Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00760
The Department of the Interior, National Park Service announced a discretionary funding opportunity titled "Ethnographic Overview and Assessment" (Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00760) to support the completion of an Ethnographic Overview and Assessment (EOA) for Piscataway National Park, a National Park Service unit managed within the National Capital Region under National Capital Parks-East. The core purpose of the project is to produce a baseline cultural anthropological study that documents how distinct cultural communities have traditionally associated with, used, and valued the park's landscapes, specific places, and resources. This work is framed as a response to a critical need identified in a Regional Cultural Resource Management (CRM) Needs Assessment, meaning the EOA is intended to fill an identified gap in foundational knowledge used to guide cultural resource stewardship and decision-making.
A central emphasis of the project is accessibility and practical utility. The EOA is expected to be written and organized in a way that park staff can actually use in day-to-day management, planning, interpretation, and education, while also being meaningful and available, as appropriate, to the ethnographic communities whose connections are being documented. In addition, the final materials are meant to serve researchers, resource managers, interpreters, educators, and potentially the public, recognizing that not all information collected through ethnographic work is always suitable for broad release and may need to be handled carefully depending on sensitivity, confidentiality, or community preferences.
In terms of deliverables, the EOA is expected to compile multiple forms of ethnographic and ethnohistorical information. It will include oral history data that captures first-hand narratives and community memory, along with descriptions of both historical and contemporary resource use to show continuity and change over time. The project also calls for a bibliography that pulls together existing ethnohistorical and ethnographic sources relevant to the park and its associated communities, creating a consolidated reference base for future work. Finally, the EOA must provide recommendations for additional studies where gaps remain, making it not only a summary of current knowledge but also a roadmap for continued research and consultation.
The documentation produced through this effort will also include preliminary lists and information about ethnographic resources located within the park. In practice, this means identifying cultural landscapes, sites, features, plants, waterways, viewsheds, traditional use areas, or other resources that hold cultural meaning or support cultural practices for associated communities. By assembling these preliminary lists, the project helps the park begin organizing what is known, what needs verification, and what may require more detailed documentation or management consideration.
Administratively, this opportunity was structured as a cooperative agreement under the Science and Technology and other Research and Development activity category (CFDA 15.945). Eligibility was limited to public and state controlled institutions of higher education, signaling that the work was intended to be carried out in an academic research setting or through a university-based partner. The notice, created on August 31, 2017 with an original closing date of September 9, 2017, was explicitly described as a public notice of the NPS intention to fund the project activities without full and open competition. In other words, it functioned as a Notice of Intent to Award rather than a request for applications. The anticipated award structure was one award with an award ceiling of $50,000.Apply for P17AS00760
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Ethnographic Overview and Assessment" 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 Aug 31, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 09, 2017 This funding opportunity is to provide public notice of NPSs intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition. Notice of Intent to Award, not a request for applications. (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 $50,000.00 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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