Project Grant 1151008135

The Children's Museum of Atlanta will collaborate with Georgia State University to provide $420,615 in virtual learning opportunities and professional development under an Institute of Museum and Library Services Museums for America Project Grant awarded September 1, 2022. Specifically, the museum and university will develop curriculum-directed virtual learning for pre-K through 5th grade Title I students, with a focus on improving language and literacy skills through play-based methods. They...

The National Park Service awarded a $2,418,300 Cooperative Agreement to the Wolftrap Foundation for the Performing Arts to support essential operations at the Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. This award, funded through the National Park Service Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program (CFDA 15.954), aims to further the mission of the National Park Service in natural and cultural resource conservation, protection, and environmental sustainability....

The Alley Theatre received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support personnel expenses from January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which supports opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrate the arts with strategies that promote well-being and resilience, and build capacity and infrastructure within...

This $1,579,637 federal Project Grant award, titled "DEVELOPING EDUCATORS AND LEADERS (PROJECT DEAL)," was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) Grants program (CFDA 84.336). The project aims to improve student achievement by enhancing the quality of prospective and new teachers through innovative teacher residency programs, curriculum improvements, and robust induction support systems....

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $9,398,638 Education Innovation and Research (CFDA 84.411) project grant to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) to scale and sustain a professional learning program that supports positive acceleration for early-career teachers. The project aims to refine, scale, test, and sustain a teacher professional learning program based on Teachstone's MyTeachingPartner-Secondary...

The Alliance For California Traditional Arts will receive $100,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support a statewide folk and traditional arts apprenticeship program from January 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. The program will provide opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education by integrating folk and traditional arts with strategies that promote well-being...

This $541,500 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (CFDA 84.215 - Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects) will support The Education Alliance, a non-profit organization based in Charleston, West Virginia, to launch the "4T Academy" in Mason County Schools and provide...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded $100,000 to the Western Alliance of Arts Administrators F (doing business as Western Arts Alliance) through the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. The funding will support the Advancing Indigenous Performance Initiative to provide opportunities for participation in the arts and arts education for all people. The NEA's Promotion of the...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $566,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946) to the Ford's Theatre Society (FTS) to support a range of cultural resource stewardship activities and educational programming. Under this award, FTS will produce three mainstage theatrical productions for approximately 60,000 audience members, as well as provide educational opportunities including student matinees, guided and virtual field trips, oratory...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded the Alabama Shakespeare Festival a $150,000 project grant under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support personnel expenses from January 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022. The grant funding will allow the Alabama Shakespeare Festival to cover staffing costs as it responds to and recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, maintaining its ability to provide opportunities for public participation in the...