Archive of Maritime History Interviews | P17AS00648

Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00648

The "Archive of Maritime History Interviews" opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00648) is a National Park Service project under the U.S. Department of the Interior focused on preserving and making accessible a major oral history collection tied to San Francisco Maritime history. The work centers on evaluating, processing, and cataloging an oral history archive of more than 600 recorded items. In practical terms, the effort is about bringing order and long-term preservation standards to a large body of interviews by creating a reliable inventory, organizing and describing each item, and ensuring the materials are properly prepared for future research use.

The core project activities are archival in nature and include three main components: inventory, digitization, and controlled handling of the physical originals. A project archivist is designated to manage the collection, which implies responsibility for establishing or confirming descriptive metadata, tracking item-level details, coordinating digitization workflows, and maintaining chain-of-custody over tapes and resulting digital files. The description also makes clear that the project includes returning original tapes after processing, along with delivering the digitized outputs, suggesting an emphasis on both stewardship of the physical media and creation of preserved, accessible digital surrogates.

Administratively, this opportunity is categorized as a discretionary award and uses a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument, indicating substantial involvement or partnership expectations between the National Park Service and the recipient organization rather than a hands-off grant. The activity category is listed under Science and Technology and other Research and Development, and the CFDA number is 15.946. Eligibility is limited to nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status, excluding institutions of higher education. The stated award ceiling is $90,000.

This announcement is explicitly labeled as a Notice of Intent to Award rather than a call for proposals. It is not a request for applications and was issued to provide public notice that the National Park Service intended to fund the project under an existing cooperative agreement with SFMNPA. The posting shows a creation date of August 10, 2017, and an original closing date of August 23, 2017, but because it is not open for competition, the usual application and selection process does not apply. The listing also notes "Expected Awards: 0," consistent with the fact that the funding is tied to an existing agreement rather than a new competitive round.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Archive of Maritime History Interviews" 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 Aug 10, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 23, 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 SFMNPA. (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 $90,000.00 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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