National Council for Preservation Education interns with Chaco Culture National Historical Park | P19AS00168

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The funding opportunity titled "National Council for Preservation Education interns with Chaco Culture National Historical Park" (Funding Opportunity Number P19AS00168) is a discretionary National Park Service effort under the U.S. Department of the Interior designed to support short-term, hands-on training placements for qualified students. It is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically means the National Park Service expects to be actively involved in guiding or collaborating on the work rather than simply issuing funds with minimal interaction. The activity category is Education, but the practical focus is cultural resource management within a real National Park Service operational setting at Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

The stated public purpose is twofold: first, to create training opportunities that build practical skills and professional experience for students; second, to provide added capacity to National Park Service staff by placing interns on directed assignments that support cultural resource management priorities. In other words, this opportunity is meant to function as a workforce development and experiential learning pipeline while also helping the park accomplish specific preservation-related tasks that fit within its mission to protect and interpret nationally significant cultural resources.

A key theme running through the description is public benefit. The agreement is framed as serving the public interest by promoting education and job training, encouraging responsible citizenship and productive community involvement, and deepening public understanding and appreciation of natural and cultural resources. The emphasis on conservation suggests the internships are not just observational; they are meant to contribute to preservation outcomes and to build a stewardship mindset in participants. Given the setting at Chaco Culture National Historical Park, cultural resource work could reasonably include activities connected to archaeological resources, historic preservation practices, documentation, monitoring, or other preservation support functions aligned with park needs, although the notice itself stays at a high level and does not list specific intern duties.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity lists a maximum federal funding amount (award ceiling) of $71,390, with an expectation of a single award. Eligibility is categorized broadly as "Others," with additional clarification implied to exist in a separate eligibility text field, which often signals that the intended recipient may be a specific partner organization or a limited class of entities. The named partner in the title, the National Council for Preservation Education, reinforces that impression and suggests the arrangement may be part of a planned collaboration to place preservation-focused interns.

Finally, it is important to note that this posting is explicitly a non-competitive Notice of Intent and is not open for applications. The original closing date field indicates that no applications are being accepted at this time, meaning the announcement functions primarily as a public transparency notice about the government’s intention to make an award, rather than an invitation for the public to apply.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National Council for Preservation Education interns with Chaco Culture National Historical Park" 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 May 16, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by This is a non-competitive Notice of Intent only. No applications are being accepted at this time.. (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 $71,390.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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