Deadline: 15-Nov-21
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is pleased to announce Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Grant Program that aims to support Indian tribes and organizations that primarily serve and represent Native Hawaiians in sustaining heritage, culture, and knowledge through exhibitions, educational services and programming, workforce professional development, organizational capacity building, and collections stewardship.
As a result, the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services grant program has significant potential to generate positive societal impact through project activities undertaken as part of the grant-funded work and activities that may be complementary to the project. IMLS does not prescribe the type, focus, reach, or scale of societal impact required for each project, but the questions to be addressed in the application Narrative and the review criteria reflect the agency’s commitment to both advancing knowledge and understanding and to ensuring that the federal investment made through grants generates benefits to society.
Goals and Objectives
The Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services grant program has three program goals and from two to four objectives associated with each goal. Each applicant should align their proposed project with one of these three goals and one or more of the associated objectives.
- Goal 1: Empower people of all ages and backgrounds through experiential and crossdisciplinary learning and discovery.
- Objective: Support public programs, adult programs, family programs, and early childhood programs.
- Objective: Support exhibitions, interpretation, and digital media.
- Objective: Support in-school and out-of-school educational programs.
- Objective: Support the professional development of the Native American and Native Hawaiian museum workforce.
- Goal 2: Build the capacity of organizations to serve their communities.
- Objective: Support institutional planning and policy development.
- Objective: Support technology enhancements.
- Goal 3: Advance the management and care of Native American and Native Hawaiian collections and their associated documentation.
- Objective: Support cataloging, inventorying, and registration; collections information management; and collections planning.
- Objective: Support conservation and environmental improvement and/or rehousing; conservation surveys; and conservation treatment.
- Objective: Support database management, digital asset management, and digitization.
- Objective: Support the preservation and perpetuation of indigenous languages and traditional cultural practices.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,272,000
- Award Ceiling: $100,000
- Award Floor: $5,000
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for an award under this Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Notice of Funding Opportunity, your organization must be:
- a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe
- a Nonprofit Organization that Primarily Serves and Represents Native Hawaiians.
Federally Recognized Indian Tribe
- To be eligible for funding as this type of entity, your organization must be an “Indian tribe,” which means any tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska native village, regional corporation, or village corporation (as defined in, or established pursuant to, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)), which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
- A list of eligible entities is available from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Nonprofit Organization that Primarily Serves and Represents Native Hawaiians
- To be eligible for funding as this type of entity, your organization must be a nonprofit that primarily serves and represents Native Hawaiians, as that term is defined in 20 U.S.C. § 7517. In order for a museum to be eligible, it must demonstrate that it is established as an organization that meets this statutory eligibility criteria.
- They recognize the potential for valuable contributions to the overall goals of the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services grant program by entities that do not meet the eligibility requirements.
- Although such entities may not serve as the lead applicant organization, they are encouraged to participate in projects as partners. Such entities may, for example, assist the lead applicant with project activities. Federally operated libraries and museums may not apply for Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services grants, but they may serve as nonessential partners to applicants if they do not receive IMLS grant funds as a result of the project.
Note: federally appropriated funds, whether they are disbursed directly to you by an agency of the federal government or indirectly through another organization, do not count toward your cost share, if any. Contact IMLS before submitting an application involving a federal agency or federal collection.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=335309