Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS NOIP14AC01671
Apply for NPS NOIP14AC01671
- The National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National Park Service Conduct Ethnohistorical Study and Interviews Regarding Navajo Mormon contacts and Conflicts of the 1850s and 1870s" 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 Sep 4, 2014 and posted on Sep 4, 2014.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 8, 2014. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $79,837.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- 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).
- This funding announcement is not a request for applications. This is a single source award to the University of Utah
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Opportunity Summary:
This grant opportunity is a National Park Service (NPS) notice of intent to make a single, noncompetitive cooperative agreement award for an ethnohistorical research project focused on Navajo and Mormon contacts and conflicts during the 1850s and 1870s. The work is being issued as a task agreement under the National Park Service Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU), a partnership framework the NPS uses to collaborate with universities and other research institutions on projects that support park resources and interpretation. Rather than being an open competition, the announcement functions mainly as a formal public notice that the NPS plans to fund a specific project with a specific partner.
The core purpose of the project is to conduct an ethnohistorical study and interviews related to the historical interactions between Navajo communities and Mormon settlers, with particular attention to periods of contact, tension, and conflict in the mid-to-late nineteenth century. Ethnohistorical work typically combines archival research (such as government records, letters, diaries, church and mission records, military reports, and other contemporaneous documents) with oral history interviewing and community-informed interpretation. In practice, that means the project is expected to gather, document, and synthesize both written historical sources and interviews that can add context, clarify events, and capture perspectives that may not be well represented in existing archival collections. The end product would generally support NPS resource management and public history goals, such as improving interpretive materials, strengthening historical context for sites connected to the period, and ensuring that Navajo perspectives and lived historical memory are responsibly reflected in NPS understanding of the era.
Administratively, this opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and uses a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument, indicating that the NPS anticipates substantial involvement or collaboration with the recipient during the project. The activity category is listed under natural resources, which in NPS grant classifications can include cultural resources and research activities that inform stewardship of park resources. The opportunity is associated with CFDA number 15.945 (Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System), a federal assistance listing commonly used for NPS research and partnership projects.
Funding details show an estimated total amount of $79,837, with an expected number of awards listed as one. No cost sharing or matching is required. Both the award ceiling and floor are shown as zero, which commonly appears in notices that are not structured as competitive solicitations and where the total anticipated amount is provided separately. The posting date and creation date are September 4, 2014, with an original and current closing date of September 8, 2014, and an archive date of October 8, 2014. Those short turnaround dates align with the fact that this is not a request for applications, but a notice announcing an intended award action.
Eligibility is explicitly limited in practice: the announcement states it is not a request for applications and identifies the University of Utah as the single-source recipient. The notice cites the Department of the Interior policy basis for a noncompetitive award (505 Departmental Manual 2.12C), which is the internal authority used to justify and document when competition is not required. In other words, this is a pre-identified partner selection, published for transparency rather than to solicit proposals from multiple applicants.
For access issues with the full announcement, the listed contact is Kelly Adams, Grants Management Specialist, at 303-969-2303. The funding opportunity number is NPS NOIP14AC01671, and the official title is "National Park Service Conduct Ethnohistorical Study and Interviews Regarding Navajo Mormon contacts and Conflicts of the 1850s and 1870s."
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is this grant opportunity about?
This is a National Park Service (NPS) notice of intent to make a single, noncompetitive cooperative agreement award for an ethnohistorical research project. The project focuses on Navajo and Mormon contacts and conflicts during the 1850s and 1870s.
2) Is this an open grant competition?
No. The announcement states it is not a request for applications. It functions as a public notice that the NPS plans to fund a specific project with a specific partner, rather than solicit proposals from multiple applicants.
3) Who is eligible to apply for this funding?
Eligibility is effectively limited to the single-source recipient identified in the notice: the University of Utah. The notice indicates the NPS intends to make one award to that specific partner.
4) What is the intended recipient/partner for the award?
The notice identifies the University of Utah as the single-source recipient for this intended cooperative agreement award.
5) What type of funding instrument will be used?
The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement. This indicates the NPS anticipates substantial involvement or collaboration with the recipient during the project.
6) What does it mean that this is a cooperative agreement?
Based on the notice, a cooperative agreement means the NPS expects to be actively involved with the recipient during the work, rather than simply providing funds with minimal interaction.
7) What is the primary purpose of the research project?
The core purpose is to conduct an ethnohistorical study and interviews addressing historical interactions between Navajo communities and Mormon settlers, with particular attention to contact, tension, and conflict in the mid-to-late nineteenth century (especially the 1850s and 1870s).
8) What kinds of activities are expected under an ethnohistorical study?
The notice describes ethnohistorical work as combining archival research (for example, government records, letters, diaries, church and mission records, military reports, and other contemporaneous documents) with oral history interviewing and community-informed interpretation.
9) What types of sources might be used for the archival research portion?
Examples listed include government records, letters, diaries, church and mission records, military reports, and other documents created during the period being studied.
10) Will interviews be part of the project?
Yes. The project is described as including interviews as part of the ethnohistorical study, alongside written/archival research.
11) What is the expected value of conducting interviews for this project?
As described, interviews can add context, clarify events, and capture perspectives that may not be well represented in existing archival collections, supporting a fuller historical understanding of the period.
12) How will the results be used by the National Park Service?
The notice indicates the end product would generally support NPS resource management and public history goals, such as improving interpretive materials, strengthening historical context for relevant sites, and ensuring Navajo perspectives and lived historical memory are responsibly reflected in NPS understanding of the era.
13) What is the award amount?
The estimated total funding amount listed is $79,837.
14) How many awards does the NPS expect to make under this notice?
The expected number of awards is one.
15) Is cost sharing or a match required?
No. The notice states that no cost sharing or matching is required.
16) Why do the award ceiling and award floor show as zero?
The notice shows both the award ceiling and floor as zero, while separately listing an estimated total amount. The notice explains this commonly appears in announcements that are not structured as competitive solicitations, where the total anticipated amount is provided separately.
17) What is the activity category for this opportunity?
The activity category is listed as natural resources. The notice notes that, in NPS grant classifications, this can include cultural resources and research activities that inform stewardship of park resources.
18) Is this funding considered discretionary?
Yes. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding.
19) What is the CFDA number (Assistance Listing) associated with this opportunity?
The notice associates the opportunity with CFDA 15.945, titled "Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System."
20) Under what framework is this work being issued?
The work is being issued as a task agreement under the National Park Service Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU).
21) What is the Colorado Plateau CESU in this context?
Based on the notice, the CESU is a partnership framework used by the NPS to collaborate with universities and other research institutions on projects that support park resources and interpretation.
22) What is the policy basis for making a noncompetitive award?
The notice cites Department of the Interior policy authority at 505 Departmental Manual 2.12C as the basis for a noncompetitive (single-source) award.
23) What is the funding opportunity number?
The funding opportunity number is NPS NOIP14AC01671.
24) What is the official title of the opportunity?
The official title is "National Park Service Conduct Ethnohistorical Study and Interviews Regarding Navajo Mormon contacts and Conflicts of the 1850s and 1870s."
25) What are the key dates listed in the notice?
The posting date and creation date are September 4, 2014. The original closing date and the current closing date are both September 8, 2014. The archive date is October 8, 2014.
26) Why is the open/close window so short?
The notice explains the short turnaround aligns with the purpose of the announcement: it is a notice of an intended award action, not a request for applications.
27) Who should be contacted for access issues with the full announcement?
The notice lists Kelly Adams, Grants Management Specialist, as the contact for access issues. Phone: 303-969-2303.
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