Opportunity Information: Apply for P25AS00476
The FY2025 ABPP Preservation Planning Grants opportunity is a competitive, discretionary grant program run by the National Park Service (NPS) through the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP). Its core purpose is to provide financial support for planning, research, documentation, and other preservation-focused efforts that help protect and interpret historic battlefields and other places connected to specific armed conflicts that occurred on American soil. Funding comes from a direct Congressional appropriation, and the program is authorized under 54 U.S.C. 308102. Because the program can support a wide range of preservation planning work, NPS ABPP encourages prospective applicants to contact the program early to confirm whether a project idea is eligible, using abppppg@nps.gov.
Projects must focus on one or more historic places associated with an armed conflict on American soil. For ABPP purposes, "American soil" includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands), as well as the Freely Associated States (the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau), consistent with 54 U.S.C. 300317. Just as important, ABPP defines "armed conflicts" as bounded events or periods of collective violence tied to specific incidents (for example, a particular battle or massacre), rather than broad themes spanning long periods of history. Eligible places can be traditional battlefields, but they can also be related sites that connect to the conflict in meaningful ways under several themes: military sites directly tied to forces on land or sea; government, law, politics, and diplomacy sites where decisions, policies, or negotiations occurred; intellectual history sites linked to the spread of ideas that shaped actions and policies during the conflict; economics of war sites connected to wartime production or other economic activity supporting fighting; society or home-front sites reflecting civilian life and conduct during conflict; and transportation sites involved in moving people, goods, or information during the conflict.
A wide range of applicants are eligible, including state, county, and local governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments; tribal organizations (including those other than federally recognized tribal governments); and nonprofit organizations, whether or not they have 501(c)(3) status (so long as they are not institutions of higher education). The notice also highlights eligibility for Alaska Native corporations, Native American tribal-controlled colleges and universities, and Native Hawaiian community institutions and Native Hawaiian organizations. Awards are made through a competitive merit review process, meaning proposals are evaluated against published criteria and funded based on relative strength and program priorities rather than first-come, first-served timing.
The grant is intended for preservation planning and related project work rather than land purchase. Specifically, funds may not be used for the acquisition of property. The program also notes that grants cannot be used for purchases or services that directly benefit the federal government. That said, there is some flexibility: in certain circumstances, projects may include sites controlled by federal agencies when the work is research-oriented or otherwise non-mission/legislated in nature. Applicants who are partnering with federal units or proposing work that includes federally controlled sites are encouraged to coordinate with ABPP to confirm how those constraints apply.
Key administrative details include the funding opportunity number P25AS00476 and CFDA (Assistance Listing) 15.926. The award ceiling is $200,000 per award. The original application deadline is March 31, 2025. Overall, the program is best suited for organizations trying to build the foundation for long-term battlefield and conflict-site preservation by supporting well-defined, event-specific conflict places and producing plans, studies, and interpretive/preservation tools that can guide future protection and public understanding.Apply for P25AS00476
- The National Park Service in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY2025 ABPP - Preservation Planning Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.926.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2025-01-03.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-03-31. (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 $200,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.
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