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Laura Bush Announces $1.5 Million in Aid from
Institute of Museum and Library Services

Funding Details:

The Institute will award the $1.5 million in FY07 through three grant categories, the Laura Bush 21st Century Library program (December 16 application deadline), Museums for America (November 15 deadline), and Conservation Project Support (October 1 deadline) in two areas:

• Grants to support programs that introduce high school or college students to potential careers in libraries and museums by employing them to assist with disaster recovery or service operations. (Laura Bush 21st Century Librarians program for library applicants, Museum for America program for museum applicants.)
  
• Grants to provide professional internships in conservation practice at libraries and museums that have suffered disaster-related damage. (Laura Bush 21st Century Librarians program for library applicants, Conservation Projects Support program for museum applicants.)

Grant applications require the participation of at least one library (when applying through the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian’s program) or one museum (when applying through Museums for America or Conservation Project Support) as the applicant or as a partner in a location declared by FEMA as a major disaster area in 2005 or 2006 (see list of declared disaster Areas on FEMA's Web site). Application guidelines will be available on the Institute’s Web site approximately 90 days before the application deadline.