2026 Mid-Career Faculty Research and Creative Activities Grant Winner

NCPE is proud to announce two winners for this year:

Sarah R. Payne, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Director of the Public and Environmental History Center

Colorado State University

Project Title:

Invisible Stewards: Concessionaire Labor and the Architecture of Work in the National Parks

AND

Professor

Department of Historic Preservation

University of Mary Washington

historic preservation stories with Rae & Andi

Project Title:

Increasing the Impact of the Preservation Podcast “Verdigris”