The National Preservation Institute (NPI) is the administering organization for scholarships for the National NAGPRA Program, National Park Service, Department of Interior.

NPI will accept EITHER a National NAGPRA Program Scholarship Application Form (www.npi.org/schol-NAGPRA.html) OR an NPI Registration Form (with payment information) (www.npi.org/register.html). All scholarship applications must be received at least six weeks prior to the seminar. Successful applicants will be notified four weeks prior to each seminar.

Multiple National NAGPRA Program scholarships are available for NPI seminars listed below. More information on each seminar, including a description and an agenda, can be found by clicking on the seminar title on the NPI web site—www.npi.org/schol-NAGPRA.html.

Tribes, Alaska Native villages and corporations, Native Hawaiian organizations, and museums may send up to two participants to any seminar(s) that they apply for. Each applicant must fill out a separate scholarship application.

Federally recognized tribes, Alaska Native villages and corporations, and Native Hawaiian organizations that DO NOT have a current NAGPRA Consultation/Documentation grant with dedicated training funds are eligible to receive scholarships to attend any of the following training seminars:

•  Archaeological Curation and Collections Management
•  Conflict Resolution and Consultation Tools for Cultural and Natural Resource Projects
•  Conservation Strategies for Archaeologists
•  Consultation and Protection of Native American Sacred Lands
•  Identification and Management of Traditional Cultural Places
•  NAGPRA and ARPA: Applications and Requirements
•  NAGPRA: Determining Cultural Affiliation
•  NAGPRA: Summaries, Inventories, and Federal Register Notices
•  NAGPRA: Writing and Managing a Successful Grant
•  Native American Cultural Property Law
•  Section 106: An Introduction
•  Section 106: Agreement Documents

Museums with an annual operating budget of $250,000 or less are eligible to receive up to two scholarships for the following training seminars only:

•  NAGPRA: Determining Cultural Affiliation
•  NAGPRA: Summaries, Inventories, and Federal Register Notices
•  NAGPRA: Writing and Managing a Successful Grant

Eligibility Criteria

Scholarship recipients:

•  Must be a tribal member, a member of an Alaska Native village or corporation, or Native Hawaiian
    organization, and/or work at least part-time or volunteer on a regular basis with a Federally
    recognized tribe’s NAGPRA or repatriation program to apply for any listed seminar.
• For NAGPRA: Determining Cultural Affiliation, NAGPRA: Summaries, Inventories, and Federal Register Notices,
   and NAGPRA: Writing and Managing a Successful Grant seminars, applicants from museums with an annual operating budget of
   $250,000 or less also are eligible to apply.
•  Must have a commitment to improving the stewardship of the cultural resources they represent.
•  Must agree to attend the entire seminar(s).
•  Must agree to provide own travel, lodging, per diem to attend the seminar(s) or have a provision for
    covering these expenses.

Review Process

Scholarship recipients will be selected based on the fulfillment of eligibility criteria. Notification of awards will be made four weeks prior to each seminar.

Travel Grants
The National NAGPRA Program is offering limited travel grants to those participants applying for scholarships to attend the NAGPRA: Writing and Managing a Successful Grant seminar on March 24-25, 2010, in Providence, RI. To qualify for the travel grant, participants must work or volunteer for a Federally recognized tribe, Alaska Native village or corporation, or Native Hawaiian organization's NAGPRA and/or repatriation program, or for a museum with an operating budget of $250,000 or less.

For qualifying participants a check in the amount of $500 will be made out to the sponsoring organization after completion of the seminar; there are no exceptions to this payment schedule. An organization may receive only one $500 NAGPRA Travel Grant. The organization is responsible for reimbursing travel costs using these funds. The travel grant application is part of the National NAGPRA Program scholarship application—www.npi.org/schol-NAGPRA.html.

Information

For further information, contact NPI at 703.765.0100 or info@npi.org.

NATIONAL NAGPRA PROGRAM, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE,
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
Scholarship Application Form for Tuition Fees and Travel Grants
for National Preservation Institute Seminars

NOTE: NPI will accept EITHER a National NAGPRA Program Scholarship Application Form OR an NPI Registration Form (with payment information).

All scholarship applications must be received at least six weeks prior to the seminar. Successful applicants will be notified four weeks prior to each seminar.

Name:                          __________________________________________________________________                                                                                                                                   
Title:                             __________________________________________________________________

Program/Department: __________________________________________________________________                                                                                                                          
Organization:                __________________________________________________________________                                                                                                                                   
Address:                       __________________________________________________________________                                                                                                                                   
City/State/Zip:              __________________________________________________________________                                                                                                                                   
Telephone:                    ______________________________   Fax: ______________________________                                                                                                                         
Email:               __________________________________________________________________           

I wish to attend the following NPI seminar(s) (include title, location, and dates):                                    
____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

I wish to apply for a NAGPRA Travel Grant to attend the NAGPRA: Writing and Managing a Successful Grant seminar on March 24-25, 2010, in Providence, RI. For qualifying participants a check in the amount of $500 will be made out to the sponsoring organization after completion of the seminar; there are no exceptions to this payment schedule. An organization may receive only one $500 NAGPRA Travel Grant. The organization is responsible for reimbursing travel costs using these funds.
                                                                                                                       
Applicants must initial all of the following statements to qualify for a NAGPRA Travel Grant:

______           I work or volunteer for a Federally recognized tribe, Alaska Native village or corporation, or Native Hawaiian organization's
                       NAGPRA and/or repatriation program, or a museum with an annual operating budget of $250,000 or less

______            My sponsoring organization does not have an active NAGPRA Consultation/
                        Documentation grant that includes dedicated training funds.

______            I understand that it is the participant’s and/or organization’s responsibility to cover travel
                        costs in advance of the seminar.

______           I understand that I must attend the entire NAGPRA: Writing and Managing a Successful
                        Grant seminar on March 24-25, 2010, in Providence, RI, to receive a NAGPRA Travel Grant.

If applicable, indicate your relationship/position with the Federally recognized tribe, Alaska Native village or corporation, Native Hawaiian organization or museum you work or volunteer for.
                                                                                               
Organization:                __________________________________________________________________                                                                                                                                   
Position:                       __________________________________________________________________           
                                                                                               
Have you received or applied for a National NAGPRA Program Grant?  ___ Yes ____ No
If “yes,” please indicate the date: _________________________________________________________

Please explain the reason you are interested in attending an NPI seminar(s). Describe your current or planned NAGPRA program and how this seminar would support your organization’s efforts to comply with NAGPRA. (250 words or fewer)

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____________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                                                                                   
____________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                                                                                   
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Please explain the budgetary restraints that would prohibit you from attending this seminar(s) without a scholarship for tuition fees.

____________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                                                                                   
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Please explain how your organization will cover the cost of travel, lodging, and related expenses for you to attend the seminar(s).

____________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                                                                                   
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If you have received a National NAGPRA Program scholarship before, please indicate the seminar title(s), instructor(s), date(s) for each and whether you attended the entire seminar.                                                                                                       
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I am submitting ONLY a NAGPRA Program Scholarship Application. [I understand that submitting an NPI Registration form (with payment information) invalidates the Scholarship Application.]

I have a commitment to improving the stewardship of the cultural resources I represent. I will attend the entire seminar(s).

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Signature                                                                                                          Date

NOTE: NPI will accept EITHER a National NAGPRA Program Scholarship Application Form OR an NPI Registration Form (with payment information).

All scholarship applications must be received at least six weeks prior to the seminar. Successful applicants will be notified four weeks prior to each seminar. Mail this completed form to: