Cooperative Agreement L22AC00569
Award Date
10/1/22
Completion Date
9/30/25
Dollars Obligated
$63K
Federal Agency
Utah Region
Federal Grant Program
15.224
Assistance Type
Cooperative Agreement
Place of Performance
Utah, USA
Similar Awards
The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management awarded a $188,926 Cooperative Agreement under the Eastern Nevada Conservation, Recreation and Development program (CFDA 15.017) to the Nevada System of Higher Education's Desert Research Institute (DRI). The purpose of this award is to create virtual outdoor experiences (VOEs) for five archaeological sites in Lincoln County, Nevada. The VOEs will provide free and equitable digital access to the public and school districts, consisting...
Cyark, a nonprofit organization, received a two-year $400,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164). The grant will support Cyark's development of an educational virtual reality game and companion web experience called RESONANT. RESONANT will allow players to explore Native American heritage, history, and culture through immersive 3D environments of Mesa Verde National Park and Wupatki National...
This $482,100 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management program (CFDA 15.224) supports a partnership between the BLM Utah Heritage Program and the Utah State Library Division to advance cultural resource management and public engagement. Key activities include: Incorporating and maintaining cultural resource site records and surveys in a timely and accurate manner....
The Native Village of Eyak will create 3D scans of 15 cultural artifacts held in museum collections on Cordova, Alaska through a $108,438 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Under its Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308), IMLS supports projects that sustain Native heritage and culture. The Ilanka Cultural Center will build on prior work developing a virtual reality experience of a traditional village to incorporate the 3D...
The federal Cooperative Agreement award, granted by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management under the Eastern Nevada Conservation, Recreation and Development program (CFDA 15.017), provides $143,300 to fund a collaborative project between CyArk and the Arborglyph Collaborative. The project aims to digitally document and preserve the culturally significant arborglyphs, or tree carvings, found on quaking aspen trees in Lincoln County, Nevada near Mount Wilson within the...
The Northern Cheyenne Tribe was awarded a $148,662 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program to develop a virtual reality platform showcasing the Tribe's cultural heritage and language preservation efforts. Working with subrecipient San Jose State University, the Tribe will digitize cultural artifacts and recordings of native language speakers to host on a virtual reality archive. San Jose State...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Museum of Northern Arizona under the National Park Service's Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) to develop a program of archaeological research, technical assistance, and public education focused on cultural resources in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Specifically, the cooperative agreement requires...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM), under the Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management program (CFDA 15.224), provides $408,000.00 in funding to the Utah State Library Division, doing business as the Utah State Historical Society, to strengthen partnerships and support cultural heritage preservation initiatives across Utah. The key products and services delivered under this award include: providing trainings and...
The Hopi Tribe received a $250,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Utah Region under the Cultural and Paleontological Resources Management program (CFDA 15.224) to enhance communication of traditional knowledge related to the Bears Ears National Monument (BENM) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027. Through recommendations and guidance in the BENM management plan, the Hopi Tribe will work with the Bureau of Land Management and U.S....
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $350,000 project grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities (CFDA 45.169) program to Archaeology Southwest, a nonprofit organization based in Tucson, Arizona. The grant, awarded on February 1, 2025, with a completion date of January 31, 2027, will be used to transform the CyberSW digital gateway. This will involve expanding the platform to include indigenous cultural and language content related to plant and animal...