PTT Grant

Mesilla Valley Preservation Develops Salt Kit

2015 PTT Grant Results

Modernizing Plant Records Management in National Parks

NPS, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation

Enhancing the What’s Out There Database

Microbial Impacts on Archeological Collections

Southern Methodist University

Preserving Aerospace Heritage on Outdoor Display

U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Museum Foundation

Structural Deterioration Modeling

University of Arkansas

Protective Treatments for Western Red Cedar Shingle and Shake Roofs

Washington State Parks and Recreation

Integrating Technology for Montana’s Historic Cemeteries and Sacred Sites

Montana History Foundation

Using Synchrotron Radiation to Study Archeological Materials

Louisiana State University and A&M College

Rapid Midden Assessment

Gulf Archeology Research Institute

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Viewshed Project

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

Using Forensic Methods to Study Historic Rifle Data

Colorado State University

2016 Preservation Technology and Training Grants Across the Country

2016 Awards

A Manual for Climate Change Impacts on Cultural Landscapes, Phase 2

2015 PTT Grant

Field Kit and Methodology for Salt Detection in Adobe

a 2015 PTT Grant

Probablistic Modeling of Energy Use and Air Quality in Historic Buildings

a 2015 PTT Grant

Real-Time Detection of Trespass at Archeological Sites

a 2015 PTT Grant

A Mobile App for Recording and Submitting Historical Resources Data

a 2015 PTT Grant

Enhancing Historic Landscape Visualization

a 2015 PTT Grant

High Performance Nanocomposite Coatings for Metal Conservation

a 2015 PTT Grant

Using Eularian Video to Study Cultural Heritage Materials

2015 PTT Grant

PTT Grant Requirements Explained

Press releases, images, and reports

The Development of Bronze Shield

From concept to reality with the help of NCPTT

Texas Wildfires and Bastrop State Park

Fran Gale and Miriam Tworek-Hofstetter

Grants Deadline Extended to November 15!

Two Additional 2012 PTT Grants Awarded

Update on the 2013 Preservation Technology and Training Grants Program

RIT Assistant Professor Receives PTT Grant to Design Historic Preservation Video Game

NCPTT Grant Recipient to Present the Massachusetts Heritage Landscape Atlas at the 2011 APA Conference

Earlybird discount available for Historic Iron and Steel Workshop

Establishing an Elemental Baseline for Sourcing Shell and Shell-Tempered Artifacts in the Eastern Woodlands of North America using Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) (2009-02)

Evaluation of Conservation and Preservation Practices in a Southwest Pottery Collection (2009-04)

Preservation of Historic Iron and Steel in Bridges and Other Metal Structures

Six ways to improve your chances of getting a PTT Grant

Using Lasers to Remove Graffiti from Rock Art and Rock Imagery (Podcast 7)

Reflectance Transformation Imaging Workshop

PTT Grantees Make Time Team America

The Aftershock of Economics Meets Conservation Online

$262,500 Awarded for 2009 PTT Grants

Architectural Records Conference and Symposium (2008-03)

Identification of Unmarked Graves (2008-01)

Building Dry Stone Retaining Walls (2002-06)

Dynamics of Participatory Conservation: The Kamehameha I Sculpture Project

Mechanical Anchor Strength in Stone Masonry (2008-05)

High Definition Documentation of Archaeological Structures (2008-10)

Archeology Goes HD

Digital Image Analysis of Petrographic Thin Sections in Conservation Research (2004-01)

Culture Shock: Fire Protection for Historic and Cultural Property (1995-01)

Coordinate Measurement of Ships and Smallcraft (1999-06)

Computerizing Maryland’s Historic Site Records (1998-21)

PTT Products: Catalog of Publications and Products

Protective Glazing Study (1996-06)

RESTORE Technical Field Guide on the Health and Environmental Hazards Inherent in Architectural Restoration Materials and Processes (1998-05)

CEFPI: A primer for the renovation/rehabilitation of older and historic schools (2004-16)

Retaining America’s Dry Stone Heritage (2002-05)

Preservation Resource Guide for Public Works Managers (1998-01)

Root of the Problem (1998-33)

Arizona Archaeological Council’s Native Americans and Archaeology Workshop (1994-02)

Shenandoah-Dives Mill HAER, HSA and NDT Workshop (2007-07)

Applying Infrared Thermography for the Purpose of Identifying Concealed Wood Framing Member Type and Subsurface Anomalies with Intended Application Towards Historic Structures (2008-06)

Historic American Roof Trusses: I. Scissor Trusses (2004-10)

Historic American Roof Trusses: II. Queenpost Trusses (2004-11)

Historic American Roof Trusses: III. Kingpost Trusses (2004-12)

Manual on Conservation Methodology for Historic Buildings and Structures: Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (1997-07)

