Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00613
The funding opportunity titled "Museum Collections, Archives Cataloging, and Data Management for Lake Mead NRA" (Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00613) is a National Park Service (NPS) cooperative agreement under the Department of the Interior. It falls within the Natural Resources funding activity category and is listed under CFDA 15.931. The notice was created on August 3, 2017, with an original closing date of August 17, 2017, and it carries an award ceiling of $94,260. Although it lists eligibility for 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations (excluding institutions of higher education), this announcement is explicitly a Notice of Intent to Award and not a request for applications, meaning it was issued to publicly document that NPS planned to fund a specific project through an existing cooperative agreement with GBI rather than compete the award.
The project itself focuses on the management and improvement of extensive museum and archival holdings associated with three park units: Lake Mead National Recreation Area (LAKE), Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument (PARA), and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument (TUSK). These holdings include a wide range of materials such as archaeological artifacts, natural history specimens, paleontological specimens, and archival records. The core collection is housed at LAKE's curation facility, but portions of it are also on loan to other museum repositories, which adds logistical and documentation complexity. In addition to NPS materials, LAKE also curates and maintains collections owned by the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), specifically from the Lower Colorado Region, expanding the scope of stewardship responsibilities beyond NPS property.
A central driver for the agreement is a persistent and growing workload: the parks face a substantial backlog of unprocessed or insufficiently documented items, while new accessions continue to arrive routinely. The work supported by this project is practical, hands-on collections management. It includes processing incoming and backlog collections, cataloging them into appropriate systems, ensuring proper storage, and completing the annual inventory required for accountable museum stewardship. The scope also emphasizes loan activity, including processing new loans and maintaining ongoing tracking and documentation for existing loans so that items can be located, monitored, and managed in accordance with museum standards and federal requirements.
Another major objective is workforce development through structured, real-world training. The agreement is designed to place research associates in collaboration with NPS professional staff so they can gain experience with complex museum management issues and projects. These research associates are expected to learn directly within operational park settings, with exposure not only to museum collections and archives work but also to related areas such as cultural resource management and natural resource management. In practical terms, the opportunity is framed as a career-building experience, giving participants the type of applied museum collections, documentation, and data management work that helps them develop professional skills and clarify long-term career goals in the museum, archives, and resources management fields.Apply for P17AS00613
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Museum Collections, Archives Cataloging, and Data Management for Lake Mead NRA" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.931.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 03, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 17, 2017 NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD. This is NOT a request for applications. This funding announcement is to provide public notice that the National Park Service will fund the following project under an existing Cooperative Agreement with GBI.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $94,260.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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