Project Grant ARPML250754OMLS22
- The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City will broaden outreach for its long-standing Leadership and Science Program for Girls under a $327,957 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The grant supports the National Leadership Grants program, which aims to address critical needs in the museum and library fields. Through the one-year grant period ending October 31, 2022, the Museum will encourage youth from low-income New York City neighborhoods to...
- 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 Historic House Trust of New York City was awarded a $186,200 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to support the "History Unpaused" initiative. Under this initiative, the Historic House Trust will partner with the Greater Hudson Heritage Network to provide collections care, cleaning, and staffing assistance to 23 historic houses as they reopen following the COVID-19 pandemic. Services will include virtual training...
- The Genesee-Livingston-Steuben-Wyoming Board of Cooperative Educational Services (GLSW BOCES) was awarded a $149,723 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants program. The grant will fund a series of four virtual forums from August 2021 through July 2023 to address challenges and opportunities for school librarians in the post-COVID educational landscape. A national advisory board representing diverse perspectives will guide the...
- The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Historic Hudson Valley a $367,643 project grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164) to develop the Invisible Women digital school program from January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The grant funds will be used to hire and train staff and interpreters to create and sustain an interactive online field trip experience focused on telling the untold stories of enslaved and free women in colonial and...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded the Visitor Studies Association Inc. a $449,957 Project Grant under the National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) program. The funding will support a two-year project to investigate how to build community through virtual conferencing to improve accessibility and inclusion at museum conferences, while also reducing the field's carbon footprint. The project will create an oversight committee, convene key stakeholders in virtual...
- The New York Historical Society was awarded a $205,897 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct the "Rethinking American Feminism, 1948-1977" institute. The institute aims to empower 30 K-12 teachers to incorporate a more diverse range of women's voices and contributions into their instruction on 20th century U.S. history. Over several months from October 2021 to September 2023, the institute will convene teachers and 19 guest scholars, filmmakers, and...
- The National Museum of Women in the Arts will undertake a $513,020 digital accessibility initiative through September 2024 with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301). As part of this project grant, the Museum will conduct an accessibility audit of its digital spaces, remediate inaccessible digital content, create new fully accessible digital and archival materials, and determine onsite digital accessibility needs....
- The Wild Center, a natural history center located in Tupper Lake, New York, received a $151,747 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants (NLG) program. The grant will support the creation of a fellowship program to attract young people to the rural Adirondack Park region and diversify The Wild Center's workforce as it expands its online educational offerings beyond the local area. Through the fellowship program, The Wild...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $1,091,792 National Leadership Grants (CFDA 45.312) project grant to Museum Hue, Inc. to develop and launch a digital platform dedicated to museums founded and led by culturally specific communities in the United States. The 3-year project will engage museum professionals across the field to create the platform, including holding listening sessions, distributing surveys, and developing an online directory and interactive map. The...
The National Women's Hall of Fame (NWHF) in Seneca Falls, New York will use a $112,095 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grants program to expand its virtual forums engaging communities in dialogue about past, present, and future leaders in women's history. Specifically, NWHF will host six bi-monthly forums from November 2021 through October 2022 highlighting women's equality, women in business, and medical researchers advancing women's health. The forums will provide a platform for women of color experts and target Generation Z and Millennial panels on post-pandemic job searches. Lessons learned from expanding digital programming during the pandemic will support NWHF's long-term growth and sustainability.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $49.7k | 10/15/21 |