Project Grant LG259720OLS26
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Tennessee State Library and Archives $5,645,150 on October 1, 2025, under the Grants to States program (CFDA 45.310), a formula grant supporting the state's five-year Library Services and Technology Act implementation plan for fiscal years 2023–2027. The award funds three core goals for Tennessee residents: ensuring access to reading skills, information resources, and library services needed for school, work, and daily life; enabling...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center $199,914 on September 1, 2026, under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) to create the Atlanta University Center Archives Research Center Teaching Faculty Residency. Over two years through August 31, 2028, the recipient will develop a faculty residency program engaging teaching faculty from Clark Atlanta University and Spelman College. Faculty will participate...
- This $150,000 project grant from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), under the National Historical Publications and Records Grants program (CFDA 89.003), will support the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) in facilitating teacher and student engagement with historical records. Through a series of teacher workshops and webinars over the three-year period from August 2021 to July 2024, TSLA will expand access to primary sources from its collections to support...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Engineering Education and Centers awarded $158,776 to Austin Peay State University on July 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to examine how undergraduate students who are military veterans develop engineering identity, professional confidence, and a sense of belonging through capstone design experiences in engineering and engineering technology programs. The project investigates how student veterans integrate prior military...
- The U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded a $347,919 Project Grant under the Save America's Treasures program to East Tennessee State University (ETSU) to process, preserve, and digitize records from its Appalachian studies collection. The 3-year project, running from October 1, 2024 to March 31, 2027, will enable ETSU to hire a project archivist and graduate assistant to organize and digitize approximately 1,000 oral history interviews, 1,500 photographs, and 100 linear feet...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska $375,560 on September 1, 2026, under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) to plan the development of an accessible and usable framework for academic library support of statewide community archives. The University of Nebraska Libraries will enhance organizational knowledge and create a community archiving knowledge network across the university's library system. The project will...
- The East Tennessee Historical Society Inc. received a $103,563 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) to partner with museum planners and website designers. The goal of the project is to create a more inclusive approach to history that will inform, underpin, and contribute to an updated website for the Museum of East Tennessee History. With this funding, the Society will initiate dialogue with underserved...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded $200,000 to Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Recinto De Carolina on September 1, 2026, under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) to expand a community-centered archival education model focused on hands-on training in the preservation and interpretation of personal and family collections. The recipient will scale an established model of community-engaged archival education developed through its stewardship of the historical...
- The Tennessee State Library and Archives received a $3.5 million Formula Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Grants to States program (CFDA 45.310) on April 8, 2021. The funding will support the agency's goals of ensuring all Tennessee residents have the reading skills, information resources, and library services needed to succeed through the provision of traditional and digital library materials. Specific services will help communities respond to pandemic...
- The Mexic Arte Museum in Austin, Texas received a $100,234 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to improve its digital platform and online education services, and hire two education associates to continue its art outreach program for at-risk youth ages 10-17. The museum will develop an online curriculum and add digital content to its updated Learn web page to address needs created by the COVID-19 pandemic. It will also continue its prevention and early...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Austin Peay State University $199,998 on September 1, 2026, under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) to establish a dedicated Center for Archives Research & Education in Clarksville, Tennessee. The Center will operate on a distributed archives model, fostering one-on-one partnerships between institutional archives and community organizations to expand and strengthen regional collections. The center will integrate materials, resources, and space to support long-term preservation of culturally and historically significant items while increasing community engagement through educational programs and workshops. Working closely with community partners, the center aims to promote sustainable stewardship of the university's archives and special collections, ensuring these resources are preserved, better understood, and made accessible to wider audiences. The award runs through August 31, 2028. Austin Peay State University, a state-controlled institution of higher learning and subsidiary of the Board of Regents Tennessee, is the prime recipient. The National Leadership Grants program supports projects addressing critical needs of the museum and library fields with potential to advance practice through models, tools, research findings, services, practices, and alliances that can be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $100.0k | 8/4/26 |