15.945: cooperative research and training programs of the national park system cesu networkprogramming supports a comprehensive network of cooperative study units to facilitate cooperative research,…

The National Park Service (NPS), through its Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945), awarded a $120,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Pennsylvania on August 20, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2027. This award funds the completion of an updated National Register of Historic Places nomination for Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, Virginia. The project will integrate historic resources that have been identified in recent years to enhance baseline documentation of the park's cultural heritage and support science-based management of the National Park System.

The cooperative agreement facilitates multi-disciplinary research and integrated information products that support the NPS mission to document and preserve the historical resources within the National Park System. This project directly benefits state and local governments, federally recognized Indian tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and the general public by providing comprehensive historic resource documentation that informs park management decisions and cultural resource preservation efforts.

15.945: cooperative research and training programs of the national park system cesu networkprogramming supports a comprehensive network of cooperative study units to facilitate cooperative 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. This agreement will complete an update of the prince william forest park national register nomination to integrate more historic resources that have been identified in recent years. National register nominations are baseline documentation for the parks that help US understand the park s history.beneficiaries include state and local governments, federally recognized indian tribal governments, public private nonprofit organizations, nonprofit institutions of higher education, and the general public.