Project Grant ARPML250823OMLS22
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded $348,758 to the American Congregational Association through its Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) for the "Recovering Untold Stories from Revolutionary New England" project. The award, effective September 1, 2025, with completion by August 31, 2028, supports the digitization, description, and transcription of early church records from six partner institutions across New...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $515,805 Project Grant under the 21st Century Museum Professionals Program (CFDA 45.032) to Historic New England-Spnea, a non-profit organization in Boston, MA. The grant will fund a 3-year pilot program to enhance equity and diversity within the museum workforce. The program will provide paid internships to 76 undergraduate, graduate, and recent degree recipients, offering them training, support, and connections to navigate museum...
- 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...
- Historic Deerfield, Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to expand its virtual and hybrid humanities programming. With this two-year award beginning Oct 1, 2021, Historic Deerfield will hire a new Digital Engagement Specialist and pursue infrastructure upgrades to deliver high-quality digital content and hybrid programming to worldwide audiences. Specific activities...
- The Vermont Historical Society in Barre, Vermont will create new educational online and in-person content focused on stories of resilience, diversity, and community in Vermont history under a $106,575 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Funded through IMLS's National Leadership Grants program, which supports advancing practices in museums and libraries, the project will develop resources for the Society's Vermont History Explorer website. This digital platform...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to support community engagement efforts by Historic Germantown, a consortium of 18 historical sites and cultural attractions in Northwest Philadelphia. Under the grant, Historic Germantown will hire two Community Engagement Coordinators based at two of its member sites, Stenton and Cliveden, to build connections with local...
- The Newport Historical Society has been awarded a $150,085 Project Grant under the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026, will fund the hiring of a full-time research assistant to continue the Society's work on its database of records representing Black and Indigenous individuals from the Newport area. Since 2021, the Society has identified and recorded over...
- The American Congregational Association Inc. received a $289,300 three-year Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the federal Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access grant program (CFDA 45.149). The grant will support the New England's Hidden Histories initiative to digitize and provide online access to approximately 18,000 historical church records and related documents from the 17th-18th centuries held in Massachusetts, Rhode Island,...
- The New York Historical Society will receive $267,269 over three years from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) to support its Fellowship Program. Through this Project Grant award, starting in 2023 the Society will provide one fellowship annually through 2026 for promising scholars in American history. Fellows will conduct interdisciplinary research in history, art history, and material culture using the Society's...
- 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...
Historic New England will utilize a $100,745 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to hire a Curatorial Fellow to assist in developing an expanded collecting plan. The Fellow will identify community partners to participate in collaborative meetings on Indigenous, Black, and LGBTQ+ histories in New England. Additionally, the Fellow will research marginalized stories within Historic New England's existing collections, catalogue and digitize its "A Time to Remember" COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter collecting initiative, and author blog posts. This supports Historic New England's larger "Recovering New England's Voices" initiative researching and sharing underrepresented regional stories. The one-year award period began November 1, 2021.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $49.8k | 10/15/21 |