Opportunity Information: Apply for P15AS00110
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- The National Park Service in the community development education environment natural resources regional development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Knowledge Exchange US/ICOMOS NPS Collaboration for FY 15" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.946 Cultural Resources Management.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 23, 2015 and posted on Apr 23, 2015.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 11, 2015. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $73,500.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $73,500.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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Opportunity Summary:
The FY 2015 "Knowledge Exchange US/ICOMOS and NPS Collaboration" opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P15AS00110) is a National Park Service (NPS) notice of intent to award funding under a cooperative agreement, not an open solicitation. In other words, it is published to inform the public that NPS planned to provide financial support for a defined set of project activities without requesting applications from other organizations. The action is structured as a continuation task agreement under an existing cooperative agreement (P14AC00195) between NPS and the United States Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (US/ICOMOS), with substantial ongoing involvement anticipated from NPS. The total anticipated award amount is $73,500, with no cost share required, and the period of performance runs from the date of award through May 1, 2016.
At a high level, the purpose of the cooperative agreement is to strengthen preservation practice and public understanding of cultural heritage resources, especially those with World Heritage status or potential, by using internships, trainings, conferences, symposia, and other jointly agreed activities. The specific "Knowledge Exchange" initiative described here is aimed at bringing international historic preservation and heritage conservation knowledge into U.S. practice. It emphasizes using both virtual tools and traditional convenings to help American preservationists and cultural resource managers learn from global case studies, methods, research findings, and professional standards, then apply those lessons to real management challenges in the United States.
US/ICOMOS roles and deliverables are laid out in three main areas. First, US/ICOMOS commits to integrating heritage stewardship values into major initiatives by creating and launching the Global Heritage Stream (GHS), described as a curated stream of customized content for U.S. preservationists and cultural resource managers. This content would be organized and managed through theme-based teams, including theme managers and advisory committees, who would enlist contributors to curate and share research and case studies from other countries. In the same stewardship-and-initiatives track, US/ICOMOS would execute a major convening: a 50th Anniversary International Symposium planned for March 2016 under the theme "A World of Heritage Solutions," highlighting five decades of U.S. international collaboration on heritage problem-solving. US/ICOMOS would also begin execution planning for a separate Pan Pacific Symposium anticipated for September 2016, focused on better integrating natural and cultural landscape values under the theme "Converging Strategies: New Approaches to Integrating Natural and Cultural Values of Landscapes." Finally within this first area, the work includes a demonstration project meant to show and expand the economic value of U.S. World Heritage Sites (including NPS parks and sites) by training U.S. heritage experts in international best practices for values-based heritage approaches that support community revitalization, tourism, job creation, and "creative placemaking" in rural gateway communities near World Heritage and other park sites.
Second, US/ICOMOS agrees to assist NPS in carrying out its cultural resource stewardship responsibilities by adding an international scope to NPS research, science, and management. This includes an outreach program designed to help NPS cultural resource managers incorporate international research and best practices into decision-making, with emphasis on themes such as cultural landscape practice and heritage as a pillar of sustainable economic development. The outreach would feature presentations tailored for NPS audiences about US/ICOMOS Global Heritage resources, the ICOMOS Open Archive Eprints repository, and the broader ICOMOS network of International Scientific Committees; at least three meetings or presentations would be held at NPS-selected gatherings (examples cited include Large Landscape Network events, National Heritage Area meetings, or NPS cultural resources management meetings). US/ICOMOS would also annotate and prepare eligible NPS research and materials and submit them to the ICOMOS Open Archive Eprints under the relevant themes. In addition, US/ICOMOS would create a national virtual forum to collect scholarship and viewpoints, with the practical goal of building options and consensus around the needs, aims, and opportunities involved in updating the U.S. World Heritage Tentative List.
