FY2025 NAGPRA Consultation/Documentation Grants
This grant provides funding to museums, tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations for projects that support the consultation, documentation, and repatriation of Native American cultural items and human remains.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Consultation/Documentation Grants provide funding to museums, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations for projects related to the repatriation of Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony. These grants support consultation activities to determine cultural affiliation, repatriation requests, and related research. Documentation projects aid in identifying the geographical origin, cultural affiliation, and acquisition history of cultural items, ultimately facilitating their return to rightful communities. Eligible project activities include consultation meetings, training programs, coalition development, compliance-related activities, and the creation of databases or digitization efforts to support repatriation. Grants do not fund infrastructure projects. Applications must propose discrete projects that can be completed within a two-year term. The program does not require cost-sharing, and funding availability depends on appropriations.
Award Range
$5,000 - $150,000
Total Program Funding
$3,407,000
Number of Awards
Not specified
Matching Requirement
No
Eligible Applicants
Additional Requirements
The following entities are eligible to apply for a NAGPRA Consultation/Documentation grant:An Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian OrganizationIndian Tribe is defined at 43 CFR 10.2. The Bureau of Indian Affairs list of Federally recognized tribes is available at www.bia.gov. Native Hawaiian organization (NHO) is defined at 43 CFR 10.2.A Museum within the United States.Museum and United States are defined at 43 CFR 10.2. A museum is eligible to apply for a grant only if it has complied with the requirements of NAGPRA (25 U.S.C. 3001-3013) and the implementing regulations (43 CFR part 10) at the time it applies for the grant. Federal agencies and the Smithsonian Institution may not apply for grants.Any applicant who previously received a NAGPRA grant but did not meet the conditions of the grant agreement, including reports or statement of work, may be penalized in the review process.Excluded Parties: NPS conducts a review of the SAM.gov Exclusions database for all applicant entities and their key project personnel prior to award. The NPS cannot award funds to entities or their key project personnel identified in the SAM.gov Exclusions database as ineligible, prohibited/restricted, or otherwise excluded from receiving Federal contracts, certain subcontracts, and certain Federal assistance and benefits, as their ineligibility condition applies to this Federal program.
Geographic Eligibility
All
Application Opens
January 3, 2025
Application Closes
March 31, 2025
Grantor
Jim Modrick
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