$262,500 Awarded for 2009 PTT Grants

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

The awardees were selected and the assistance agreements will be administered by the National Park Service's National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The Center was created under the 1992 Amendments to the National Historic Preservation Act.

The National Park Service awards these grants and Agreements under Title IV of the National Historic Preservation Act.

Fire Safety Institute, Middlebury, Vermont, $19,500
Fire Safety for Historic Buildings - Teaching Modules

Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, $19,500
Evaluation of Ca(OH)2 Nano-Particle Treatment of Cordage/Basketry

University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, $25,000
Web-Accessible Training in Thin-Section Petrography of Cultural Materials

Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, $11,500
Preservation of Human Dental Surface Micro-Topography with Three-Dimensional Non-Destructive Digital Imaging

Cultural Heritage Imaging, San Francisco, California, $25,000
A Comprehensive Training Program for 3D Digital Rock Art Documentation and Preservation

Lansing Community College, Lansing, Michigan, $25,000
Preservation of Historic Iron and Steel in Bridges and Other Metal Structures

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, Vermont, $24,000
Assessment of Handheld Multibeam Sonar Imagery for the Study of Submerged Cultural Resources

Trustees of Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, $25,000
A Polymeric Treatment for Controlling Salt Damage to Stone and Brick

Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, $25,000
Creation of a Web-Accessible Database of the Comparative Plant Fiber Collection

The Cultural Landscape Foundation, Washington, DC, $25,000
What's Out There - An Interactive Catalog of Designed American Cultural Landscapes

American Samoa Community College, Pago Pago, American Samoa, $25,000
The Tutuila Basalt Export Industry: Leveraging Resources to Train Native American Samoans in Preservation Technology

Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Richmond, Virginia, $13,000
Development of Ceramic Reference Materials for Calibration and Quantification of Portable XRF Data