Battlefield Grants

The ABPP has opened its 2010 Battlefield Grants competition.

For more information please visit FY2010 Battlefield Project Grants

Since 1990, the ABPP and its partners have helped protect and enhance more than 100 battlefields by co-sponsoring 412 projects in 41 states and territories. Individual project funding has ranged from $5,000 to more than $80,000; the average grant is $32,000. The ABPP encourages, but does not require, matching funds or in-kind services to these projects.

• 2009 grant winners
  
• 2008 grant winners
  
• 2007 grant winners
  
• 2006 grant winners
  
• 2005 grant winners
  
• 2004 grant winners
  
• 2003 grant winners
  
• 2002 grant winners
  
  

The ABPP supports partnership projects that lead to the protection of battlefield land and sites associated with battlefields on American soil and/or within U.S. territorial waters.

Types of projects that support this goal may include:

The ABPP Battlefield Grants do not fund land acquisition or capital improvement projects. For more information on acquisition grants visit the Land and Water Conservation Fund Grants web page. Projects associated with lands already owned by the National Park Service are not eligible for ABPP grants.

• January – close of application acceptance
  
• February to April - technical review team ranks applications
  
• April to May – project activities are evaluated and may be adjusted with top applicants
  
• July – grant awards are announced
  
• August – grant budget and agreement signed and work may proceed. Grantees travel to Washington, DC for ABPP grant project training
  
• October – announce the new Fiscal Year (FY) grant availability
  

Associated Sites - Sites occupied before, during, or after a battle at which events occurred that had a direct influence on the tactical development of the battle or the outcome of the battle. A site must be associated with a battle in order to be considered an Associated Site.