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FY2025 NAGPRA Consultation/Documentation Grants

ID: P25AS00464 • Type: Posted
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Description

The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to museums, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations for the purposes of assisting in consultation, documentation, and repatriation of Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony (25 U.S.C. 3008). NAGPRA Consultation and Documentation grants assist museums, Indian Tribes, and NHOs to undertake projects leading to the repatriation of Native American human remains or cultural items. Project activities may include, but are not limited to: Consultation, Training and Conferences, Coalitions and Partnerships, Duty of Care, or Other projects. Grant funds must be used for CONSULTATION and/or DOCUMENTATION projects under NAGPRA. Consultation projects support efforts related to determinations of cultural affiliation and making or responding to requests for repatriation. Documentation projects support determining the geographical origin, cultural affiliation, and other basic facts surrounding the acquisition of Native American human remains or cultural items. Consultation and documentation projects should lead to determining control, treatment, and repatriation of NAGPRA human remains or cultural items.
Background
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) of 1990 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide grants to museums, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations. The mission of these grants is to assist in the consultation, documentation, and repatriation of Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony.

The goal of the FY2025 NAGPRA Consultation/Documentation Grants is to support projects that lead to the repatriation of these items.

Grant Details
Grant funds must be used for consultation and/or documentation projects under NAGPRA. Project activities may include:
1. Consultation - conducting consultations as specified in regulations;
2. Training and Conferences - developing training programs or attending relevant events;
3. Coalitions and Partnerships - forming partnerships among tribes or organizations;
4. Duty of Care - ensuring consent from lineal descendants before any research or exhibition;
5. Other projects - such as digitizing information about cultural items.

Projects should lead to determining control, treatment, and repatriation of NAGPRA human remains or cultural items.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, federally recognized Native American tribal governments, nonprofits with IRS 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations, and museums within the United States that comply with NAGPRA requirements.

Period of Performance
The grant will be performed over a two-year term from the date of award.

Grant Value
The estimated total program funding is $3,407,000 with an expected number of awards being 25. The award ceiling is $150,000 and the award floor is $5,000.

Place of Performance
The grant activities will take place within the United States.

Overview

Category of Funding
Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 1/3/25 National Park Service posted grant opportunity P25AS00464 for FY2025 NAGPRA Consultation/Documentation Grants with funding of $3.4 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 15.922 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

Timing

Posted Date
Jan. 3, 2025, 12:00 a.m. EST
Closing Date
March 31, 2025, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Closing Date Explanation
Complete applications must be submitted to the National Park Service by Monday, March 31, 2025, 11:59PM ET. Applicants are encouraged to submit the application well before the deadline. Application preparation time may take several weeks, so please start the application process as soon as possible. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be reviewed or considered for award. If it is determined that a proposal was not considered due its being late or incomplete, the applicant will be notified during the selection process.
Last Updated
Jan. 3, 2025, 2:06 p.m. EST
Version
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Archive Date
Sept. 26, 2025

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
City or township governments
Special district governments
County governments
State governments
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Additional Info
The following entities are eligible to apply for a NAGPRA Consultation/Documentation grant:An Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian OrganizationIndian Tribe is defined at 43 CFR 10.2. The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ list of Federally recognized tribes is available at www.bia.gov. Native Hawaiian organization (NHO) is defined at 43 CFR 10.2.A Museum within the United States.Museum and United States are defined at 43 CFR 10.2. A museum is eligible to apply for a grant only if it has complied with the requirements of NAGPRA (25 U.S.C. 3001-3013) and the implementing regulations (43 CFR part 10) at the time it applies for the grant. Federal agencies and the Smithsonian Institution may not apply for grants.Any applicant who previously received a NAGPRA grant but did not meet the conditions of the grant agreement, including reports or statement of work, may be penalized in the review process.Excluded Parties: NPS conducts a review of the SAM.gov Exclusions database for all applicant entities and their key project personnel prior to award. The NPS cannot award funds to entities or their key project personnel identified in the SAM.gov Exclusions database as ineligible, prohibited/restricted, or otherwise excluded from receiving Federal contracts, certain subcontracts, and certain Federal assistance and benefits, as their ineligibility condition applies to this Federal program.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$150,000
Floor
$5,000
Estimated Program Funding
$3,407,000
Estimated Number of Grants
Not Listed

Contacts

Contact
National Park Service
Email Description
Email preferred.
Contact Phone
303-495-027

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