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This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service (NPS), intention to fund the following project activities without competition.

ABSTRACT

OVERVIEW

The objective of Partnering for Preservation Technology is to carry out, in part, the directives of Congress enumerated in Section 305302 (b) & (c) of the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. 3053) which are to:

Develop and distribute preservation and conservation skills and technologies for the identification, evaluation, conservation, and interpretation of prehistoric and historic resources;

Develop and facilitate training for Federal, State, and local resource preservation professionals, cultural resource managers, maintenance personnel and others working in the preservation field.

RECIPIENT INVOLVEMENT

Recipient agrees to:

1.

NSU will provide staff support to NCPTT in order to carry out undertakings of joint interest in furtherance of the goals of the cooperative agreement and in compliance with Title IV of the National Historic Preservation Act.

2.

Reimbursement on an actual cost basis will be provided for travel undertaken by NSU staff supporting NCPTT in accordance with the attached budget.

3.

Reimbursement on an actual cost basis will be provided to NSU for custodial, exterminating, and other needed building maintenance services at Lee Nelson Hall, the office building for NCPTT in accordance with the attached budget.

4.

NSU will provide research assistant internships for summer, fall or spring semester from their wages-of-labor hiring system.

5.

NSU will provide on actual cost basis assistance and support in disseminating research results and other NCPTT-related projects. NSU will design, edit, prepare, print or distribute both general and technical publications subject to approval by NCPTT.

6.

NSU will provide logistical support for the NCPTT Training Institute, including providing instructors or contracting for their professional services, collecting student fees, and providing short-term housing in NSU dormitories (pending availability).

7.

NSU will provide NCPTT with on campus storage for some items that cannot be easily stored in NCPTT’s headquarters, Lee Nelson Hall.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVOLVEMENT

NPS agrees to:

1.

NPS will reimburse NSU on an actual-cost basis for staff support to NCPTT in order to carry out undertakings of joint interest in furtherance of the goals of the cooperative agreement and in compliance with Title IV of the National Historic Preservation Act, as specified in Article IIA1 and in accordance with the attached budget.

2.

Reimbursement on an actual cost basis will be provided for travel undertaken by NSU staff supporting NCPTT, as specified in Article IIA2 in accordance with the attached budget.

3.

Reimbursement on an actual cost basis will be provided to NSU for custodial, exterminating, and other needed building maintenance services at Lee Nelson Hall, the office building for NCPTT, as specified in Article IIA3 and in accordance with the attached budget.

4.

NPS will provide full funding (100%) for research assistant student internships to undertake projects at NCPTT during the summer, fall, and/or spring sessions in accordance with the attached budget. The interns will be undergraduate or graduate students interested in developing preservation-related skills, as provided by NSU in Article IIA5. NCPTT will choose candidates for the internship positions from applicants following state and federal guidelines.

5.

NPS will provide reimbursement on an actual cost basis for NSU’s assistance and support in disseminating research results and other NCPTT-related projects in accordance with the attached budget. NSU will design, edit, prepare, print or distribute both general and technical publications subject to approval by NCPTT, as specified in Article IIA6.

6.

NCPTT will offer a Training Institute on the campus of Northwestern State University and other sites that will allow professionals to earn continuing education units (when applicable), while also reaching out to faculty across the nation, and to top students in historic preservation, including the disciplines in which NCPTT works: historic architecture, historic landscapes, materials conservation and archeology.

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