Deadline: 15-Nov-22
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is seeking applications for its National Leadership Grants for Museums 2023 to support projects that address critical needs of the museum field and that have the potential to advance practice in the profession to strengthen museum services for the American public.
Projects are expected to:
- generate results such as models, new tools, research findings, services, practices, and/or alliances that can be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend the benefits of federal investment;
- reflect a thorough understanding of current practice and knowledge about the subject matter and an awareness of and support for current strategic priorities in the field;
- use collaboration to demonstrate broad need, field-wide buy-in and input, and access to appropriate expertise;
- articulate intentional impact across one or more disciplines within the museum field; and
- employ novel approaches to the project area, as may be appropriate.
Goals
- Goal 1: Advance the museum field’s ability to empower people of all ages and backgrounds through experiential and cross-disciplinary learning and discovery.
- Goal 2: Advance the museum field’s ability to maximize the use of museum resources to address community needs through partnerships and collaborations
- Goal 3: Advance the museum field’s ability to identify new solutions that address high priority and widespread collections care or conservation issues.
Types of Projects
- Non-research
- Research
- Rapid Prototyping
Funding Information
- Non-research: $50,000-$750,000
- Research: $50,000-$750,000
- Rapid Prototyping: $5,000-$50,000
- Anticipated number of awards: 15
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for an award under this National Leadership Grants for Museums Notice of Funding Opportunity, your organization must meet all three of the following criteria:
- Must be either a unit of State, local, or tribal government or be a private, nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code;
- Must be located in one of the 50 States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau; and
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Must qualify as one of the following:
- A museum that, using a professional staff, is organized on a permanent basis for essentially educational, cultural heritage, or aesthetic purposes; owns or uses tangible objects, either animate or inanimate; cares for these objects; and exhibits these objects to the general public on a regular basis through facilities that it owns or operates.
- An organization or association that engages in activities designed to advance the wellbeing of museums and the museum profession; ]
- An institution of higher education, including public and nonprofit universities; or
- A public or private nonprofit agency that is responsible for the operation of a museum that meets the eligibility criteria in 1, 2, and 3(a), applying on behalf of the museum.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=343144