Opportunity Information: Apply for NOIP15AC01592 001
This discretionary cooperative agreement opportunity from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS) supports the creation of an administrative history of the Midwest Archeological Center (MWAC). It sits under an existing master cooperative agreement (P15AC00289) between NPS and the Organization of American Historians (OAH), designed to strengthen public and scholarly understanding of American history and help ensure that National Park Service historic resources are better understood and enjoyed over time. The specific task agreement tied to this project is P15AC01592, which originally provided $80,000 and is being modified with an additional $14,981.25 to cover current project activities, bringing the total project funding to about $94,982. Only one award is expected, and the opportunity is associated with CFDA 15.946.
The core objective is to document how MWAC was established and to explain how the center developed over time, especially in response to shifting responsibilities and organizational roles within the NPS. The work is meant to place MWACs evolution in a broader administrative and institutional context, rather than simply presenting a timeline of events. Research is explicitly multi-method: it combines archival research with an oral history component to capture both documentary evidence and firsthand perspectives from people who worked at MWAC across multiple decades. Because MWACs story matters both inside the agency and to outside researchers, the final product is also framed as a contribution to scholarship on the history of archeology in the United States.
The scope of work centers on supporting a principal investigator or historic researcher who will gather primary source material from at least four separate repositories and conduct around 10 oral history interviews with individuals who have direct personal knowledge of MWACs history, including both current and former staff. The collected information is then synthesized into a formal technical report that highlights key events, decisions, and organizational developments. The report is expected to be more than narrative: it must include supporting visual and reference materials such as maps and photographs, plus substantial appendices containing management-relevant documents (for example, important legislation, executive orders, cooperative agreements, personnel rosters, and other historically significant records). It must also include a bibliography to guide future readers and an index to make the report easier to navigate and cross-reference.
A notable deliverable beyond the technical report is at least one scholarly publication, meaning the research is intended to reach academic audiences as well as NPS managers and historians. In practice, this positions the project as both an administrative reference for the agency and a piece of interpretive historical scholarship that can inform broader discussions about public archeology and federal cultural resource work.
Responsibilities are split between the recipient (working through OAH) and the NPS. The recipient side agrees to fund and support the historic researcher (selected in consultation with MWAC), collaborate with MWAC to shape a detailed scope of work and schedule, complete the required archival travel, conduct the oral history interviews, and compile and write the technical report. The recipient must provide a draft report to NPS for review and then respond to edits and comments from NPS and OAH to finalize the work.
On the NPS side, the agency agrees to partner in planning the project scope and timeline, provide access to MWAC archival, administrative, and library records as needed, and collaborate on identifying key interview subjects, including assisting with outreach and making some current staff available for interviews when appropriate. NPS will review and comment on the draft technical report, and if requested, it may also review publications developed out of the project. Finally, NPS commits to curating the project records within NPS archives so the underlying documentation remains accessible to future researchers, reinforcing the long-term public value of the work.Apply for NOIP15AC01592 001
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Administrative History of the Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.946.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 24, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 02, 2017. (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 $94,982.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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