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2015-03-11: FY 2015 NAGPRA Grant Program

Funding Opportunity Number: P14AS00393
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Eligible Applicants: State governments | County governments | City or township governments | Public and State controlled institutions of higher education | Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) | Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) | Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education | Private institutions of higher education
Agency Name: DOI-NPS
Closing Date: 2015-03-11
Award Ceiling: $90,000

Description: The National NAGPRA Program assists the Secretary of the Interior with some responsibilities under NAGPRA.  Section 10 of NAGPRA authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to museums, Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations for the purposes of assisting in consultation, documentation, and repatriation of Native American ?cultural items,? including human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony.
Link: www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?opp…