VLP FY18 South Dakota

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

The purpose of this request for proposals (RFP) submitted in response to this Statement of Objectives (SOO) is to solicit fully developed proposals from universities in partnership with public schools (K-12) located within 100 miles of Black Hills National Cemetery that will engage in a program of development of research-based educational outreach materials as part of the National Cemetery Administration s (NCA) Veterans Legacy Program (VLP). Proposals submitted in response to this SOO shall also include Hot Springs National Cemetery and Fort Meade National Cemetery, as well as the two Tribal Veteran Cemeteries in South Dakota (Sicangu Akicita Veteran Cemetery and Lakota Freedom Veteran Cemetery).

University faculty may come from a variety of disciplines in the humanities, creative arts, digital humanities or Education, e.g. history, graphic design, film production, American Indian studies, etc. The schools and teachers with whom university faculty partner can come from a single school or multiple schools, representing any grade(s) and subject(s). The scope and depth of this partnership can vary but NCA will require a formalized expression of this partnership between the institute of higher education (IHE) and the local educational authority (LEA).