FLORENCE—Deadline for Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area grants applications is 5 p.m., Tuesday, March 15.
The next deadline for MSNHA community grants applications is Sept. 15.
Grant awards from $1,000 up to $7,500 are available for heritage-focused projects in MSNHA’s six counties: Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and Morgan. To be eligible, proposed projects must focus on assessment, preservation activities, interpretation, archiving or workshops and training sessions and be connected to one of the MSNHA’s themes: music, Native American culture or the Tennessee River.
Grant awards are reimbursable — grantees pay their approved expenses and MSNHA reimburses them pending documentation approval. Grantees must match their grant awards 1:1 with approved volunteer hours and/or approved additional expenses not covered by federal funds.
Guidelines, applications and instructions are at https://msnha.una.edu/resources-2/community-grants-program/. Applicants may send an application draft for review by Feb. 15.
“MSNHA is a partnership program of the National Park Service, and our grants initiative is one of the main ways we work with community groups to help preserve, protect and promote northwest Alabama’s cultural heritage,” said MSNHA grants coordinator Emilly Rhodes. “Our mission is to work with communities to tell stories about our area’s history and to offer opportunities for learning about and appreciating our area’s cultural and natural resources.”
Media Release/Cathy Wood/MSNHA/Media coordinator
