The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, Vermont will receive $105,448 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to implement a boat-building and rowing program. The Museum will partner with local schools to engage 24 students several days a week in building an 18th century replica whaleboat at its boat shop. In spring 2022, the students will utilize the completed boats for an after-school rowing program involving...
The Putnam Museum and Science Center in Davenport, Iowa will provide in-person and virtual versions of its week-long STEM residency program for K-6 students free of charge to Title I students and teachers, as well as family workshops, passes, memberships, and an afterschool/weekend year-round academy for grades 4-6, through a $128k Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The museum will use the grant funding under the IMLS' National Leadership Grants program to...
The Brooklyn Museum will create intensive arts education curricula for up to 10 underserved schools in Brooklyn, New York during the 2021-2022 academic year under a $231,230 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The museum aims to develop inspiring encounters with art that transform perspectives through its school partnerships, expecting to reach approximately 1,000 K-12 students. Prioritizing Title I schools impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the project will...
The Christa McAuliffe Center for Integrated Science Learning at Framingham State University will implement a team mentorship and project-based learning program for local high school students under a $202,094 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Museums for America program. The program will task participants with creating campaigns in the form of exhibits, videos, and presentations to increase awareness of environmental challenges. This will help participants...
The Durham Museum in Omaha, Nebraska will use a $100,322 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to expand online and in-person educational programming for K-12 students. Specifically, the Museum will add two part-time facilitators and necessary equipment to enhance its existing virtual field trips and weekly webcast series, which were developed during the COVID-19 pandemic to improve accessibility. The Museum will also relaunch its...
The Historic Hudson Valley in Tarrytown, New York will strengthen its digital capacity and develop online teacher resources through a $119,001 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program. Under the award, set to run from November 2021 through October 2022, the nonprofit will hire new interpretive staff with skills in digital storytelling to lead virtual programs and train existing staff on differences between in-person and online...
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 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951) provides $106,708 to the Hitchcock Center for the Environment to implement an environmental education initiative in the Connecticut River Valley of Western Massachusetts. The project will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques to increase environmental literacy and encourage pro-environmental behaviors in...
The Vermont State Agency of Education was awarded a $1,868,242 formula grant from the U.S. Department of Education under the Education Stabilization Fund (CFDA 84.425) on April 23, 2021 to support services for homeless children and youth through September 30, 2023. The agency will provide subawards totaling the $1.8 million amount to 26 local educational agencies across Vermont for services authorized under the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief Fund -...
The Boise Art Museum will use a $133,955 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to rebuild its arts education programs and directly support recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the Museum will hire 10 new instructors and one program assistant to deliver in-person, classroom, and mobile app-based arts education programming to 15,000 students from preschool through high school. Prior to the pandemic, the Museum's...