IMLS Funds Support Tribal and Native Hawaiian Museum Services
September 29, 2016By Office of Museum Services Staff The Office of Museum Services recently published grant guidelines for the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services program. This is part of a series of blogs highlighting the new grant guidelines and offering tips for applicants.
FY 2017 National Leadership Grants for Museums: Are you Ready to Take the Lead?
September 27, 2016By Office of Museum Services Staff The Office of Museum Services recently published grant guidelines for the FY2017 National Leadership Grants for Museums. This is part of a series of blogs highlighting the new grant guidelines and offering tips for applicants. Recently IMLS posted its 2017 guidelines, or Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), for the National Leadership Grants for Museums… Read more
FY2017 Museums for America (MFA) Grants: How to choose a Project Category
September 26, 2016By Office of Museum Services Staff The Office of Museum Services recently published grant guidelines for the FY2017 Museums for America grant. This is part of a series of blogs highlighting the new grant guidelines and offering tips for applicants.
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Newly Awarded STEMeX Grants to Examine STEM Expert Facilitation of Family Learning in Libraries and Museums
September 26, 2016By Dr. Sandra Toro IMLS Program Officer We are pleased to announce four STEMeX awards– the first of their kind for the agency – which fund research on informal educational approaches that make use of the knowledge and skills of community Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) experts. These long anticipated awards generated a tremendous response from the field, and all of us at IMLS… Read more
Connecting African American History and Culture Across the Country
September 26, 2016By Mark Isaksen IMLS Senior Program Officer
It's Not Only Cuddling That Children Crave - It's Coding!
September 19, 2016By Michele Farrell IMLS Senior Program Officer The Orem Public Library in Orem, Utah has developed a “Techreation Center” that has proven wildly popular with the community’s youth. The center was developed after the library received $27,662 as a subrecipient of Utah State Library’s Grants to States grant. I recently visited the library and asked project director Nathan Robison to share with… Read more
New Museum Likely to Have a Catalytic Effect On African American Storytelling
September 19, 2016By Janelle Carter Brevard IMLS Director of Communications and Government Affairs One of my earliest memories growing up in Mississippi was of my family moving into a new house, the very home where my parents still live today. Back then, our move was a monumental moment as my parents had worked hard and saved their money – even having our family of five live in a small two-bedroom apartment for a… Read more
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Libraries and Museums Send a Message to Communities: Sawubona - Catalyzing Communities
September 12, 2016Editorial Note: A previous version of this blog published on September 12, 2016 inadvertently attributed the Zulu greeting reference to Rev. Starsky Wilson. It was in fact made by poet Richard Blanco. By Dr. Marvin D. Carr IMLS Senior Advisor
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Museum Grants for 2017: IMLS Announces Four Grant Program Opportunities
September 8, 2016By IMLS Office of Museum Services Editor’s Note: The IMLS Office of Museum Services recently published FY 2017 application guidelines for its grant programs. This introductory blog highlights changes to the grant programs from previous years. Stay tuned for subsequent blogs that will highlight specific programs and special interest areas.
Join the Community Catalyst Conversation This Tuesday in a Public Twitter Chat
September 8, 2016By Office of Communications and Government Affairs Staff The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) kicked off a Town Hall conversation today as part of its Community Catalyst Initiative that focuses on ways museums and libraries can serve as catalysts in communities.