FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
September 11, 2007
Press Contacts
202-653-4632
Jeannine Mjoseth, jmjoseth@imls.gov
Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov
IMLS Calls for 2008 Museums for America Grant Applications
Application
Deadline: November 1, 2007
Washington, DC—The
Institute of Museum and Library Services is accepting
grant applications for the agency’s FY 2008 Museums
for America (MFA) program. Through the MFA program, the
Institute provides support for essential and worthy projects
that help museums further their missions, achieve their
goals, and provide value to their communities. Museums
for America grants benefit museums of all sizes and types,
in all parts of the country.
This year’s guidelines have been modified
to make the application process quicker and more user-friendly.
The grant categories have been clarified to underscore
the goal of the program: to build the capacity of museums
to serve the public. The three categories of Museums for
America activities include:
1. Engaging Communities (Education, Exhibition,
and Interpretation)
2. Building Institutional Capacity (Management, Policy
and Training)
3. Collections Stewardship
Through these new, broad categories, the
grants will provide funds for the full range of museum
programs and activities, including digitization, staff
training, research, exhibitions, educational programs,
community partnerships and collections management.
Applicants are required to demonstrate that
proposed grant activities are clearly linked to the institution’s
strategic plan and enhance the museum’s ties and
value to its community. Although we invite proposals for
specific projects, we ask that applicants show that the
activities are an investment in the museum’s long-term
capacity.
Application
guidelines and instructions are available here. Please
note that the Institute will only accept applications
submitted through Grants.gov, the federal government’s
online application system. All applicants who are using
Grants.gov must register with Grants.gov before submitting
their application. Applicants who are not already registered
should allow at least two weeks to complete this one-time
process. Click
here for more information on registration. Please
direct any questions about the MFA program to Sandra Narva,
Senior Program Officer, 202/653-4634, snarva@imls.gov
or Steve Shwartzman, Senior Program Officer, 202/653-4641,
sshwartzman@imls.gov.
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