This project will stimulate technological innovation in historic preservation and will directly benefit the national and international community of historic preservation practitioners, and students…

This $250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (CFDA 15.923) will fund a partnership between the National Center for Preservation, Technology, and Training (NCPTT) and Louisiana State University (LSU) to stimulate technological innovation in historic preservation. The project aims to promote the public's understanding of preservation practice for the built environment, support the development of new research and methods of practice, and allow students and faculty at LSU to utilize NCPTT labs for long-term knowledge growth and research to benefit the nation. The award period runs from September 30, 2024 to August 31, 2026.

This project will stimulate technological innovation in historic preservation and will directly benefit the national and international community of historic preservation practitioners, and students and faculty at LSU through:research and dissemination: the national center for preservation, technology, and training (ncptt) and louisiana state university (LSU) will seek to ensure the promotion, facilitation, of the publics understanding of preservation practice for the built environment. Ultimately supporting the development of new research and methods of practice or tools which ultimately can be utilized by the public and or allow awareness of new approaches to preserve the nations heritage. Allow students and faculty to utilize ncptt labs for the benefit of long-term knowledge growth and research to benefit the nation.engagement in historic preservation: ncptt and LSU will develop a partnership which will support preservation practice for the general good. We will create avenues of research and application which support new methods of practice to benefit the public and preservation field.