NCPTT Preservation Technology and Training Grants

The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training has
issued its 1999 Call for Proposals for NCPTT's Preservation
Technology and Training Grants program.  The PTTGrants program has
awarded over $500,000 each year since 1994 for innovative work in
research, training and information management projects on technical
issues in historic architecture, archeology, historic landscapes,
objects and materials conservation, and interpretation.  Grants are
available in eight categories

    Information management
    Training and education
    Applied/fundamental research
    Environmental effects of outdoor pollutants
    Technology transfer
    Analytical facility support
    Conference support
    Publications support.

Application deadlines are mid-December 1998, as specified in the
Call for Proposals.

The 1999 Call for Proposals is available via:

    Send a blank message to <pttgrants [at] ncptt__nps__gov> and the call
    for proposals will return automatically.

    Fax-on-demand: Call 318-357-3214 and follow the recorded
    instructions to receive a catalog of documents that includes the
    call for proposals.

    Visit <www.ncptt.nps.gov> and click on "Preservation Technology
    and Training Grants".

    Brochure: Request a printed call for proposals by sending an
    e-mail message to <ncptt [at] ncptt__nps__gov>, telephoning
    318-357-6464, or writing NCPTT, NSU Box 5682, Natchitoches, LA
    71497.

PTTGrants are funded by Federal appropriation and awards are subject
to availability of funds.
For more information, contact

    John Robbins, NCPTT Executive Director
    318-357-6464,
    Fax: 318-357-6421
    john_robbins [at] ncptt__nps__gov

The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training is an
office of the National Park Service under the Associate Director,
Cultural Resource Stewardship and Partnerships. NCPTT promotes and
enhances the preservation of prehistoric and historic resources in
the United States for present and future generations through the
advancement and dissemination of preservation and conservation
technology and training. Preservation Technology and Training Grants
are NCPTT's chief means of stimulating and supporting creative work
in research, training and information management for preservation
and  conservation.

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                  Conservation DistList Instance 12:7
                  Distributed: Thursday, July 2, 1998
                        Message Id: cdl-12-7-013
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