Third, the project includes a Pathways to Diversity component. US/ICOMOS would hold a meeting in November 2015 to collaborate with State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPOs) and other practitioners working on Latino cultural heritage. The intent is to improve access to and use of scholarship, research, and archives located in Spain, Mexico, and elsewhere that can inform U.S. Hispanic heritage work, and to use that shared knowledge base to seed or strengthen future project partnerships.
NPS participation is explicitly described as "substantial involvement," which is a defining feature of a cooperative agreement (as opposed to a more hands-off grant). NPS commits to providing US/ICOMOS staff and interns with practical knowledge, skills, experience, and information related to historic preservation in service of mutual objectives. NPS would also share resources, facilities, information, and expertise to improve preservation outcomes and strengthen public understanding of historic preservation.
The reason the award is non-competitive is addressed through a single-source justification under Department of the Interior policy (505 DM 2). NPS cites the "continuation" criterion, meaning the funded activity is necessary to complete or continue work already underway, and competing it would significantly disrupt continuity or completion. The legal authorities listed for the award include 54 USC 101702(a) (authority for NPS to enter into cooperative agreements and transfer appropriated funds to nonprofits for public purposes aligned with NPS programs) and 54 USC 320102 (Historic Sites Act authority to contract or cooperate to protect and preserve historic or archeological properties for public use). Overall, the announcement functions mainly as a transparency notice describing who will be funded, for how much, for how long, under what authority, and what concrete heritage knowledge-exchange activities the NPS-US/ICOMOS partnership planned to carry forward during FY 2015 into early 2016.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the FY 2015 "Knowledge Exchange US/ICOMOS and NPS Collaboration" opportunity?
It is a National Park Service (NPS) notice of intent to award funding under a cooperative agreement for a defined set of activities focused on heritage preservation knowledge exchange. It is identified as Funding Opportunity Number P15AS00110.
Is this an open grant competition that organizations can apply to?
No. The notice is not an open solicitation. It was published to inform the public that NPS planned to provide financial support for specific project activities without requesting applications from other organizations.
What type of award is being used?
The action is a cooperative agreement, structured as a continuation task agreement under an existing cooperative agreement (P14AC00195) between NPS and the United States Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (US/ICOMOS).
Who is the intended recipient of the funding?
The intended recipient is US/ICOMOS, working in collaboration with NPS under the continuation of the existing cooperative agreement.
Why is the award non-competitive (single-source)?
NPS cites a single-source justification under Department of the Interior policy (505 DM 2) using the "continuation" criterion. The rationale is that the funded activity is necessary to complete or continue work already underway, and competing the work would significantly disrupt continuity or completion.
How much funding is anticipated?
The total anticipated award amount is $73,500.
Is cost sharing or matching required?
No cost share is required according to the notice.
What is the period of performance for this award?
The period of performance runs from the date of award through May 1, 2016.
What is the overall purpose of the cooperative agreement?
The purpose is to strengthen preservation practice and public understanding of cultural heritage resources, especially those with World Heritage status or potential, using internships, trainings, conferences, symposia, and other jointly agreed activities.
What is the specific goal of the "Knowledge Exchange" initiative described in the notice?
The initiative aims to bring international historic preservation and heritage conservation knowledge into U.S. practice. It emphasizes using both virtual tools and traditional convenings to help American preservationists and cultural resource managers learn from global case studies, methods, research findings, and professional standards, and apply those lessons to management challenges in the United States.
What are the main areas of work (roles and deliverables) for US/ICOMOS?
The deliverables are described in three main areas: (1) integrating heritage stewardship values into major initiatives (including launching the Global Heritage Stream and organizing key convenings and a demonstration project), (2) assisting NPS with cultural resource stewardship by adding international scope to research and management (including outreach, presentations, and contributions to the ICOMOS Open Archive Eprints), and (3) a Pathways to Diversity component focused on Latino cultural heritage collaboration and access to international scholarship and archives.
What is the Global Heritage Stream (GHS)?
