Opportunity Information: Apply for NPS 17 NERO 0109
The Interpreting Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Themes at Fort Mifflin opportunity is a National Park Service (Department of the Interior) cooperative agreement intended to expand and strengthen public interpretation of the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail (often shortened to WARO) through programming and exhibits at Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia. It is a discretionary funding action under CFDA 15.935, with an anticipated single award up to $93,600. The notice is dated July 27, 2017, with an original closing date of August 5, 2017, but it is explicitly not an open solicitation; instead, it serves as public notice that the NPS planned to make a non-competitive financial assistance award to support specific, pre-defined activities.
The project centers on helping the Fort Mifflin on the Delaware (FMOD), a qualifying 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, interpret key themes tied to the Franco-American alliance during the American Revolution and to connect Fort Mifflin more directly to the broader national story told by the Washington-Rochambeau route. A major emphasis is using Fort Mifflin as a place where visitors can better understand French military contributions, particularly engineering and fortification design, and how those contributions influenced American defenses and outcomes. The programming is also designed to encourage visitors to think critically about the real-world consequences and complexities of international alliances in wartime, rather than treating the alliance as a simple or purely celebratory historical fact.
A core set of deliverables focuses on public-facing interpretation in multiple formats. FMOD is expected to implement live and structured public programs that highlight the French alliance, French influence on the design and defense of Fort Mifflin, and the relationship between the fort and major Revolutionary War campaigns, especially the Yorktown campaign. This includes exploring siege warfare as a military concept and comparing the siege and bombardment experiences of Fort Mifflin with the better-known siege operations at Yorktown, including the maritime dimensions of attack and defense that shaped those campaigns.
Research and content development are central to the agreement, especially around General Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, and his documented 1777 visit to Fort Mifflin. The work calls for deeper investigation of French influences at the site, with particular attention to French military engineers and their role in shaping fortification methods. FMOD is then expected to translate that research into interpretation for general audiences through living history programs and regular outreach channels such as social media, digital newsletters, and blog posts, ensuring the scholarship does not remain internal but becomes accessible and engaging for the public.
The agreement also requires permanent on-site interpretive improvements. FMOD is to create a dedicated area within Fort Mifflin's permanent exhibit space that focuses on the impact of the French alliance, the specific ways French ideas and expertise affected the fort's design and defense, and the similarities and differences between Fort Mifflin's bombardment and the Yorktown campaign. In parallel, FMOD must develop a standards-based education program aligned to educational expectations, using Rochambeau's visit and Franco-American officer interactions as an entry point. That curriculum is meant to connect engineering and fortification design to siege warfare concepts, framing these lessons within both the Philadelphia-area campaigns and Yorktown.
In addition to programs and exhibits, the project includes communications and branding obligations that reinforce the WARO connection. FMOD is expected to produce printed interpretive materials that present Fort Mifflin as a central point along the Washington-Rochambeau route and that highlight French influences on the fort. Those materials, along with FMOD's website and other printed items created during the cooperative agreement period, must include the WARO logo, ensuring consistent identification of the national historic trail partnership.
Operational support for WARO interpretation is another major component. Fort Mifflin facilities are to be made available for a WARO PowerPoint presentation, and FMOD staff must be trained to deliver that presentation effectively. The fort must also be available for other WARO National Historic Trail public presentations and meetings, positioning the site as an active hub for trail-related programming in the region. On-site visibility is reinforced by requirements to prominently display WARO brochures and to exhibit WARO interpretive panels in dedicated indoor space.
Finally, the agreement includes regional collaboration and reporting expectations. FMOD staff are to support WARO events across the greater Philadelphia area, extending the impact beyond the fort itself. FMOD must also track and report metrics tied to the partnership's interpretive work, including visitation figures and newsletter and social media statistics connected to FMOD-WARO programming. During Fort Mifflin living history events, FMOD must provide table space for WARO and the National Park Service to promote their related sites and programs, integrating partner outreach directly into high-traffic public programs.
Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a targeted, single-recipient cooperative agreement designed to embed WARO themes into Fort Mifflin's interpretation through research, exhibits, education, printed and digital outreach, partner-hosted presentations, and measurable reporting, with a consistent focus on the French alliance and the technical and strategic realities of Revolutionary War siege warfare.Apply for NPS 17 NERO 0109
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Interpreting Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Themes at Fort Mifflin" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.935.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 27, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 05, 2017 This announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Services intention to award financial assistance for the following project activities without competition.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $93,600.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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