The Institute of Museum and Library Services is seeking applications for its 2024 21st Century Museum Professionals Program to support the achievement of these agency-level goals and to facilitate the delivery of significant results consistent with the IMLS federal authorizing legislation.
Donor Name: Institute of Museum and Library Services
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The 21st Century Museum Professionals (21MP) Program develops and enhances a diverse workforce of museum professionals. It supports projects that offer professional development to the current museum workforce, employing strategies to train and recruit future museum professionals and supporting evaluation efforts to help identify and share effective practices. IMLS recognizes the important role of strong local and regional networks as an essential tool for providing peer-to-peer learning, training, and mentoring opportunities. 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. Projects are expected to:
- reflect a thorough understanding of current practice related to training museum professionals;
- employ inclusive outreach strategies to reach target audiences at multiple institutions;
- engage museum staff, leadership, and volunteers at any stage of career development;
- follow a set of logical, interrelated activities tied directly to addressing a key need or challenge; and
- generate measurable results.
Goals and Objectives
- Goal 1, Support the professional development of the museum workforce, including those from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds.
- Objective 1.1: Develop new or enhanced professional development and training programs for the museum workforce.
- Objective 1.2: Support assessment and evaluation of training and professional development programs to identify and share effective practices.
- Goal 2, Recruit and train future museum professionals, including those from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds.
- Objective 2.1: Increase the number of students from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds enrolled in graduate and undergraduate museum-related programs.
- Objective 2.3: Recruit future museum professionals from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds through paid internships, mentoring, and fellowship opportunities.
- Objective 2.3: Support assessment and evaluation of recruitment, training, and higher education programs to identify and share effective practices.
Funding Information
- Total amount of funding IMLS expects to award through this announcement: $2,000,000
- Expected amount of individual awards: $100,000 – $500,000
Period of Performance
Anticipated period of performance August 1, 2024 – July 31, 2027. Project activities may be carried out for one to three years.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for an award under this 21MP Notice of Funding Opportunity, your organization must meet all three of the following criteria:
- Must be either a unit of State, local, or tribal government or be a private, nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code;
- Must be located in one of the 50 States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau;
Eligibility of Museums Located within a Parent Organization
- A museum located within a parent organization that is a State, local, or tribal government or multipurpose nonprofit entity, such as a municipality, university, historical society, foundation, or cultural center, may apply on its own behalf if the museum:
- is able to independently fulfill all the eligibility requirements listed in the above three criteria;
- functions as a discrete unit within the parent organization;
- has its own fully segregated and itemized operating budget; and
- has the authority to make the application on its own.
Eligibility of Nonprofit Organization Affiliated with a Museum
IMLS may determine that a nonprofit organization that is affiliated with a museum is eligible for this program where the organization can demonstrate that it has the ability to administer the project and can ensure compliance with the terms of this Notice of Funding Opportunity and the applicable law, including the IMLS Assurances and Certifications.
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