21st Century Museum Professionals Program (2025)
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- 21MP-FY25
- Applications due
- Award size
- $100,000 to $500,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Categories
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- Arts
- Humanities
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The 21st Century Museum Professionals (21MP) grant program, administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), supports projects that offer professional development to the current museum workforce, train and recruit future museum professionals, and identify and share effective practices in museum workforce education and training. Eligible applicants include units of state/local/tribal government, private non-profit organizations with tax-exempt status, museum associations, museum studies programs, and museums serving as part of the professional training environment. Projects must align with the program's goals and objectives, and applicants must provide cost share of at least 1:1. The application deadline is November 15, 2024, and IMLS expects to issue award decisions by June 2025.
IMLS expects to award a total of $2 million through approximately 8 individual awards ranging from $100,000 to $500,000. The project period for awarded projects is July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028, and activities can be conducted nationwide.
Synopsis
The 21st Century Museum Professional (21MP) grant program supports projects that offer professional development to the current museum workforce, train and recruit future museum professionals, and identify and share effective practices in museum workforce education and training. IMLS recognizes the important role of strong local and regional networks in providing peer-to-peer learning, training, and mentoring opportunities for the museum workforce. Partnerships among museums, museum-serving organizations, and institutions of higher education are vital to expanding career pathways for broad groups of museum professionals throughout a city, county, state, region, or the nation. The 21MP Program encourages applications from museum associations, museum studies programs at institutions of higher education, and museums that serve as essential parts of the professional learning and training environment.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| fy25-oms-21mp-NOFO.pdf | ||
| fy25-oms-21mp-NOFO.pdf |
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