Project Grant PB27398320

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 New Children's Museum in San Diego, California will receive $103,268 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to reimagine and expand its school visits program for pre-K/elementary students and Head Start groups. The Museum will develop new virtual tours, English/Spanish activity booklets, and art kits with digital art packets based on the success of similar pandemic-driven remote offerings. Programming will include...

The Minnesota Children's Museum in St. Paul, Minnesota will receive $139,150 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) to reinvigorate family learning programs eliminated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The museum will provide free or discounted admission and access to programs supporting lower-income families in raising thriving children. Programs will include free family nights, workshops on playful learning, and free play kits...

The Baltimore Museum of Art will implement hybrid virtual and in-person K-4 educational programs through a $106,597 Institute of Museum and Library Services Project Grant awarded November 1, 2021 through the National Leadership Grants program. Specifically, the Museum will provide its Close Encounters and Literacy Through the Arts programs, historically facilitated in-person, to Baltimore City and County students in hybrid virtual and in-person formats as schools recover from the COVID-19...

The Oklahoma State University Library will collect, preserve, manage, and interpret documentary sources representing the COVID-19 pandemic experience through a $114,806 one-year oral history project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants program. The project will capture impressions, recollections, and analytical reflections of individuals impacted by the pandemic through their official employment or community roles, ensuring...

The Children's Museum of Tacoma (CMT) was awarded a $288,952 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) to implement the Free Play to Learn Plus (P2L+) program from November 1, 2021 through October 31, 2022. Building on two existing outreach initiatives, P2L+ will provide live virtual classes, prerecorded classes, activity kits, family STEAM nights, resource guides, and eventual in-person classes in...

This federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education provided $1.54 billion to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction through the Education Stabilization Fund program (CFDA 84.425) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding was awarded on March 24, 2021 and must be expended by September 30, 2023. The Wisconsin DPI subsequently distributed these American Rescue Plan (ARP) - Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER)...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Bric Arts Media Bklyn Inc. a $100,000 project grant under the National Leadership Grants program to produce One Brooklyn TV in partnership with the New York City Department of Education. One Brooklyn TV will bring educational media content to over 550,000 households in Brooklyn, providing students access to remote curriculum and instructional videos regardless of internet access. Now in its second year, the program will focus on creating...

The International Center of Photography in New York City was awarded a $215,784 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program to reinstate and expand its library-based public programs. Under the one-year award running from November 2021 through October 2022, the Center will deliver both in-person and virtual public programs focused on photography at its William Randolph Hearst Library location. Programming will include book events, film...

The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois was awarded a $206,766 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to implement a two-part community outreach program under the National Leadership Grants program. The museum will develop new offsite programming to bring interactive science experiences to schools and community spaces across Chicago, including learning labs, school assemblies, whole-school takeovers, and science fairs. Additionally, the museum will...