FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 12, 2008

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IMLS Extends Deadlines for Organizations in FEMA-declared Disaster Areas

In response to institutions dealing with disasters, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is extending by two weeks all museum grant deadlines through the end of the calendar year for organizations in counties that have been declared disaster areas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, announced Anne-Imelda Radice, PhD, Director of IMLS. Affected grant programs include:

1. Bank of America/IMLS American Heritage Preservation Grants, deadline Sept. 15
   (for FEMA-declared disaster areas Sept 29)
2. Conservation Project Support, deadline Oct. 1 (for FEMA-declared disaster areas Oct. 15)
3. Connecting to Collections Statewide Planning Grants, deadline Oct. 15 (for FEMA-declared disaster areas Oct. 29)
4. Museums for America, deadline Nov. 1 (for FEMA-declared disaster areas Nov. 15)

To find out if your county has been declared a disaster area, please go to the FEMA Web site at http://www.fema.gov/news/disasters.fema.

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