Opportunity Information: Apply for P19AS00096
The grant opportunity titled "Complete and Implement Museum Plans, Treat Artifacts, Revise National Regis" (Funding Opportunity Number P19AS00096) is a National Park Service cooperative agreement designed to support hands-on cultural resource and museum collections work at Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site. The core purpose is to sustain and formalize a working partnership with Montana State University (MSU) that places up to four student interns directly into the park's resource management and museum collections environment. Through close mentorship, daily participation on the park resource team, and practical collections care tasks, the project aims to build real-world professional skills in museum stewardship while also delivering needed capacity to the park to help manage, preserve, and plan for its collections.
The project is structured around immersive training paired with tangible deliverables. The park curator and the MSU principal investigator are responsible for selecting up to four interns and integrating them into ongoing collections operations under direct supervision. Interns are expected to assist with inventory and cleaning of objects currently on display, along with a wider range of standard museum collection tasks such as conservation support, collections housekeeping, and the careful moving and handling of objects as needed. A major component of the work is a large-scale reorganization in the collections storage building: approximately 19,000 objects must be boxed and relocated from their current storage arrangement to clear space for new compact shelving units. All interns will contribute to this intensive move, and if scheduling allows, they may also assist with unpacking and rehousing objects once the shelving is installed. This emphasis reflects the practical reality of museum work: safeguarding objects often depends as much on proper storage systems, safe handling, and documentation as it does on exhibit interpretation.
In addition to collections care, the opportunity includes a historic preservation documentation task tied to the National Register of Historic Places. One intern will help update the 2003 National Register Registration Form for the Grant-Kohrs Ranch/Warren Ranch district by incorporating research and analysis completed after the original form was signed. This component connects museum collections stewardship to broader cultural landscape documentation and formal historic designation records, giving at least one participant experience in technical preservation writing and the process of revising official historical documentation based on new findings.
The grant also emphasizes the long-term value of the work products created during the internship. The inventory information and associated data gathered by interns is intended to directly support resource stewardship decisions at Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS and strengthen how the park communicates its collections to visitors, students, and staff. In other words, the project is not simply an educational internship program; it is structured to produce actionable collections documentation and improvements to storage and management practices that build on more than 40 years of professional collections care at the site.
Administratively, this opportunity is offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, as a discretionary cooperative agreement within the Natural Resources funding activity category (CFDA 15.945). Eligibility is limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, aligning with the MSU partnership model described in the narrative. The opportunity was created on April 8, 2019, originally closed on April 17, 2019, and anticipated a single award with an award ceiling of $32,427. Overall, the funding supports a focused, mentor-led internship cohort that both advances the park's immediate collections needs (inventory, cleaning, rehousing, and storage reconfiguration) and strengthens institutional knowledge through updated National Register documentation and improved collections data for ongoing interpretation and management.Apply for P19AS00096
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Complete and Implement Museum Plans, Treat Artifacts, Revise National Regis" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.945.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 08, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 17, 2019. (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 $32,427.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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What is the title and funding opportunity number for this grant?
The opportunity is titled "Complete and Implement Museum Plans, Treat Artifacts, Revise National Regis" and the Funding Opportunity Number is P19AS00096.
What type of federal funding is this?
This opportunity is offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
Which federal agency is offering the award?
The award is offered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS).
What is the primary purpose of this cooperative agreement?
The core purpose is to sustain and formalize a working partnership with Montana State University (MSU) that places up to four student interns into hands-on cultural resource and museum collections work at Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site. The project is designed to build real-world museum stewardship skills while providing needed capacity to the park for collections management, preservation, and planning.
Where will the work take place?
The work is centered at Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, within the park's resource management and museum collections environment, including work in the collections storage building.
How many interns can be supported through this project?
Up to four student interns may be placed into the park's resource management and museum collections setting.
Who selects the interns and how are they supervised?
The park curator and the MSU principal investigator are responsible for selecting up to four interns and integrating them into ongoing collections operations under direct supervision. The project emphasizes close mentorship, daily participation on the park resource team, and practical work in collections care.
What kinds of museum collections tasks will interns perform?
Interns are expected to assist with inventory and cleaning of objects currently on display and to support standard museum collection tasks such as conservation support, collections housekeeping, and careful moving and handling of objects as needed.
What is the large-scale collections storage project mentioned in the opportunity?
A major component is a large-scale reorganization in the collections storage building. Approximately 19,000 objects must be boxed and relocated from their current storage arrangement to clear space for new compact shelving units.
Will all interns participate in the collections move?
Yes. All interns will contribute to boxing and relocating objects as part of the intensive collections move to enable installation of compact shelving.
Will interns help with rehousing objects after new shelving is installed?
If scheduling allows, interns may also assist with unpacking and rehousing objects once the new compact shelving is installed.
Why is the storage reconfiguration important to the project?
The opportunity emphasizes that safeguarding museum objects often depends on proper storage systems, safe handling, and accurate documentation. The storage reconfiguration is intended to strengthen long-term preservation and management practices by improving how objects are stored and handled.
Does the project include any National Register of Historic Places work?
Yes. The opportunity includes a historic preservation documentation task tied to the National Register of Historic Places.
What National Register document will be updated?
One intern will help update the 2003 National Register Registration Form for the Grant-Kohrs Ranch/Warren Ranch district.
What will be included in the National Register update?
The update will incorporate research and analysis completed after the original 2003 form was signed, providing revised technical documentation based on new findings.
How many interns will work on the National Register update?
The opportunity specifies that one intern will help with the National Register Registration Form update.
How do the internship deliverables benefit the park long-term?
The project is structured so that the work products have lasting value. Inventory information and associated data gathered by interns is intended to directly support resource stewardship decisions at Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS and strengthen how the park communicates its collections to visitors, students, and staff.
Is this opportunity primarily educational, or is it meant to produce operational outcomes for the park?
It is both, but the narrative emphasizes it is not simply an educational internship program. It is designed to produce actionable collections documentation and improvements to storage and management practices, building on more than 40 years of professional collections care at the site.
What funding activity category is associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity is listed within the Natural Resources funding activity category.
What is the CFDA number associated with this grant?
The CFDA number provided is 15.945.
Who is eligible to apply for this cooperative agreement?
Eligibility is limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, aligning with the partnership model described with Montana State University (MSU).
How many awards were anticipated?
The opportunity anticipated a single award.
What was the maximum (ceiling) award amount?
The award ceiling was $32,427.
When was the opportunity created and when did it close?
The opportunity was created on April 8, 2019, and originally closed on April 17, 2019.
What makes this a cooperative agreement rather than a typical grant?
Based on the description, the work is designed around close mentorship, direct supervision, and integration of interns into the park's daily resource management and museum collections operations, with specific, coordinated deliverables (inventory, cleaning, storage reorganization, and documentation updates) carried out in partnership with MSU and park staff.
What specific types of deliverables are implied by the project narrative?
The narrative indicates deliverables including updated inventory information and associated collections data, completion of object cleaning and collections housekeeping tasks, completion of boxing and relocation of approximately 19,000 objects to enable compact shelving installation (and possibly rehousing after installation), and an updated National Register Registration Form incorporating post-2003 research and analysis.
How does this opportunity connect museum collections work to broader historic preservation efforts?
It pairs hands-on collections care and documentation with a formal historic preservation documentation task: revising the National Register Registration Form for the district based on additional research and analysis completed after the original documentation was finalized.
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