Assistance program
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
$6.8 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- National Park Service, Interior, Department of the
- Assistance
- Project Grants (Discretionary)
- CFDA number
- 15.923
- What it does
- The purposes of the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training are to— (1) develop and distribute preservation and conservation skills and technologies for the identification, evaluation, conservation, and interpretation of historic property; (2) develop and facilitate training for Federal, State, and local resource preservation professionals, cultural resource managers, maintenance personnel, and others working in the preservation field; (3) take steps to apply preservation technology benefits from ongoing research by other agencies and institutions; (4) facilitate the transfer of preservation technology among Federal agencies, State and local governments, universities, international organizations, and the private sector; and (5) cooperate with related international organizations including the International Council on Monuments and Sites, the International Center for the Study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, and the International Council on Museums.
- Who benefits
- Anyone/General Public.
- Who applies
- In accordance with 54 U.S.C. § 305304 Preservation grants, Eligible applicants may include- (1) Federal and non-Federal laboratories; (2) accredited museums; (3) universities; (4) nonprofit organizations; (5) System units and offices and Cooperative Park Study Units of the System; (6) State Historic Preservation Offices; (7) tribal preservation offices; and (8) Native Hawaiian organizations. In accordance with 54 U.S.C. § 305305(b) Cooperative Agreements, eligible applicants include Federal, State, local, and tribal governments, Native Hawaiian organizations, educational institutions, and other public entities.
- Authorized by
- 54 U.S.C. § 305305(b), Contract and Cooperative Agreements 54 U.S.C. § 305304, Preservation Grants
- Program site
- https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ncptt/index.htm ↗
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* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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