Past Conflict Accounting
Program Funding
Annual program obligations reported to SAM.gov.
Funded Projects
Examples of what this program has supported.
PI Terrestrial Archaeologists collaborated with 21 primary partner organizations to plan 52 missions in 16 countries. Of these, 39 missions were executed, 2 missions were postponed to a later FY, 10 missions were withdrawn, and 1 mission was canceled.
PI’s Underwater Team collaborated with 16 primary partner organizations to plan 23 missions in 15 countries. Of these, 16 missions were executed, 2 missions were postponed to a later FY, 4 missions were withdrawn, and 1 mission was canceled.
Research maintained 119 discrete efforts including Oral History Reports for the Korean war, plotting of GIS data using German language shoot down records, Bari Harbor case summaries, Solomon Island Case Narratives, and Bungo Channel Loss Research case summaries. Additionally, the team was able to close 8 efforts including the Philippines case specific research, Chuuk Research and SS John Harvey project as part of the overall Bari Harbor effort.
Program Objective
The United States has made a sacred promise to its citizens that it will bring home with dignity all those who have served. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is responsible for determining the fate of our missing and, where possible, recovering and identifying those who have made the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of a grateful nation.
This program facilitates efforts to provide the fullest possible accounting for missing Department of Defense personnel from past conflicts and to provide answers to their families and the nation. This effort has a direct impact on the readiness, recruitment, and morale of the active forces.
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants
- U.S. Federal Government
- U.S. State Government
- Department/Agency of U.S. State
- Interstate Organization
- Federally Recognized Tribal Government
- Department/Agency of U.S. Territorial Gov
- Not-for-Profit Organization
- Nonprofit Organization
- For-Profit Organization
- Local Government Consortium
- Local
- State
- Territorial
- Tribal
- International Organization
- Veteran (including dependents)
Applicants can be any private entity. A private entity is defined as any self-sustaining, non-Federal person or organization, established, operated, and controlled by any individual(s) acting outside the scope of any official capacity as officers, employees, or agents of the Federal Government
How to Apply
Award Procedure
Applicant should submit proposals as provided for in the relevant announcement. Merit based procedures will be used for award decisions and evaluators will use the evaluation criteria set forth in the announcement to determine if the application meets the pertinent requirements and merits an award.
Decision Timeline
- Approval: From 90 to 120 days
- Renewal interval: From 90 to 120 days
- Appeal: From 1 to 15 days
A representative range required to approve or disapprove a proposal is 90 to 120 days, however, awards relating to higher priority projects will generally take less time.
Program details & compliance
Description
This program facilitates efforts to provide the fullest possible accounting for missing Department of Defense personnel from past conflicts and to provide answers to their families and the nation by developing new and creative approaches to research and analysis, field work, and other accounting activities.
Mission Categories
Primary: Veterans Health
Other categories:
Historical PreservationGeneral and Special Interest Organizations
Use of Funds
Allowed Uses
Pursuant to 10 USC 1501, the Secretary of Defense designated DPAA as the “single organization within the Department of Defense to have responsibility for Department matters relating to missing persons from past conflicts, including accounting for missing persons and persons whose remains have not been recovered from the conflict in which they were lost.” 10 USC 1501a provides the Secretary of Defense with authority to "enter into a cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, a private entity for purposes related to the support of the activities of the designated Defense Agency." The Secretary of Defense delegated his 10 USC 1501a grant and cooperative agreement authority to DPAA to support DPAA's mission of locating and recovering the remains of missing persons from past conflicts, identifying those remains when possible, and providing answers to the families of the missing and the nation. Therefore, assistance must for purposes related to supporting efforts to account for missing Department of Defense personnel from past conflicts and provide answers to their families and the nation. Examples of programs of assistance include supporting universities, academic institutions, research institutions, non-profit organizations, and other non-federal entity in developing novel or new techniques approaches, procedures and techniques related to:
• Conducting terrestrial archaeological field work in a more efficient and cost effective manner to assist in recovering remains of the missing and other socially important objectives;
• Engaging in underwater remote sensing and surveys to improve the ability to detect, for example underwater aircraft crash locations; and
• Developing new historical research and analysis capabilities, data mining and document archives/search methodologies to increase the effectiveness of identifying critical historical information that can contribute to providing information to families of the missing as well as contributing to other social goals.
Required Documentation
Credentials may be required in some instances, for example when a grant is issued that will entail field work requiring an archeologist or forensic anthropologist to ensure an excavation is conducted in accordance with applicable medico-legal standards. Applicants will submit evidence that all proposed entities and personnel are qualified and capable of performing such specified tasks or projects which may require certain scientific or other technical training/certification.
Reporting & Compliance
Applicable 2 CFR 200 Subparts
- Subpart B — General Provisions
- Subpart C — Pre-Federal Award Requirements
- Subpart D — Post-Federal Award Requirements
- Subpart E — Cost Principles
- Subpart F — Audit Requirements
Formula
This program has no statutory formula