FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 27, 2008
IMLS Press Contacts
202-653-4632
Jeannine Mjoseth, jmjoseth@imls.gov
Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov
IMLS Calls for 2009
Museums for America Grant Applications
Deadline: November 1,
2008
Washington, DC—The
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is accepting
applications for the agency’s FY 2009 Museums for
America (MFA) grant program. The Institute’s largest
museum grant program, Museums for America supports projects
that help qualified institutions achieve their goals,
further their missions, and build their capacity to better
serve their communities.
Museums for America grants are awarded in
the following areas:
1. Engaging Communities (Education, Exhibition, and
Interpretation)
2. Building Institutional Capacity (Management, Policy
and Training)
3. Collections Stewardship (Management of Collections)
Through these broad categories, the grants
provide funds for the full range of museum programs, including
digitization of collections, staff training, research,
exhibitions, educational programs, community partnerships,
collections management, and other similar activities.
MFA grants are available to museums of all
types and sizes located in the United States or its territories.
Applicants are required to demonstrate that proposed grant
activities are clearly linked to the institution’s
strategic plan and enhance the museum’s ties and
value to its community.
IMLS has scheduled two audio conference
calls to give prospective applicants an opportunity to
ask IMLS staff questions pertaining to the Museums for
America grant program. The calls will be held on the following
dates and times:
Thursday, September 18 at 3:00pm ET
Tuesday, October 7 at 3:00pm ET
Please check the Museums
for America page closer to the date of the call for
specific dial-in instructions.
Application
guidelines and instructions are available here. Please
direct any questions about the MFA program to Sandra Narva,
Senior Program Officer, 202-653-4634, snarva@imls.gov
or Steve Shwartzman, Senior Program Officer, 202-653-4641,
sshwartzman@imls.gov.
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