This program utilizes qualified non-profit youth- and veteran-serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education…

The National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE) was awarded a $441,686.60 Cooperative Agreement by the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931). Through this funding, NCPE administers internship programs that provide undergraduate and graduate students with hands-on experience in cultural resource management, historic preservation, and related fields. Interns work on a variety of projects at National Park Service sites, regional offices, and affiliated programs across the United States, assisting with activities such as documenting historic structures, cataloging museum collections, conducting archival research, developing interpretive materials, and supporting conservation initiatives. This program aims to engage qualified non-profit organizations in natural and cultural resource conservation, education, and volunteer service projects on Department of the Interior lands, while also offering valuable career development opportunities for students in preservation-focused disciplines.

This program utilizes qualified non-profit youth- and veteran-serving organizations to carry out appropriate natural and cultural resource conservation, education, volunteer service and education projects on department of the interior lands through authorized national park service programs. Interns of this project will work on various cultural resource projects in the fields of anthropology, archeology, cultural landscapes, historic structures, history, museums, or historic preservation, and associated data entry into NPS databases. These projects may be internal to the park or may be conducted externally assisting the park or partners with park projects. Beneficiaries include private non-profit institutions and organizations public and private non-profit academic institutions state and local government agencies quasi-public non-profit institutions and organizations that support youth and young adult career training and development, and education in the areas of natural and or cultural resource conservation and management. Individuals families students and the general public will receive a benefit from the development and execution of these programs and projects.