FY2025 Historic Preservation Fund - Historically Black Colleges and Universities Grants
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- P25AS00500
- Agency
-
National Park Service
Department of the Interior
- Applications due
- Award size
- $50,000 to $750,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
-
- Other
- Eligible applicants
-
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Points of contact
-
- Jim Modrick stlpg@nps.gov (202) 354-2020
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Park Service is soliciting applications for FY2025 Historic Preservation Fund grants to document, preserve, and stabilize historic structures on Historically Black Colleges and Universities campuses, with applications due July 28, 2026.
Eligible applicants are accredited public and private higher education institutions classified as HBCUs. No cost share is required. The program expects to award 16 grants ranging from $50,000 to $750,000 per award, with estimated total program funding of $11 million. The anticipated project period runs from November 1, 2026, to November 30, 2029.
Eligible historic resources must be listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places at the national level of significance, either individually or as contributing to a historic district. All preservation work must follow the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation. Projects may include comprehensive rehabilitation, structural repairs, mechanical and electrical system upgrades, accessibility enhancements, preservation planning, and National Register nomination development. Preservation projects must range from $50,000 to $750,000 with no more than 20 percent of total budget allocated to pre-preservation costs such as architectural or engineering services; planning-only projects must range from $50,000 to $75,000.
Merit review criteria are weighted equally at 25 points each: Significance (historic resource description and role in HBCU experience), Need/Urgency/Threat (condition and endangerment of property), Mitigation of Threat (preservation activities to eliminate threat and demonstrate public benefit), and Feasibility (ability to complete within proposed activities, schedule, and budget; sustainability through public-private partnerships; and public involvement).
Administrative costs cannot exceed 25 percent of total project cost. Recipients must execute a preservation easement with terms ranging from 5 to 25 years depending on funding amount. All projects must comply with Sections 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.
The Assistance Listing number is 15.932.
Synopsis
In 1988, the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Preservation grant program was established to document, preserve, and stabilize historic structures on HBCU campuses. Historic resources on campuses of accredited Historically Black Colleges and Universities that are listed or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places either individually or as contributing to a National Register or National Historic Landmark historic district are eligible for this program. Projects must meet major program selection criteria and all work must follow the Secretary of the Interior"s Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation. Projects may also fund survey, nomination, and preservation planning for historic HBCU campuses.
Files
On GovTribe
Work this opportunity
- Track it in your pipeline
- Find teaming partners
- Similar grant opportunities
- Ask GovTribe AI about this opportunity