Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program
Grant Opportunity Analysis
The National Park Service is offering a Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program to provide financial assistance for preserving and interpreting historic Japanese American confinement sites and their history. The work can include identifying, researching, evaluating, interpreting, protecting, restoring, repairing, and acquiring sites that benefit one or more historic confinement locations associated with Japanese Americans detained during World War II. The listing indicates the opportunity is open to private institutions of higher education, requires cost sharing, limits applicants to three submissions per year and no more than two grants per fiscal year cycle, and does not fund foreign entities or projects outside the United States. Electronic applications are due by June 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM Mountain Time, and the listed contact is Katie Gaertner at katie_gaertner@nps.gov.
Eligible Applicants
Each applicant may submit up to 3 applications annually (for 3 separate projects), but each applicant can receive only 2 grants per fiscal year grant cycle.Foreign Entities or Projects: This program does not provide funding to foreign entities or for projects conducted outside the United States.