The Global Heritage Stream is described as a curated stream of customized content for U.S. preservationists and cultural resource managers. The content is to be organized and managed through theme-based teams, including theme managers and advisory committees, who enlist contributors to curate and share research and case studies from other countries.
What major convening is planned as part of this effort?
US/ICOMOS would execute a 50th Anniversary International Symposium planned for March 2016 under the theme "A World of Heritage Solutions," highlighting five decades of U.S. international collaboration on heritage problem-solving.
Is there another symposium mentioned beyond the March 2016 event?
Yes. The work includes beginning execution planning for a separate Pan Pacific Symposium anticipated for September 2016 under the theme "Converging Strategies: New Approaches to Integrating Natural and Cultural Values of Landscapes," focused on integrating natural and cultural landscape values.
What is the demonstration project related to World Heritage Sites supposed to do?
The demonstration project is intended to show and expand the economic value of U.S. World Heritage Sites (including NPS parks and sites). It includes training U.S. heritage experts in international best practices for values-based heritage approaches that support community revitalization, tourism, job creation, and "creative placemaking" in rural gateway communities near World Heritage and other park sites.
How does this project support NPS cultural resource stewardship responsibilities?
US/ICOMOS would help add an international scope to NPS research, science, and management. This includes an outreach program to help NPS cultural resource managers incorporate international research and best practices into decision-making, with emphasis on themes such as cultural landscape practice and heritage as a pillar of sustainable economic development.
What outreach activities are described for NPS audiences?
The notice describes presentations tailored for NPS audiences about US/ICOMOS Global Heritage resources, the ICOMOS Open Archive Eprints repository, and the broader ICOMOS network of International Scientific Committees. At least three meetings or presentations would be held at NPS-selected gatherings (examples cited include Large Landscape Network events, National Heritage Area meetings, or NPS cultural resources management meetings).
What is the ICOMOS Open Archive Eprints, and what role does it play here?
It is referenced as an ICOMOS repository. Under this project, US/ICOMOS would annotate and prepare eligible NPS research and materials and submit them to the ICOMOS Open Archive Eprints under relevant themes.
What is the national virtual forum mentioned in the notice?
US/ICOMOS would create a national virtual forum to collect scholarship and viewpoints. Its practical goal is to build options and consensus around the needs, aims, and opportunities involved in updating the U.S. World Heritage Tentative List.
What is the Pathways to Diversity component?
It is a component in which US/ICOMOS would hold a meeting in November 2015 to collaborate with State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPOs) and other practitioners working on Latino cultural heritage.
What is the intent of the November 2015 Pathways to Diversity meeting?
The intent is to improve access to and use of scholarship, research, and archives located in Spain, Mexico, and elsewhere that can inform U.S. Hispanic heritage work, and to use that shared knowledge base to seed or strengthen future project partnerships.
What does "substantial involvement" by NPS mean in this context?
The notice states that NPS participation is "substantial involvement," which is a defining feature of a cooperative agreement (as opposed to a more hands-off grant). NPS commits to providing US/ICOMOS staff and interns with practical knowledge, skills, experience, and information related to historic preservation in service of mutual objectives.
What kinds of support would NPS provide under this cooperative agreement?
NPS would share resources, facilities, information, and expertise to improve preservation outcomes and strengthen public understanding of historic preservation, in addition to providing practical knowledge and experience to US/ICOMOS staff and interns.
What legal authorities are cited for the award?
The notice lists 54 USC 101702(a) (authority for NPS to enter into cooperative agreements and transfer appropriated funds to nonprofits for public purposes aligned with NPS programs) and 54 USC 320102 (Historic Sites Act authority to contract or cooperate to protect and preserve historic or archeological properties for public use).
What is the main function of publishing this notice if it is not competitive?
The announcement functions primarily as a transparency notice. It describes who will be funded, for how much, for how long, under what authority, and what concrete knowledge-exchange activities the NPS-US/ICOMOS partnership planned to carry forward during FY 2015 into early 2016.
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