Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS NOIP20AC00385
The National Park Service (NPS), within the U.S. Department of the Interior, issued a discretionary funding opportunity titled "Interpretative and Educational Outreach - BRVB" (Funding Opportunity Number: NPS NOIP20AC00385) to support interpretive and educational outreach efforts tied to the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park and related regional heritage initiatives. The NPS stated its intent to make a single cooperative agreement award, without competition, to Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area. In practical terms, this means the agency had already identified the intended partner organization and published the notice to formally document that planned award approach.
The core purpose of the agreement is to expand and strengthen interpretive-educational outreach across the region while also building stronger connections between the park and broader heritage tourism efforts. The project is designed to link NPS programming and interpretive resources with audiences beyond the park itself, including schools, youth programs, and visitors engaging with regional history sites and trails. A major emphasis is on collaboration: aligning park interpretation with the heritage area network so that the region's civil rights, community, and cultural history can be experienced through coordinated programming, exhibits, and travel-oriented heritage products.
Key activities highlighted in the announcement include outreach connected to a culminating 65th anniversary event. That outreach is aimed specifically at education groups and summer camps, and it is tied to an environmental fair associated with the NPS-American Solar Challenge. The notice also mentions an archaeological field school as another engagement component, with the intent that this hands-on educational effort will connect into local and regional heritage tourism, likely by drawing attention to historic and archaeological resources and integrating them into broader interpretive narratives and visitor experiences.
The opportunity also calls for the development, enhancement, and promotion of history trails, as well as collaborative traveling exhibits or shared programs. These elements point to deliverables that can move across communities and sites, helping multiple partners present connected stories rather than isolated, site-by-site interpretation. In addition to supporting the park's outreach goals, the work is framed as a way to strengthen Freedom's Frontier's role in connecting the park to heritage tourism in the region and to help link these efforts to the new Quindaro National Commemorative Area, expanding the network of related destinations and interpretive themes.
Administratively, the funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial involvement by the NPS in the project through coordination, technical input, or shared decision-making. The opportunity was created on March 24, 2020, with an original closing date of April 4, 2020. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) was listed as $180,000, with one expected award. The CFDA program number associated with the funding is 15.954, and the eligibility field is listed as "Others" with additional clarification implied in the original posting, consistent with the non-competitive intent to fund the named heritage area partner.Apply for NPS NOIP20AC00385
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Interpretative and Educational Outreach - BRVB" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.954.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 24, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 04, 2020. (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 $180,000.00 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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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the title of this funding opportunity?
The opportunity is titled "Interpretative and Educational Outreach - BRVB."
Who is issuing this grant opportunity?
The National Park Service (NPS), within the U.S. Department of the Interior, issued the opportunity.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number?
The Funding Opportunity Number is NPS NOIP20AC00385.
What is the main purpose of the project?
The project is intended to expand and strengthen interpretive and educational outreach tied to the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park and related regional heritage initiatives, while building stronger connections between the park and broader heritage tourism efforts.
What type of award is being used?
The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement.
What does it mean that the award is a cooperative agreement?
A cooperative agreement typically indicates substantial involvement by the NPS in the project, such as coordination, technical input, or shared decision-making during implementation.
Is this opportunity competitive?
No. The NPS stated its intent to make a single cooperative agreement award without competition.
Who is the intended recipient of the award?
The NPS identified Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area as the intended partner organization for the single, non-competitive cooperative agreement award.
How many awards were expected?
One award was expected.
What is the maximum award amount?
The award ceiling listed in the notice is $180,000.
When was the opportunity posted and when did it close?
The opportunity was created on March 24, 2020, and had an original closing date of April 4, 2020.
What program number (CFDA) is associated with this funding?
The CFDA program number associated with the opportunity is 15.954.
What kinds of outreach audiences are specifically mentioned?
The announcement highlights audiences beyond the park itself, including schools, youth programs, education groups, summer camps, and visitors engaging with regional history sites and trails.
How does the project connect to the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park?
The agreement is designed to support interpretive and educational outreach efforts tied directly to the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park and to extend the park's interpretive resources to broader regional audiences and partner sites.
What role does heritage tourism play in this project?
The project is framed as a way to link NPS programming and interpretive resources with regional heritage tourism, so that civil rights, community, and cultural history can be experienced through coordinated programming, exhibits, and travel-oriented heritage products.
What kinds of activities or deliverables are mentioned in the notice?
Key activities and deliverables mentioned include outreach connected to a culminating 65th anniversary event, outreach aimed at education groups and summer camps, an environmental fair associated with the NPS-American Solar Challenge, an archaeological field school, and the development, enhancement, and promotion of history trails and collaborative traveling exhibits or shared programs.
What is the 65th anniversary outreach component?
The notice references outreach connected to a culminating 65th anniversary event, with outreach aimed specifically at education groups and summer camps.
How does the environmental fair relate to the project?
The notice ties part of the outreach to an environmental fair associated with the NPS-American Solar Challenge.
What is the archaeological field school and why is it included?
The archaeological field school is described as a hands-on educational engagement component intended to connect into local and regional heritage tourism by drawing attention to historic and archaeological resources and integrating them into broader interpretive narratives and visitor experiences.
What are the "history trails" referenced in the opportunity?
The opportunity calls for the development, enhancement, and promotion of history trails as part of the interpretive and outreach strategy across the region.
What are "collaborative traveling exhibits" or "shared programs" in this context?
They are deliverables designed to move across communities and sites, enabling multiple partners to present connected stories through coordinated exhibits or programs rather than isolated, site-by-site interpretation.
How does this effort strengthen Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area's role?
The work is described as strengthening Freedom's Frontier's role in connecting the park to heritage tourism in the region and helping coordinate interpretation and visitor experiences across a network of related destinations.
Is there a connection to the Quindaro National Commemorative Area?
Yes. The notice states that the work is intended to help link these efforts to the new Quindaro National Commemorative Area, expanding the network of related destinations and interpretive themes.
What does the eligibility category "Others" mean here?
The eligibility field is listed as "Others," with context in the notice indicating a non-competitive intent consistent with funding the named partner organization (Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area) through a single award.
Why would the NPS publish a notice if the partner was already identified?
Based on the description provided, the notice served to formally document the agency's planned approach to make a single cooperative agreement award without competition to the identified partner organization.
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