Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS DOIP19AC00829
The National Park Service (Department of the Interior) posted a Financial Assistance Notice of Intent to Award for a project called "Interpretation Intern for Sitka National Historical Park" under Grants.gov opportunity number NPS-DOIP19AC00829. This notice is purely informational and is not a call for applications; it serves as public notice that NPS intended to make a single award rather than run a competitive application process. The planned recipient named in the notice is the Student Conservation Association (SCA), an eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofit partner commonly used by federal land agencies to place and support interns and other early-career participants.
The funding is tied to CFDA 15.931, "Conservation Activities by Youth Service Organizations," authorized under 16 USC 1723. The award mechanism is described as a cooperative agreement/task agreement under an existing instrument (Task Agreement under P15AC00031). The anticipated federal share is $27,331.79, with an identified non-federal cost share of $9,110.60, for a total projected project value of $36,442.36. The opportunity listing shows an award ceiling essentially matching the federal amount (about $27,332) and indicates one expected award. The National Park Service point of contact listed is James Cato. The posting dates in the source data show the notice was created August 13, 2019, with an original closing date of August 16, 2019, consistent with the short window often used for public notice postings. The stated period of performance is 8/26/2019 to 5/30/2019 as written, which appears to be a date-order error in the notice, but it signals a time-limited internship project meant to run across late summer into spring of the following season.
The core purpose of the project is workforce development in interpretation: giving a young or early-career interpretation professional a first or early professional experience inside a National Park Service interpretation program, while also bringing the park the benefit of current academic training, updated interpretive approaches, and new perspective. The objective is framed around providing work, education, and training opportunities for young adults through direct participation in Sitka National Historical Park's Interpretation Division. NPS also emphasizes the broader public purpose typically required in federal financial assistance: building education and job training, responsible citizenship, community involvement, and stronger understanding and conservation of natural and cultural resources. In practical terms, the project is meant to cultivate a stewardship ethic and encourage continued conservation and historic preservation engagement beyond the internship, both in Sitka and in the participant's home community.
The statement of work lays out a structured, hands-on learning placement where the SCA intern is trained in both interpretive programming and day-to-day visitor services. The intern is expected to learn and practice delivering formal interpretive programs using widely recognized standards like Freeman Tilden's Principles of Interpretation, provide accurate and welcoming public information about Sitka NHP, and conduct roving interpretation in the park. The training also includes curriculum-based education programming in non-classroom settings, which usually means working with school groups or youth programs using educational standards and age-appropriate lesson design. In addition, the intern is expected to gain practical skills producing NPS-quality media products using desktop publishing tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, and to help plan and prepare temporary museum exhibits in coordination with the park curator, giving exposure to collections-related interpretation and exhibit development.
A notable feature of the placement is the operational and safety training built into the experience. The intern is to be trained in how to act around brown bears and how to respond to specific behaviors, along with first aid and CPR and the use of NPS radios. The notice also highlights the collaborative workplace context in Sitka, including working alongside both NPS staff and Sitka Tribe of Alaska employees, reflecting the park's relationships and the cultural landscape it interprets. On the content side, the intern will be trained to interpret Tlingit, Haida, and Russian American resources central to Sitka NHP, including sites and themes such as the 1804 Battlefield and Fort Site, the Totem Trail and totem poles, and the Russian Bishop's House. This indicates the internship is not limited to natural resource messaging; it is deeply tied to cultural history, tribal and Alaska Native heritage, and the layered colonial and wartime histories of the region.
Finally, the notice clarifies that the work will be both indoors and outdoors, with the intern rotating among multiple projects and collaborators, which is typical of interpretation divisions where staffing supports visitor contact, education, media, and exhibits at the same time. The physical requirements are described as moderate, including bending, lifting, and carrying, and the intern is expected to use attention to detail and project-tracking skills, suggesting the role includes both public-facing delivery and behind-the-scenes production work that requires organization and follow-through.Apply for NPS DOIP19AC00829
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Interpretation Intern for Sitka NHP" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.931.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 13, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 16, 2019. (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 $27,332.00 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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