2019 Preservation Technology and Training Grants

The 2019 Preservation Technology and Training Grants (PTT Grants) are intended to create better tools, better materials, and better approaches to conserving buildings, landscapes, sites, and collections. The competitive grants program will provide funding to federal agencies, states, tribes, local governments, and non-profit organizations. PTT Grants will support innovative research, specialized workshops or symposia, and practical preservation methods or tools. The maximum grant award is $30,000. • Eligible applicants include federal and non-federal laboratories, accredited museums, universities, nonprofit organizations, system units and offices, and cooperative park study units of the system, state historic preservation offices, tribal preservation offices, and native Hawaiian organizations. • The grant will support activities such as innovative research, specialized workshops or symposia, and how-to videos, mobile applications, podcasts, best practices publications, or webinars. • The actual grant award amount is dependent on the scope of the proposed activity. • Recipient cost share is not required but is encouraged. • The anticipated start date is August 2019, and the agreement terms are estimated to be completed within one year.