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Please fill out the contact information and experience portion in the first section. Then, continue to the following sections, read the brief descriptions of each program, and, if you are interested in reviewing for that program, fill out the requested, program-specific information. You may apply for as many programs as you are interested in and qualified for.

1) First, please determine which IMLS museum grant program(s) you are most qualified to review based on your education and work experience. For more information about each program please click on the following links:
Museums for America Conservation Project Support National Leadership Grants/Sparks! 21st Century Museum Professionals Museum Grants for African American History and Culture Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services

2) Next, please check the box that corresponds to the grant program(s) in which you are most qualified to review.
21st Century Museum Professionals Conservation Project Support Museum Grants for African American History and Culture Museums for America National Leadership Grants/Sparks! Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services

3) Next, fill out the general reviewer information below.

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First Name:

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Shipping Address (if different):

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Highest Academic Degree:

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Years of professional museum experience (if applicable):

Years of professional conservation experience (if applicable):

Years of direct involvement with professional museum service organizations (if applicable):

In the drop down box below please explain your level of activity with these organizations (500 characters or less):

Is this your first application to become a reviewer? Yes
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Disciplines in which you have the most professional museum experience in the last 5 years.
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Approximate Operating Budget (if applicable):
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Previous Museum (in last 3 years) $

4) Next, click on the boxes which best represent your experience.
Administration/ManagementAdult Programming African American StudiesCollections Care Community OutreachConservation CuratorialCurriculum Development Database AdministrationEducation EvaluationExhibitions Facilities ManagementFamily Programming FinanceFundraising Information TechnologyInternships & Fellowship Programs InterpretationK-12 Programming Language PreservationManaging Technological Resources MentoringMuseum Studies Native American StudiesProfessional Development/Training PublicationsPublic Relations/Marketing RegistrationResearch & Research Methodologies Institutional PlanningTeaching Visitor ServicesWeb Management Digitization

Conservation Project Support and American Heritage Preservation Grant Reviewers Only

What are the materials in which you have the most conservation experience?

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What types of project(s) are you most qualified to review?

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