AHTNA Ethnographic Overview and Assessment | P19AS00480

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The AHTNA Ethnographic Overview and Assessment grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number P19AS00480) is a National Park Service cooperative agreement under the U.S. Department of the Interior focused on humanities and cultural affairs work (CFDA 15.946). The project is centered on Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve and is intended to support the revision, updating, and publication preparation of an existing manuscript that documents Ahtna Athabascan connections to the park and preserve. In practical terms, the funding is meant to move a previously drafted ethnographic document into a finalized, publishable form, strengthening the record of Ahtna history, land relationships, and cultural ties to this nationally significant landscape.

This opportunity is classified as discretionary and uses a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument, which typically indicates active involvement or collaboration between the National Park Service and the recipient during the project. The stated purpose is not to start a new study from scratch, but to improve and complete a manuscript that already exists. That generally implies tasks such as verifying and updating information, refining narrative and organization, addressing gaps, improving citations and supporting documentation, ensuring the work meets publication standards, and preparing final deliverables suitable for dissemination.

Although the eligibility field lists nonprofits with IRS 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), this specific posting is explicitly a notice of intent to award to the AHTNA Intertribal Resource Commission. The announcement states that applications will not be accepted from any other cooperator, meaning it is not an open competition. The National Park Service expected to make a single award, with an award ceiling of $80,000 and an expected award count of one, reflecting a targeted, partner-specific agreement rather than a broadly competed grant program.

Key administrative details include the posting date (August 7, 2019) and the original closing date (August 16, 2019). Taken together, the short window and the notice-of-intent language reinforce that this was a directed award aimed at supporting a specific tribal partner in completing an ethnographic overview relevant to park stewardship, interpretation, and cultural resource management. The ultimate outcome anticipated by the opportunity is a revised and updated manuscript ready for publication that documents and affirms Ahtna Athabascan connections to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "AHTNA Ethnographic Overview and Assessment" 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 Aug 07, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 16, 2019 This is a notice of intent to award to AHTNA Intertribal Resource Commission. Applications will not be accepted from any other cooperator.. (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 $80,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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