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Grant program guidelines are made available approximately 90 days before the grant deadline. Until that time, guidelines from the previous year are available for your reference, but you must use the current fiscal year application when you apply.

2009 Grant Program Guidelines (PDF, 623 KB) at Grants.gov Instructions

2010 Deadline: October 15, 2009

2010 Grant Amount: Up to $40,000

2010 Grant Period: Up to two years

Program Contacts:
Christine Henry, Senior Program Officer
Phone: 202/653-4674
E-mail: chenry@imls.gov

Mark Feitl, Program Specialist
Phone: 202/653-4635
E-mail: mfeitl@imls.gov

Program Overview

Statewide Planning Grants, an important component of the Connecting to Collections initiative, foster partnerships among organizations in a state, commonwealth, or territory to implement recommendations of the Heritage Health Index (HHI), which recommends that collections in the public trust should:

    • provide safe conditions for their collections;
    • develop an emergency plan;
    • assign responsibility for collections care; and
    • work together to increase public and private support for, and raise public awareness about, collections care.

In 2010, the Institute plans to award one grant to each of the following eligible states, commonwealths, and territories that have not yet received a Statewide Planning Grant:

    • American Samoa
    • Arizona
    • Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
    • Federated States of Micronesia
    • Hawaii
    • Idaho
    • Louisiana
    • Missouri
    • Montana
    • Nebraska
    • Nevada
    • Puerto Rico
    • Republic of Palau
    • Republic of the Marshall Islands
    • Washington, DC
    • West Virginia
    • Wisconsin

Eligibility

Multiple partnerships, including representatives of libraries, museums, archives, statewide service organizations, and state agencies. Institutions that fulfill the general criteria may apply.

*Click here to learn more about A Public Trust at Risk: The Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America’s Collections, a landmark study conducted by Heritage Preservation in partnership with IMLS.

Please note: Awards resulting from the second round of applications (with a deadline of October 16, 2008) were announced February 19, 2009. Read more.

 

February 2009 Grant Announcement (Contact Information and Project Title)

Alabama  |  Arkansas  |  Colorado  |  Guam  |  Illinois  |  Iowa  |  Kansas  |  Kentucky  |  Maine 

Maryland  |  Massachusetts  |  New Hampshire  |  New Mexico  |  North Carolina  |  North Dakota 

Ohio  |  Oregon  |  South Carolina  |  South Dakota  |   Utah  |  Virgin Islands  |  Virginia  |  Wyoming 

 

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Please note: Awards resulting from the first round of applications (with a deadline of October 16, 2007) were announced January 23, 2008. Read more.

 

January 2008 Grant Announcement (Contact Information and Project Title)

Alaska  |  California  |  Connecticut  |  Delaware  |  Florida  |  Georgia  |  Indiana  |  Michigan  |  Minnesota

Mississippi  |  New Jersey  |  New York  |  Oklahoma  |  Pennsylvania  |  Rhode Island  |  Tennessee  |  Texas

Vermont  |  Washington 

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Sample Application Narratives (PDF format)

2009 grantees:

Alabama: Alabama Historical Commission

Arkansas: Amigos Library Services

Colorado: Colorado-Wyoming Association of Museums

Guam: University of Guam

Illinois: Illinois State Museum Society

Iowa: Iowa Conservation and Preservation Consortium

Kansas: State Library of Kansas

Kentucky: Kentucky Historical Society Foundation

Maine: Executive Office of the State of Maine

Maryland: Maryland Department of Planning

Massachusetts: Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

New Hampshire: State of New Hampshire

New Mexico: Museum of New Mexico Foundation

North Carolina: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources

North Dakota: Museums in North Dakota

Ohio: State Library of Ohio

Oregon: Oregon Museums Association

South Carolina: Clemson University

South Dakota: South Dakota Heritage Fund

Utah: University of Utah

Virgin Islands: Planning and Natural Resources

Virginia: Virginia Association of Museums

Wyoming: Buffalo Bill Memorial Association

 

2008 grantees:

Alaska: Alaska Division of Libraries, Archives, and Museums

California: Peninsula Library System

Connecticut: Connecticut State Library

Delaware: Delaware Division of Libraries

Florida: Florida Association of Museums Foundation, Inc.

Georgia: Georgia Archives

Indiana: Indiana Historical Society

Michigan: Michigan Museums Association

Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society

Mississippi: Mississippi Department of Archives and History

New Jersey: Newark Museum Association

New York: Office of Cultural Education, New York State Education Department

Oklahoma: Oklahoma Department of Libraries

Pennsylvania: Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

Rhode Island: Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services

Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives

Texas: Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Vermont: Vermont Historical Society

Washington: Washington State Library


Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action is a Leadership Initiative of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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