Project Grant 18951465122

This Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program supports the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in expanding its arts-based educational programming and community partnerships in the Philadelphia neighborhoods of Kensington and Feltonville. The $797,000 award will enable PAFA to hire two part-time art educators, add a fourth partner school, and continue providing year-round bilingual services such as student...

The Canton Museum of Art in Canton, Ohio will continue and expand its Museum to Go program, which provides virtual visual arts education to fourth and sixth grade students. Funded by a $110,524 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the program aims to improve academic achievement and wellbeing through arts immersion. Each lesson includes a 360-degree virtual tour of a current exhibit, aligned activities on key artworks, and hands-on art making. The program...

The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey will partner with the Elizabeth Public School system and Cultures and Literacies through Art for the 21st Century to expand the CALTA21 curriculum for 9th and 10th grade bilingual social studies classrooms. Funded by a $101,881 project grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program, the partners will identify themes of Latinx contributions to American and world history to incorporate into the curriculum. They will...

The federal Project Grant award, with ID MG256076OMS24, was provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) program. The $1,231,500 grant will support Voices In Contemporary Art Inc. (Voca), a non-profit organization, in developing the capacity of art museum professionals across the United States in artist-centered stewardship practices. Through 18 workshops attended by teams from over 200 museums, the project will...

The Education Commission of the States received a $1,050,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024) to support the Arts Education Partnership (AEP). The award, issued on October 1, 2021 for a one-year period concluding September 30, 2022, will fund AEP's operation of a national network and technical assistance services, meetings and convenings, and research documentation and...

The Fashion Institute of Technology received a $182,444 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to deliver a series of one-week residential workshops exploring Italian American public art in New York City. The "Creative Spaces/Contested Spaces" project will strengthen place-based humanities teaching and learning by examining how monuments, landmarks, and public artworks are...

This $1,783,246 five-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to create online curricula and conduct research to prepare future middle and high school mathematics teachers to effectively use web-based dynamic geometry technology tools to facilitate productive classroom discussions on geometric concepts. The project has three key goals: 1) develop online modules to train future teachers on using technology to lead productive...

The National Science Foundation's Project Grant titled "Cultivating Persistence and Leadership Development in Science Master Teachers" will establish a cohort of 20 experienced grade 6-12 science teachers from high-need urban and rural school districts in Kentucky and Ohio. The $1,399,244 award, provided through the NSF's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to build leadership capacity in these high-need environments by creating a community of practice and incorporating...

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia will receive $120,804 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the National Leadership Grants program to expand its museum education internship program. Through a 10-month project concluding in October 2022, VMFA will provide 400 hours of hands-on training and professional development to 10 undergraduate students considering careers in museum education. Interns will gain experience in evaluation, studio instruction,...

This $1,808,065 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education) to the University of Houston System aims to develop STEM teacher leaders in the areas of culturally responsive classroom management, engineering design, and induction. Key goals include: Recruiting and providing 5-year, $20,000 annual salary supplements to 15 Master Teacher Fellows (MTFs) to receive intensive training in culturally responsive classroom management (CRCM) and engineering design....