Project Grant SGE21023GR0028

The Harris County Cultural Arts Council (HCCAC) will receive $112,000 under a two-year Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program. HCCAC will engage the East Harris County community in exploring African American funeral rituals, customs, traditions and history. They will collaborate with writers and artists to develop a visual exhibit and stage play providing opportunities for the public to learn the...

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support the delivery of an institute exploring the identities and connections among African, Afro-Caribbean, and African American communities in the United States. With $154,802 in funding provided over a period from October 2021 through March 2023, Montgomery College will convene scholars from various disciplines to share their research with participants. The institute will interrogate the terms "African...

The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $578,780 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) federal grant program (CFDA 45.309). The grant will fund a three-year project to increase accessibility of three archival collections from African American artists: the papers of artist Alonzo Davis, interviews and field notes of artist and scholar Michael D. Harris, and documents of artist...

This Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support the Transnational Dialogues in Afro-Latin American and Afro-Latinx Studies Institute. Administered by the University of Pittsburgh under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), the $175,000 award will fund a two-week residential-hybrid program from June 6-17, 2022. The Institute aims to explore transregional, transnational, and interdisciplinary scholarship and curricula...

The Association of African American Museums (AAAM) received a $322,449 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program. The grant will support four key work areas over a two-year period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026: Provide in-depth training and guidance to African American museum staff on creating successful applications to national funding sources and managing grants, which...

The Association of African American Museums (AAAM) will expand its Executive Leadership Training Program in collaboration with Howard University School of Business through this $262,055 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture program (CFDA 45.309). Building on a successful pilot, AAAM will offer leadership training to 25 mid-level and senior museum professionals annually from FY2023-FY2026. The...

The Alabama African American Civil Rights Heritage Sites Consortium (AAACRHSC) was awarded a $369,892 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program (CFDA 45.309). The grant will support the expansion of AAACRHSC's summer internship and youth leadership collaborative initiatives. AAACRHSC will work with regional high schools to recruit 30 high school interns in Birmingham, Montgomery, and...

The Banneker-Douglass Museum Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $109,276 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program (CFDA 45.309). The grant, with a period of performance from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027, will support the museum's efforts to identify lineal descendants or culturally affiliated communities for 13 individuals of African descent whose remains are currently housed at the...

Rowan University will establish a Black Humanities in Education initiative through history and culture project with $133,748 in funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program. The initiative aims to develop and disseminate content knowledge on African American history and culture for pre-service and in-service teachers through three objectives: embedding a newly established undergraduate...

The Museum of the African Diaspora was awarded a $510,402 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture federal grant program (CFDA 45.309). The grant will support expansion of the MOAD in the Classroom educational outreach program to provide free classroom instruction and museum visits for over 2,400 Title I third grade students in the San Francisco Bay Area. Key deliverables include creation of standards-aligned...