPS) funding notice issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior to announce its intent to support a specific education project through a cooperative agreement. This notice is explicitly not a request for applications, meaning the NPS is not opening a competitive grant round. Instead, it serves as public documentation that NPS plans to fund one project without competition, with an expected single award and a maximum funding level (award ceiling) of $300,000. The announcement was created June 28, 2016, with an original closing date of July 7, 2016, reflecting the administrative window for the public notice rather than a typical application deadline.
The project builds on work completed in 2014 by Lincoln Home National Historic Site and the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area: the Illinois Freedom Project, a web-based, youth-focused multimedia education resource hosted within the larger Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area website (www.lookingforlincoln.com/freedom). That online project is designed to help teach the long and interconnected history from slavery to freedom in Illinois by focusing on specific people, places, and events across a wide timeline, beginning with eighteenth-century French colonial settlements and extending into early twentieth-century Chicago, including the Bronzeville neighborhood. The new funding supports an in-person statewide youth summit series that takes those stories off the webpage and into the field through place-based learning at historically significant sites around Illinois.
At the center of the funded activities is a series of five summits structured as one- and two-day field trips departing from Springfield, Illinois, with Lincoln Home National Historic Site serving as the organizing hub. The summits are designed for young people involved in youth mentoring organizations, giving them opportunities to visit Illinois Freedom Project locations across the state, including many sites that are historically important but not widely known. Many of the destinations are listed on the National Register of Historic Places or recognized as National Historic Landmark properties, reinforcing the program’s emphasis on credible, site-specific civil rights interpretation. Each summit is planned to bring together approximately 60 youth participants by combining a Springfield-area group with youth from the region being visited, so students not only learn the history of a place but also engage with peers who have a closer connection to that local story.
Programming during the summits is described as immersive and guided, centered on site tours, workshops, and structured conversations led by historians, youth mentors, and other subject-matter experts. Alongside Illinois-specific civil rights themes, the series is also intended to introduce participants to related NPS programs and preservation frameworks, including the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, the National Register of Historic Places, the National Historic Landmark Program, and the National Heritage Areas program. In other words, the initiative is not just about learning events and biographies; it also teaches how historic places are identified, protected, interpreted, and connected within national networks of public history and civic education.
The geographic and historical scope is intentionally broad. Across the five field trips, the program aims to span rural and urban Illinois, with coverage described from Chicago to St. Louis, and to present an “Illinois Civil Rights Story†that stretches from French colonial slavery through the Great Migration era and the cultural and political significance of Chicago’s Bronzeville in the 1920s. The description also highlights Carter G. Woodson and the founding of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, signaling that the summits will address not only civil rights struggles themselves but also the development of Black historical scholarship and institutions that preserved and advanced African American history.
Because the funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, the NPS is described as having substantial involvement rather than simply providing funds and stepping back. The notice outlines several concrete NPS roles: collaborating closely in carrying out the project’s scope of work; providing historical, interpretive, and technical guidance about the sites visited and helping select speakers and local guides; working with local youth organizations to help select youth participants; providing guidance and technical assistance for procuring support services such as photographers, videographers, and publication designers; and exercising review and approval authority over travel itineraries and agendas prior to each trip. The NPS also plans to produce a tangible follow-up product from the series by writing the text for a book and selecting archival images as well as photographs taken during the trips for inclusion, turning the experience into an educational resource that can reach audiences beyond the summit participants.
In practical terms, the opportunity can be summarized as a non-competitive, NPS-led cooperative education initiative that uses field-based youth summits to connect Illinois students with civil rights history through direct engagement with historic places. It leverages an existing digital education platform (the Illinois Freedom Project website) and extends it through statewide travel, peer-to-peer regional exchange, expert-led interpretation, and a culminating publication, while also showcasing how NPS preservation and interpretive programs support the public understanding of civil rights history.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the Illinois Freedom Project Civil Rights Statewide Youth Summit Series?
It is an education initiative supported by the National Park Service (NPS) that funds a statewide series of in-person youth summits (field-based learning trips) focused on civil rights history in Illinois. The summits build on the existing Illinois Freedom Project, a web-based multimedia education resource hosted within the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area website.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number for this notice?
The Funding Opportunity Number is NOIP16AC01057.
Which federal agency issued this notice?
The notice was issued by the National Park Service (NPS), part of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Is this a competitive grant opportunity where organizations can apply?
No. The notice explicitly states it is not a request for applications. It is a public notice documenting NPS intent to support one specific project through a non-competitive process.
How many awards are expected to be made under this notice?
The notice indicates an expected single award.
What is the maximum funding amount available?
The award ceiling (maximum funding level) is $300,000.
What type of funding instrument will be used?
The project will be supported through a cooperative agreement, which means NPS will have substantial involvement in carrying out the project rather than only providing funding.
Why does the notice include a closing date if applications are not being accepted?
