This National Park Service (NPS) grant establishes a five-year cooperative agreement with CyArk for digital preservation at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. This grant is for leveraging CyArk’s unique technology to preserve natural, cultural, and heritage assets. The collaboration will serve as a model for other NPS units, fostering long-term resource management and creating virtual learning opportunities through web-based applications for research, education, and interpretation. CyArk’s distinctive capabilities in digital documentation, 3D modeling, archiving, and dissemination are vital for protecting public heritage assets for future generations, ensuring widespread access and educational value.
Opportunity ID: 48908
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | A1500090001 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Digital Preservation – Mount Rushmore National Memorial |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | CategoryExplanation |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 00.000 — Not Elsewhere Classified |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 04, 2009 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 11, 2009 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 11, 2009 |
| Archive Date: | Sep 10, 2009 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $500,000 |
| Award Floor: | $500,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This is a single source non competitive award to a non profit research organization. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Park Service |
| Description: | This action is a single source award to CyArk, a project of the Kacyra Family Foundation. This synopsis serves as an intent to award on a non-competitive basis. The National Park Service, Mount Rushmore National Monument intends to award a cooperative agreement with CyArk for a period of five years to assist the park in establishing a relationship to cooperate and share lessons learned in the preservation of natural, cultural, and heritage assets as a result of technology unique to CyArk. The collaboration will serve as a model to other National Park Service units, or other entities, for using innovative and emerging technology that will result in a long term and forward thinking approach to resource management. This relationship will create virtual learning opportunities through web based applications for research, education and interpretation. CyArk is uniquely qualified to perform the activity based upon a variety of demonstrable factors such as location, property ownership, voluntary support capacity, cost-sharing ability, if applicable, technical expertise, or other such unique qualifications. CyArk is the only organization that provides this comprehensive method for Digital Preservation and is uniquely qualified to partner with MORU to publicly disseminate, educate, and protect and preserve public heritage assets for generations to come. Additionally, CyArk is the only organization with distinctive capabilities for archiving this type of information. CyArk also has an extensive network of partners that can provide additional expertise in the areas of digital documentation, 3D modeling, archiving, dissemination, education, and preservation, as well as other resources unique to this project. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Theora McVay
Contract Specialist Phone 402-661-1662 Email:theora_mcvay@nps.gov |
Version History
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Theora McVay Contract Specialist Phone 402-661-1662 Email: theora_mcvay@nps.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKG00013453 | Aug 11, 2009 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
48908 SF424-2.0.pdf
48908 SF424A-1.0.pdf
48908 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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