Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00553
This opportunity (P17AS00553) is a National Park Service project to produce a formal administrative history for Ford's Theatre National Historic Site (FOTH) in Washington, D.C., a unit managed by the NPS since 1933 and currently administered as part of National Mall and Memorial Parks. The core purpose is not to fund a new program or event, but to commission a professionally researched, well-documented historical report that explains how the site has been managed, operated, interpreted, and maintained from its earliest period under the NPS through subsequent decades. The final product is expected to reflect a detailed understanding of park administration since the 1930s, grounded in both primary and secondary source research, and written to align with the National Park Service guidance document Administrative History: A Guide (updated 2015).
The grant centers on two closely connected properties: Ford's Theatre at 511 10th Street NW, which memorializes the April 14, 1865 assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and the House Where Lincoln Died at 516 10th Street NW, where Lincoln died the following morning. The background provided in the notice highlights how these places evolved under federal stewardship: after the assassination, the government purchased Ford's Theatre and repurposed it for office uses such as a War Department pension office and the Army Medical Museum; a Lincoln Museum was created there in 1932; NPS management began in 1933; and a major restoration in 1968 returned the theater to its historic appearance, added a basement museum, and brought live theater back to the stage. For the Petersen House, the notice recounts its rapid transformation into a national shrine, federal acquisition in 1896, its earlier operation as a museum, and then the 1933 transfer to the NPS, after which exhibits moved across the street and the house reopened as a furnished historic house museum.
In practical terms, the funded work involves historical methods and deliverables rather than construction or public programming. The historian is expected to conduct archival research and analyze records that document decision-making, budgets, staffing, preservation work, interpretive planning, museum development, partnerships, and other operational factors that shaped the site over time. The report should synthesize that evidence into an administrative narrative that explains what was done, why it was done, who was involved, and how policies and public expectations influenced management. The notice also specifies that the work must be carried out by a historian who meets the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualifications Standards for History, which signals a requirement for demonstrated professional competence and experience in historical research and writing.
On the funding side, the opportunity is listed under CFDA 15.946, with an award ceiling of $67,888 and an expectation of a single award. It is categorized as discretionary and uses an "Other" funding instrument type. Although it appears in a grants format, it is not an open competition: the posting is explicitly a notice of intent to partner with the Organization of American Historians under an existing cooperative agreement (P15AC00289), and it states that no applications will be accepted. In other words, the announcement primarily documents the government's plan to fund one specific partner to complete a defined administrative history product for Ford's Theatre National Historic Site.Apply for P17AS00553
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Ford's Theatre National Historic Site Administrative History" 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 Jul 26, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Notice of intent to partner with Organization of American Historians under existing cooperative agreement P15AC00289. No applications will be accepted.. (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 $67,888.00 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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