The closing date reflects an administrative window for the public notice, not a typical application deadline, since the notice is not opening a competitive grant round.
When was the announcement created and what was the original closing date?
The announcement was created on June 28, 2016, and the original closing date was July 7, 2016.
What earlier work does this project build on?
It builds on work completed in 2014 by Lincoln Home National Historic Site and the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area: the Illinois Freedom Project, a youth-focused multimedia education resource hosted at www.lookingforlincoln.com/freedom.
What is the Illinois Freedom Project website and what does it cover?
The Illinois Freedom Project is a web-based education resource designed to teach the long and interconnected history from slavery to freedom in Illinois through specific people, places, and events across a broad timeline, beginning with eighteenth-century French colonial settlements and extending into early twentieth-century Chicago, including Bronzeville.
What is the main purpose of the new funding described in this notice?
The funding supports an in-person statewide youth summit series that takes the Illinois Freedom Project stories off the webpage and into the field through place-based learning at historically significant sites around Illinois.
How many youth summits are planned, and what is the general format?
Five summits are planned. They are structured as one- and two-day field trips departing from Springfield, Illinois, with Lincoln Home National Historic Site serving as the organizing hub.
Who are the summits designed for?
The summits are designed for young people involved in youth mentoring organizations.
About how many youth participants will take part in each summit?
Each summit is planned to bring together approximately 60 youth participants.
How will youth participants be grouped for each summit?
Each summit is planned to combine a Springfield-area group with youth from the region being visited, so participants learn about the place while also engaging with peers who have a closer connection to that local story.
Where do the field trips depart from, and what site serves as the hub?
The field trips depart from Springfield, Illinois, and Lincoln Home National Historic Site serves as the organizing hub.
What kinds of locations will participants visit?
Participants will visit Illinois Freedom Project locations across the state, including sites that are historically important but not widely known. Many destinations are listed on the National Register of Historic Places or recognized as National Historic Landmark properties.
What will participants do during the summits?
Programming is described as immersive and guided, centered on site tours, workshops, and structured conversations led by historians, youth mentors, and other subject-matter experts.
What is meant by "place-based learning" in this series?
Place-based learning here refers to learning civil rights history directly at historically significant sites around Illinois, using on-site interpretation, tours, and expert-led activities to connect people, places, and events to their physical setting.
What themes and time periods will the summits cover?
The scope is intentionally broad, spanning rural and urban Illinois and presenting an Illinois civil rights story from French colonial slavery through the Great Migration era and into the cultural and political significance of Chicago's Bronzeville in the 1920s.
What geographic areas of Illinois are highlighted?
The description indicates coverage across the state, described as spanning from Chicago to St. Louis, and includes both rural and urban locations.
Will the summits address the preservation and interpretation of historic places, not just the history itself?
Yes. The series is intended to introduce participants to related NPS programs and preservation frameworks, showing how historic places are identified, protected, interpreted, and connected within broader networks.
Which NPS programs and frameworks are specifically named in the notice?
The notice specifically names the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, the National Register of Historic Places, the National Historic Landmark Program, and the National Heritage Areas program.
What role will the National Park Service play under the cooperative agreement?
NPS is described as having substantial involvement, including collaborating closely on the scope of work; providing historical, interpretive, and technical guidance; helping select speakers and local guides; working with local youth organizations to help select youth participants; providing guidance and technical assistance for procuring support services (such as photographers, videographers, and publication designers); and reviewing and approving travel itineraries and agendas prior to each trip.
Will NPS review or approve summit itineraries and agendas?
Yes. The notice states NPS will have review and approval authority over travel itineraries and agendas prior to each trip.
Will the project produce anything after the summits conclude?
Yes. NPS plans to produce a follow-up publication by writing the text for a book and selecting archival images and photographs taken during the trips for inclusion, creating an educational resource that extends the impact beyond summit participants.
Does the notice mention photography, videography, or design support?
Yes. The notice states NPS will provide guidance and technical assistance for procuring support services such as photographers, videographers, and publication designers.
How does this initiative relate to the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area?
The Illinois Freedom Project online resource is hosted within the larger Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area website, and the summit series extends that existing digital platform into in-person, statewide field learning.
Does the description indicate the summits will include peer-to-peer interaction between regions?
Yes. Each summit is designed to bring together a Springfield-area group and youth from the region being visited, intentionally creating interaction between participants from different parts of the state.
Are any specific people or institutions mentioned as part of the historical content?
Yes. The notice highlights Carter G. Woodson and the founding of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, signaling attention to Black historical scholarship and institutions alongside civil rights themes.
What is the overall takeaway of this funding notice?
It documents a non-competitive, NPS-led cooperative education initiative to run five place-based youth summits across Illinois, leveraging an existing Illinois Freedom Project website and culminating in a publication, with NPS substantially involved in planning, interpretation, participant coordination, and review.
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