Historic American Roof Trusses: King Post Truss Engineering, an Addendum (2004-13)

Historic American Roof Trusses: IV. Composite and Raised Bottom Chord Trusses (2004-14)

Lustron On-Line (2008-02)

Load Paths in Historic Truss Bridges (2004-25)

Landscapes and Lives (1997-27)

Walls of Stone: How to Build Drystone Walls and Rock Fences (1996-01)

Historic Resource Surveys and the Internet (1999-10)

Historic Preservation Training by and for Indian Tribes: Report of a Workshop on Tribal Needs and Priorities (1996-11)

Historic Landscape Resource Manual (2000-18)

Glass and Stained Glass Conservation (1998-28)

Focus on 2000: A Heritage Education Perspective (1997-08)

Advances in Digital Radioscopy for Use in Historic Preservation (2007-05)

Comparing Mass Drying and Sterilization Protocols for Water-Damaged Books (2008-04)

Stone Wall Repair Workshop: Ellsworth Rock Gardens (2007-08)

Swelling Mechanism in Clay-Bearing Sandstones (2007-09)

3C@5TR0

Progress in Preservation Through NCPTT Grants

An Evaluation of Supercritical Drying and PEG/Freeze Drying of Waterlogged Archaeological Wood (2007-04)

Video Preservation Website: Migration of Historic Video Tape to Digital Video Files (2007-13)

Deadline for Pre-Proposal letters for the 2008 PTT Grants program has been extended to October 15 2007

Application of Advanced Computer Simulation and Visualization to Enhance Cultural Resources Documentation (1997-06)

An Evaluation of Supercritical Drying and PEG/Freeze-Drying of Waterlogged Archaeological Wood

Merging Aerial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Satellite Multispectral Data to Inventory Archaeological Sites

Creating a Digital Archive for Cultural Landscapes: Recordation of Montana’s Tongue River Valley

The Use of Multibeam Swath Bathymetry for the Identification and Assessment of Underwater Archaeological Sites

Merging Aerial Synthetic Aperture Radar and Satellite Multispectral Data to Inventory Archaeological Sites

2007 PTTGrants – 8 Awards To Be Made Totaling $254,600

Lustron Online Interim Report

Seeing is Believing Thermography Aids Historic Preservation

Drying Waterlogged Archeological Wood Artifacts Complete

2007 PTTGrants National Panel Review

Timber Framers Guild on NCPTT Sponsored Research

2007 PTT Grants Undergoing Review

Testing the Regional Reliability of Spectral Signatures of Archaeological Phenomena (2006-01)

New Research Priority for Archeology

PTT Grants Program Panel Review

Fire and Ice: America’s Cultural Heritage Underwater (2004-19)

Shipwreck: America’s Underwater Heritage (2004-18)

Non-Destructive Imaging of Worn-Off Hallmarks and Engravings from Metal Objects of Art Using Acoustic Microscopy (2004-06)

Water Transport Characteristics of Masonry Restoration Mortars (2004-26)

Secret of Lake Meade: America’s Cultural Heritage Underwater (2004-17)

USS Arizona: Preserving a War Memorial (2004-23)

Dry Tortugas: Searching for the Windjammer Avanti (2004-22)

Ferry of Hope: Ellis Island and US Immigration (2004-21)

Control of Subterranean Termite Populations at San Cristobal and El Morro, San Juan National Historic Site (2003-01)

Draft Code for Historic Buildings (2002-01)

Control of Formosan Subterranean Termite Infestations Using Baits Containing an Insect Growth Regulator (2002-21)

Classroom Testing of Model Secondary Level Historic Preservation-Based Lesson Plans (2002-04)

New Termite Baiting Technologies for the Preservation of Cultural Resources: Results of Field Trials in the National Park System (2002-09)

Standard Practice for Determining the Components of Historic Cementitious Materials (2002-20)

The Effects of Peroxide Decontamination Reagents on the Chemical and Physical Properties of Cultural Materials (2002-22)

Keeping the Boys Busy: The Revival of Incremental, On-Site Design by National Parks (2002-10)

Development and Testing of Organic Coatings for the Protection of Outdoor Bronze Sculpture from Air-Pollutant Enhanced Corrosion — Year 1 (2001-09)

Olmsted Research Guide Online (ORGO) Phase 2 (2001-07)

National Register District GIS Project (2001-03)

The Role of Microorganisms in the Deterioration of Atmospheric Pollutants of Stone Used in Historic Buildings and Monuments (2001-01)

Examination of Gilded Bronze using Nondestructive Eddy Current Techniques (2001-10)

Development of High-Resolution, Digital, Color and Infrared Photographic Methods for Preserving Imagery on Hopewellian Copper Artifacts (2000-22)

Conservation and Art Materials Dictionary (2000-07)

Soiling Patterns on a Tall Limestone Building: Changes Over Sixty Years (2000-13)

Olmsted Research Guide Online (ORGO) Phase 1 (2000-15)

Use of Remote Sensing to Evaluate and Monitor the Condition of Prehistoric Earthen Structures (2000-14)

Vertical Gradients of Pollutant Concentrations and Deposition Fluxes on a Tall Limestone Building (2000-16)

Advancing State Historic Preservation Office Geographic Information Systems in the Western United States (1999-08)

Elimination of Subterranean Termite Populations from the Statue of Liberty National Monument Using a Bait Matrix Containing an Insect Growth Regulator, Hexaflumuron (1999-11)

Digital Videography: Recording, Preserving, and Disseminating Archaeological Data (1999-18)

Development of Nonlinear Documentation Strategies for Incorporating Computerized Solid Modeling in Historical Building Survey (1999-04)

Preservation 101: An Internet Course on Paper Conservation (1999-30)

Research into Protective Coating Systems for Outdoor Bronze Sculpture and Ornamentation Phase II (1999-23)

Online Information for Preserving Religious Properties (1999-29)

Nondestructive Method for Hardness Evaluation of Mortars (1999-02)

Teacher’s Heritage Resource Guide – Morgan County Volume 2 (1999-20)

An Evaluation of Archeological Applications of Mapping Grade Global Positioning Systems (1999-03)

Directory of Analytical and Materials Testing Services for Historic Preservation (1998-06)

Development of a Prototypical Historic Fire Risk Index to Evaluate Fire Safety in Historic Buildings (1998-08)

Description and Analysis of NAPAP Briquette Surface Chemistry Files (1998-30)

Glass & Stained Glass Conservation Workshop (1998-29)

Review of the Literature on the Topic of Acidic Deposition on Stone (1998-09)

Physical and Chemical Process Of Soiling and Washoff at the Cathedral Of Learning (1998-11)

Standardization in Historical Information and Interpretation System Demonstration Project (1998-10)

State Historic Preservation Legislation Database (1998-13)

Museum Lighting Protocols (1998-31)

Migration of the Hawaii State Historic Preservation Division Databases to the World Wide Web (1998-12)

Analyzing the Effect of Diethylaminoethanol, an Indoor Air Pollutant, on Traditional Easel Paintings, II (1998-17)

Analyzing the Effect of Diethylaminoethanol, an Indoor Air Pollutant, on Traditional Easel Paintings, I (1998-16)

Finding and Mapping Buried Archaeological Features in the American Southwest: New Ground-penetrating Radar Techniques and Three-dimensional Computer Mapping in the American Southwest (1998-04)

Computerizing Arizona’s Cultural Resource Files Implementation Plan (1997-11)

Research Into Protective Coating Systems for Outdoor Bronze Sculpture and Ornamentation Phase I (1997-03)

Historic Preservation Online – Louisiana Heritage InfoNet – Part 1 (1997-23)

Review of the State of the Art of Laser Cleaning in Conservation (1997-01)

NCPTT Internet Communication Survey Report (1997-25)

Methodology Report for a Multimedia Approach to Training Staff in Simple Book Repair (1997-26)

Development and Implementation of a Rapid Low-Cost Photogrammetric Data Archival System for Artifact and Osteological Inventory (1996-05)

Deterioration and Preservation of Porous Stone Royal Presidio Chapel, Monterey, California (1996-04)

Report for NCPTT on Funding Priorities in Materials Conservation (1996-07)

Origin of Whewellite-Rich Rock Crust in the Lower Pecos Region of Southwest Texas and its Significance to Paleoclimate Reconstructions (1996-03)

Survey for State Historic Preservation Offices Regarding Introductory Preservation Education of Local Public Officials (1996-13)

Testing the Energy Performance of Wood Windows in Cold Climates: A Report to the State of Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, Agency of Commerce and Community (1996-08)

Vertical Gradients of Pollutant Concentrations and Deposition Fluxes at the Cathedral of Learning (1996-09)

Evaluation Of NAPAP Aerometric Data (1996-21)

Evaluating Sites with Late 19th & Early 20th Century Components for Eligibility in the National Register of Historic Places: Using Turn-of-the-Century Whitewares as Economic Indicators in Assessing Collections and Developing Contexts (1996-10)

Historic Preservation: The Next Step; Public Lecture by James Marston Fitch (1996-12)

Cost Benefit Analysis of Bridge Degradation (1995-15)

Readings in Site Discovery and Site Evaluation (1995-14)

A Simple Book Repair Manual (1995-02)

Influence of Atmospheric Pollutants on Soiling of a Limestone Building Surface (1995-06)