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Education Support

Museums and libraries support formal education from early elementary through the highest levels of research and scholarship.

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National Student Poets Program
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and IMLS are partnering with the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers on the National Student Poets Program, the country’s highest honor for youth poets whose original work exhibits exceptional creativity, dedication to craft, and promise.

Search the Awarded Grants database for grants to programs that strengthen education support (issue areas have only been assigned to grants awarded since FY 2009)

Education support content on the IMLS Web site:
National Student Poets Celebrate Poetry Month Across the United States

April 12, 2013 09:00 AM
The five teenage National Student Poets serve as literary ambassadors for poetry. They are helping to celebrate National Poetry Month by spreading the word about their craft at workshops and events around the country. Read More

 
Call for Existing Research on Arts Programs

January 15, 2013 03:47 PM
IMLS joins Arts Education Partnership to expand body of evidence on the role of Arts Education Programs in America’s museums and libraries. Read More

 
Call for Applications: FY 2013 Museums for America and National Leadership Grants for Museums

October 16, 2012 09:17 AM
IMLS announces new guidelines and a new deadline for the nation’s largest museum grant programs. Read More

 
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IMLS Announces $2.5 Million to Support Early Learning

September 27, 2012 07:52 AM
Museums and libraries will address school readiness and summer reading loss. Read More

 
IMLS Awards $50,000 to the Public Library Association to Prototype a Summer Reading App

June 6, 2012 10:59 AM
Libraries to develop new tools to combat summer learning loss. Read More