Project Grant 18874103222

The Brooklyn Children's Museum Corporation will expand its Museum-on-the-Go program and extend its reach to K-3 educators and students under a $503,390 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program. The Museum-on-the-Go initiative provides collections-based learning experiences using a "field trip in a box" concept. Through this funding, the Museum will incorporate new elements into the existing pre-K program and create 24 new case studies...

The Friends of the New York Transit Museum will develop, assess, and refine virtual humanities programs with a $189,863 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program. Key products include new virtual programming in the form of lesson plans, tours, exhibits, and presentations on topics like school/group programs, accessibility programs, family programs and public programs. The...

The Three Of US Corporation, doing business as The NY Conservatory For Dramatic Arts, was awarded a $201,488 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Education Stabilization Fund program. The April 15, 2021 award provides funding through April 14, 2022 to support student assistance through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II (HEERF II) program. HEERF II aims to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus pandemic at...

This $750,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (CFDA 84.215) supports arts and educational programming in Massachusetts. The funding will enable the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA to partner with local arts organizations like 20 Summers, Truro Center for the Arts, Wellfleet Preservation Hall, and Provincetown Art Association and Museum to provide K-12 students and educators in the Outer Cape Cod region with a...

Education Through Music Inc. was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support music instructor fees for a year-long music education program for students at partner schools in Bronx School District 11 in New York City. The grant will fund the delivery of music instruction to students from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023 to promote arts participation and...

The Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania will receive $1 million under a Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The funding is provided through four federal grant programs—Innovative Approaches to Literacy (CFDA 84.215), Promise Neighborhoods, Full-Service Community Schools, and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects—to support the Museum's Kindergarten Readiness...

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...

This Project Grant award of $327,242 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the NOAA Mission-Related Education Awards (CFDA 11.008) program will support the following key products and services: Provide 32 hours of professional development to 15 teachers in three low-income, majority-minority school districts to increase student climate literacy, student-led decision making, and student-determined climate action projects. Deliver an 8-hour eco-art adventure to the...

The Detroit Zoological Society will partner with three community-based youth organizations to implement a $390,078 virtual STEM education program for low-to-moderate income and students of color in the Detroit metropolitan area. Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program, the project will train staff from the Detroit Zoo and partner organizations in inquiry-based, humane virtual STEM instruction. Trainees will then develop and...

The Theatre Development Fund, Inc. received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals federal grant program (CFDA 45.024). The funding will support the Introduction to Theatre Initiative, the Young Playwrights Residency, and the Wendy Wasserstein Project. The Introduction to Theatre Initiative and Young Playwrights Residency will provide opportunities for people to participate in arts education....