The goal of this funding opportunity is to enhance the parks knowledge of and ability to share diverse stories of the manhattan project though community engagement, integrating information learn…

The Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region has awarded a Cooperative Agreement to Washington State University (WSU) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program. The $110,240 award, spanning from August 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026, will support WSU's Hanford History Project to enhance the National Park Service's ability to share diverse stories of the Manhattan Project through community engagement, integrating information learned from connected communities and archival resources into digital resources, and improving digital asset management. Key deliverables include developing a digital asset management plan, training park staff, reviewing archival collections, facilitating community workshops, and creating digital products to highlight the contributions and experiences of African Americans associated with the Manhattan Project.

The goal of this funding opportunity is to enhance the parks knowledge of and ability to share diverse stories of the manhattan project though community engagement, integrating information learn from connected communities and archival resource into digital resources, and enhancing the parks ability to manage and publicly share digital assets. This work will be completed by faculty and students at washington state university TRI-cities (WSU).15.945: cooperative research and training programs of the national park system cesu networksam.GOV link: click here for the SAM.GOV assistance listingprogramming supports a comprehensive network of cooperative study units to facilitatecooperative research, technical assistance, education, and training to inform science-based management of the national park system. The study units facilitate multi-disciplinary science and integrated information products across multiple geographic regions of the national park system. The project will be carried out by staff of the hanford history project (HHP) at washington state university TRI-cities (WSU) in collaboration with national park service staff. IT will build on a series of ongoing WSU-based partnership projects documenting the stories of the diverse people and places affected by the construction and operation of the hanford site and the larger manhattan project story. This project includes the development of a digital asset management plan, training park staff in use of the digital asset management plan, reviewing archival collections, facilitating community workshops, and developing digital products to share the contributions and experiences of african americans associated with manhattan project.beneficiaries include state and local governments, federally recognized indian tribal governments, public private nonprofit organizations, nonprofit institutions of higher education, and the general public.