Project Grant MA260090OMS26
- The Denver Botanic Gardens received a $520,561 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to advance the long-term care and protection of alpine plants and ecosystems in North America. The three-year project, running from September 2024 to August 2027, will involve a cross-departmental team of experts in seed conservation, plant conservation science, and scientific data management, working in collaboration with public...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Desert Botanical Garden Inc. received a $432,452 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The award funds establishment of a cryobiorepository and conservation cryobank for endangered cactus and agave species to address biodiversity loss and climate change impacts in arid regions. Key deliverables include acquisition of a fusion...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Denver Botanic Gardens Inc. $640,467 on September 1, 2026, under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) to develop open-source data management tools that enable natural history collections to link specimen records with external datasets. Denver Botanic Gardens will create a digital platform that connects core physical specimens with associated digital resources—including images, genomic data, functional traits, ecological...
- The Atlanta Botanical Garden, Inc. received a $504,280 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award supports the development and delivery of a region-specific training program designed to build conservation workforce capacity across climate-vulnerable areas of the southeastern continental United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The...
- The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden will receive $330,058 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to conduct a database modernization and integration initiative documenting its 1,500-type living collection of California native plants. The Garden will hire a living collections curator and integrate three existing collection databases, completing a comprehensive inventory. It will migrate, validate, and reconcile...
- The Missouri Botanical Garden received a $314,011 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to restore and increase access to its biocultural collection. Key deliverables include cataloging approximately 12,000 cultural artifacts, retaining specialized staff, and improving the Tropicos botanical database to integrate artifact information and enhance usability. Funding will...
- The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden received a $299,296 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America (MFA) program (CFDA 45.301). The grant will enable the Garden to create a new digital asset management system to house and provide public access to thousands of existing archival assets, as well as serve as a repository for future digital assets. The project team will conduct an assessment of currently held assets, contract a web...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Idaho State University $1,169,572 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to complete Phase Two of an ongoing project improving the care and preservation of the Ray J. Davis Herbarium at the Idaho Museum of Natural History. The museum will contract with an external vendor to purchase, ship, and install a high-density mobile storage system and new cabinets and worktops in newly created space to house over...
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Center for Plant Conservation Inc. $479,120 on September 1, 2026, under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) to develop a national framework for reconciling plant taxonomy. The Center for Plant Conservation will establish and test a replicable process for building consensus taxonomy by partnering with botanical and biodiversity data organizations. The project will produce annual checklist releases for vascular plants of the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Huntsville Madison County Botanical Garden Society Inc. received a $508,910 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The award funds a two-year infrastructure modernization project to upgrade the Huntsville Botanical Garden's greenhouse and nursery facilities through installation of integrated environmental control systems,...
The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Montgomery Botanical Center, Inc. $471,518 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to preserve and organize over 7,500 dried leaf samples held in its collections. The recipient will catalog, inventory, and register the leaf samples and house them in a permanent repository equipped with museum-quality cabinets and environmental monitoring. Montgomery Botanical Center will hire a collections assistant to support implementation. The project consolidates leaf tissue samples into a centralized repository integrated into the Global Genome Biodiversity Network, making specimens discoverable to staff scientists, visiting scientists, students, botanical gardens, and conservation programs conducting plant research and biodiversity conservation. Work is performed in Kendall, Florida. The period of performance runs from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $110.6k | 8/6/26 |