Project Grant CH23374716

The University of Missouri, in partnership with Emporia State University, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Kansas City Public Library, will host a two-day national forum under a $139,055 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA 45.313). The forum will bring together experts in addiction recovery, bibliotherapy, and community outreach to expand the role of public libraries in addressing alcohol use...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $250,887 National Leadership Grant (CFDA 45.312) to Storycorps, Inc. to implement the "One Small Step Libraries" program in partnership with several public libraries across the country. The grant, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to January 31, 2026, will fund the development and dissemination of resources to support civic dialogue and bridge-building programs in libraries nationwide. Key activities include...

This two-year, $148,710 Project Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) program will support the University of Connecticut's Greenhouse Studios, collaborating with its Asian and Asian American Studies Institute, to design a replicable community-engaged storytelling model. The project will develop an open-source Omeka plug-in to collect first-person narratives, which will be tested with the Fudeko...

The American Craft Council Library in Minneapolis, Minnesota received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312). The grant will support increasing the library's ability to serve patrons both in-person and online through the hiring of a part-time assistant librarian. The assistant librarian will aid patron reference requests and further the library's digitization efforts. The library's collection...

The Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio will receive $312,474 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to create a new Young Adult Creativity Center. The Center will host over 200 annual events and engage more than 6,000 young adults ages 13 to 21 from the greater Cincinnati region in career-building and professional development activities in the creative industries. Two new career-focused programs, Teen...

The University of Missouri's School of Information Science and Learning Technologies will conduct a needs assessment and environmental scan of rural, urban, and suburban public libraries to document their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic under a $100,605 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The University's research team will consider libraries' pandemic responses across various socioeconomic contexts and identify strengths and weaknesses. The assessment will...

The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education, in partnership with the Cincinnati Museum Center, received a $1.49M project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to develop and deliver community-centered programming around two Holocaust exhibitions. The award, effective October 1, 2025, through January 31, 2027, will fund survivor-led tours, forums, storytelling events, workshops, and educational resources centered...

The City of Houston's Houston Public Library will preserve existing oral history recordings relevant to the city's history and collect new recordings documenting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on race and social justice issues. Funded by a $100,000 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program, the library will convert legacy collections to more stable audiovisual formats, migrate materials to an updated online accessible platform, and...

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 Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, OH was awarded a $499,395 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program. The grant will support six mutually reinforcing and free out-of-school learning opportunities for over 5,000 young adults in the Cincinnati region to help offset learning loss resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The center will build on and expand five successful young adult programs:...