February 27, 2006
2006 Preservation Grants
Application forms and guidelines for the 2006 Federal Save America's Treasures grants are now online. Grants are available for preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and historic structures and sites. The National Trust has expressed that it is especially eager to identify eligible projects west of the Mississippi and those in the Gulf States impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The Federal Save America’s Treasures program is one of the largest and most successful grant programs for the protection of our nation’s endangered and irreplaceable and endangered cultural heritage. Since 1999, Congress has appropriated more than $200 million for the physical preservation and conservation of this nation's most significant collections, sites, structures, and buildings.Grants are available for preservation and/or conservation work on nationally significant intellectual and cultural artifacts and historic structures and sites. Intellectual and cultural artifacts include artifacts, collections, documents, sculpture, and works of art. Historic structures and sites include historic districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects.
Grants are awarded to Federal, state, local, and tribal government entities, and non-profit organizations through a competitive matching-grant program, administered by the National Park Service in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
The deadline for applications has been extended. Applications must be received by 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time, Tuesday, April 18, 2006.
For more information visit: http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/treasures/index.htm.
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