NCPTT’s Andrew Ferrell and Kirk Cordell served as guest instructors for the University of Florida’s Preservation Institute: Nantucket. They lectured on the role NCPTT plays in facilitating research and training in innovative technologies for historic preservation.

Particular topics included NCPTT’s grants program, sustainable preservation, preservation trades training, and disaster response and planning for cultural resources.

NCPTT awarded 12 projects, totaling $262,500, for preservation technology and training awards to universities, non-profit organizations, and state agencies.

Cane River National Heritage Area (CRNHA) Commission released the application and guidelines for its 2009 competitive grants program yesterday.

The Save Our History Grant Program, available to AASLH members and the field at large, provides funding to history organizations that partner with schools on a local community preservation project.

The 2009 PTT Grants program seeks innovative projects that advance the application of science and technology to historic preservation.

More than $165,000 will fund research to protect America’s historic legacy as part of the National Center for Preservation Technology & Training’s PTT Grants program.

NCPTT seeks innovative projects that advance the application of science and technology to historic preservation.

2004 NCPTT Grant to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, “Lustron On-line.”

NCPTT received a final report from a PTT Grants project, “Protocol for Emergency Washing, Drying, and Sterilization of Historically Significant Books” by the University of Utah’s Marriott Library.

Approximately 90 people attended a NCPTT-funded webinar on high definition documentation in archeology on Nov. 14 and 15.

Development of a Rapid Indicator of Biodeterioration of Historic Stone. Ralph Mitchell, principal investigator, and Christopher J. McNamara, of Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences worked to identify microbial species for possible use as a microbiological indicator for identification of stone deterioration.

NCPTT and the New York Conservation Foundation hosted “Progress in Preservation through NCPTT Grants,” at the Eastern Analytical Symposium held Nov. 12, 2007 in Somerset, N.J.

The deadline for organizations to submit their pre-proposal letter for the PTT Grants program has been extended to Oct. 15, 2007.

More than $350,000 will fund research to protect America’s historic legacy as part of the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training’s PTT Grants program.

On Aug. 3, NCPTT hosted “Preservation in Your Community,” a public event held annually to showcase preservation research and activities being undertaken by local National Park Service organizations.

A panel of experts convened on April 12th to review the FY06 applications for the he Preservation Technology and Training Grants Program at NCPTT.