Project Grant SJO10018GR085

The Jewish Theological Seminary of America received a $249,582 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian (LB21) program (CFDA 45.313). The grant will support a 3-year partnership with the Association of Jewish Libraries to offer a professional certificate program in Judaica and Hebraica librarianship. The program will train over 30 specialists to help fill a documented workforce need in this specialized field....

The Saint Peter's University Center for Child and Human Development was awarded a $1.1 million project grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on September 12, 2022 to support literacy and community school programs through August 31, 2025. The grant funding will support the Center's work under four federal programs - Innovative Approaches to Literacy, Promise Neighborhoods, Full-Service Community Schools, and Congressionally Directed Spending...

The Papahana Kuaola (PK) will develop a culture-based early literacy program for $156,814 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' (IMLS) Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services program (NANH-L). PK will create learning materials and engage 1,364 participants across 13 schools on Oahu, Molokai, and Maui through hands-on activities, bus tours, outdoor experiences, and community events centered around moolelo (stories), ali'i (royalty)...

The New York Public Library (NYPL) received a $167,683 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) to create a Research Libraries Collection Spaces Construction Design Standard (RLDS). The RLDS will establish design standards to guide the construction and renovation of over 560,000 square feet of collections storage, reading rooms, and workspaces across NYPL's three research centers and...

The American Library Association (ALA) received a $993,499 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) to design and pilot Adult and Family Literacy Support Centers in libraries nationwide. The project will develop comprehensive, interactive toolkits and train-the-trainer materials to help libraries across the country build community literacy programs. The centers will address the persistent challenge of...

The Children's Museum of the East End (CMEE) received a $157,920 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America (CFDA 45.301) program to expand their Estrellas de Lectura/Reading Stars program. This reading mentorship initiative aims to improve social-emotional learning skills and restore reading fluency in bilingual children disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 learning loss. The grant will fund activities such as community engagement, mentor...

This Project Grant award of $798,456 from the US Agency for International Development Morocco supports the American Sephardic Federation's National Sephardic Library and Archives in their work to instill a sense of shared Muslim-Jewish heritage identity and pride among residents of former Jewish neighborhoods in Morocco. Through preserving and sharing Morocco's Jewish cultural heritage with researchers and tourists, the award will also assist grantees in creating sustainable employment...

This $150,000 Project Grant awarded on September 1, 2023 by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) program will allow Papahana Kuaola, a Native Hawaiian organization and non-profit, to address the need for increased access to Hawaiian cultural-based literature and place-based learning. The funding will be used to develop literacy-focused programs, learning materials, and community engagement activities that...

The federal Project Grant award for $250,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215). The award to the Alaska Library Network, a non-profit organization located in Juneau, Alaska, will be used to improve the delivery of...

The Johns Hopkins University was awarded a $410,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities program (CFDA 45.169) to support the Humanities Open Book Program from May 1, 2018 through October 31, 2020. The Office of Digital Humanities program aims to support innovative humanities projects utilizing or studying the impact of digital technologies. This award specifically funds the Humanities Open Book Program,...