Preservation Planning Grants

Preservation Planning Grants (PPG) are the American Battlefield Protection Program’s broadest, and most diverse, grant opportunity and support a variety of projects that are focused on the preservation and interpretation of sites of armed conflict, including battlefields and associated sites on American soil. Typical grant awards range from $20,000-$200,000, and do not require matching funds.

PPG applications are accepted on an annual basis, with the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO/FOA) open for between 60 to 90 days on grants.gov, and occurring near the middle of December to the middle of March.

A PPG funded Archeological Field Survey of the Piedras Marcadas Pueblo and the presumed direction of the Spanish Conquistadors attack in 1541.

University of New Mexico

Eligibility

• State, local, and Tribal governments, other public entities, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply.
• Eligible projects focus on sites of armed conflict, including battlefields and associated sites in the United States, U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States.
• The time periods studied under this grant opportunity are not limited to specific wars, but conflicts must have a direct connection to American Soil (ex: the Tiquex War, the Civil War, or World War II).
• Grants may not be used for the acquisition of property or services of direct benefit to the Federal government, including support of the day-to-day operations of a Federal agency.

Please contact the PPG team if you have questions or need additional information about eligibility.

PPGs are authorized by 54 U.S.C 308102

What We Fund

What do you mean by “armed conflicts”?

Armed conflicts are periods of collective violence that are characterized by specific events bounded in time (e.g. Battle of Harlem Heights, “the Pequot War,” or the “Sand Creek massacre”), rather than broad cross-cutting themes throughout American history (e.g. “violence against Indigenous peoples”).

What do you mean by “associated sites”?

Associated Sites fall under the following themes:

• Military: sites directly associated with military forces on land or sea
• Government, Laws, Policies, and Diplomacy: sites associated with decision-making, policy creation, political process, and diplomatic relations during periods of armed conflict.
• Intellectual History: sites associated with the publication or propagation of ideas and values that influenced the social, political, economic, and military actions and policies during periods of armed conflict.
• Economics of War: sites associated with economic activities that contributed to battle, fighting, or war efforts.
• Society: sites associated with moving people, goods, and information during periods of armed conflict.
• Transportation: sites associated with moving people, goods, and information during periods of armed conflict.

What are examples of eligible activities?

• Consultation and partnership building
• Collections stewardship
• Education
• Historical documentation and nominations to historic registers
• Exhibitions, media, and signage
• Planning
• Public programs and outreach
• Survey and inventory
• Terrestrial and underwater archeology

Preservation Planning Grants

Grant Highlights

Resources

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