**Challenge Cost Share Program 2009**

**Project Proposal Instructions & Form**

**Attachment A**

National Park Service

National Trails--Intermountain Region

This is the proposal form for Challenge Cost Share Program (CCSP)
proposals for the Oregon, California, Mormon Pioneer, and Pony Express
National Historic Trails. Instructions are provided below, followed by
the form.

Your final proposal packet will include this completed **Project
Proposal Form**, a completed one-page **Budget Summary Form**
(Attachment B), your **budget narrative** (no form provided), and any
other items you wish to submit in support of your proposal.

***Before filling out this form, please contact Challenge Cost Share
Program Coordinator Lee Kreutzer at (801) 741-1012 ext. 118 or
<lee_kreutzer@nps.gov>.***

***Proposal Form Instructions***

Use this form to describe your project.

**1. Project Name.** Provide a short descriptive title.

**NPS Areas of Project.** Name the national historic trail(s) that your
project involves.

**2. CCSP Share.** Enter the amount of CCSP money you are requesting.

**Applicant Share**. Enter the total value of non-federal dollars and
in-kind services and material that you will contribute to the project.
Your partner share, or match, must equal or exceed the amount you are
requesting from the National Park Service. Your match must consist of
money, services, and/or materials from **non-federal** sources.

**Total CCSP Project.** Sum the CCSP Share and Applicant Share amounts.

**Other Contributions.** List any other federal support that will help
fund your project. Remember, these federal funds cannot be counted as
part of your matching contribution.

**3. Estimated Start and End Dates.** Enter the approximate dates you
expect your project to begin and end. Once the Cooperative Agreement is
signed, you will have up to five years to complete your project. *Be
sure to check with the Challenge Cost Share Program coordinator when
planning your project work schedule. It is likely to be several months
between the time we receive your proposal and the time the project is
authorized to begin.*

**4. Partners Authorized Official and Applicant Official responsible for
fiscal matters.** The *Partner Authorized Official* is the person who
will sign your budget forms and the cooperative agreement that
authorizes the approved project to proceed. The *Applicant Official
responsible for fiscal matters* will be our primary contact regarding
payments, expenditure receipts, and audits. One person may fill both
roles.

**5.** **NPS Office.** This section is already completed.

**6. Project Summary.** Briefly describe the most important elements of
your project. State your planned objectives, major actions, and
measurable results.

**7. Project Description.** Outline the tasks needed to complete the
project. For each major activity or task, provide estimated beginning
and ending dates, and identify any National Park Service assistance that
will be needed.

**8. Partner Role and NPS Substantial Involvement.** Describe how the
NPS will have substantial involvement in the project. Substantial
involvement means the NPS does more than just providing funding,
reviewing work, providing technical advice as needed, and conducting
other routine contracting activities. Rather, it means that the NPS is a
full, active partner with shared responsibility for project management,
control, direction, and performance. Examples of substantial involvement
include participating in selection of project staff or trainees, in
project design or planning, in development of wayside exhibits and
publications, in fieldwork, in the collection and/or analysis of data,
and in presentation of results in publications.

**9. Results and Products.** List the expected measurable results or
product(s) that will be in place at the end of the project. Provide
numbers or quantities where possible. For example: 1 historical report
on Ox Bow Cutoff written, reviewed, and finalized; 1 audio-visual
program for site visitor center developed; 4 museum exhibits installed;
3 structures stabilized; 200 linear feet of walkway built; 4 site
docents trained, etc.

**10. Applicant Assurance.** By submitting this proposal, you are
agreeing to credit the National Park Service and its Challenge Cost
Share Program for any CCSP funding and other project support you
receive. Credit is appropriate in news releases and broadcasts, in
brochures or other publications supported by CCSP funding, and in
exhibits, oral presentations, and other public venues.

**NPS Challenge Cost Share Project Proposal Form 2008**

**National Trails System-Intermountain Region**

+--------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
| 1\. Project Name:                    | 4\. Partner Authorized        |
|                                      | Official:                     |
| NPS Areas of Project:                |                               |
|                                      | Title/Position:               |
| Will CCSP money/resources be         |                               |
| transferred by NPS                   | Address:                      |
|                                      |                               |
| to Partner through cooperative       | Phone No.:                    |
| agreement or contract?               |                               |
|                                      | Fax No.:                      |
| [X]{.underline} YES NO               |                               |
|                                      | Applicant official            |
| If yes, attach information           | responsible for fiscal        |
| describing National Park Service     | matters:                      |
| involvement.                         |                               |
+--------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
| 2\. CCSP Share: \$                   | 5\. NPS Office:               |
|                                      |                               |
| Applicant Share: \$                  | National Trails System --     |
|                                      | Intermountain Region          |
| Total CCSP Project: \$               |                               |
|                                      | Address: 324 S. State St.,    |
| Other Contributions: \$              | Ste. 200                      |
|                                      |                               |
|                                      | Salt Lake City, UT 84111      |
|                                      |                               |
|                                      | NPS Project Contact: Lee      |
|                                      | Kreutzer                      |
|                                      |                               |
|                                      | Telephone: (801) 741-1012     |
|                                      | ext.118                       |
|                                      |                               |
|                                      | Email: lee_kreutzer@nps.gov   |
+--------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
| 3\. Estimated Start Date:            |                               |
|                                      |                               |
| Estimated End Date:                  |                               |
+--------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
| 6\. Project Summary:                 |                               |
+--------------------------------------+-------------------------------+

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  7\. Project Description:

  8\. Partner Role & NPS Substantial Involvement:

  9\. Results & Products:

  *Partner Assurance: By submitting this proposal, I (we) agree to credit
  the National Park Service and the Challenge Cost Share Program in
  signs, news releases, film, published materials, or other products
  developed under this funding.*
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Use this page for describing your budget narrative.