Grants and Fellowships
National Guild for Community Arts Education
MetLife Partners in Art Education
Amount: up to $20,000
Description: projects that exemplify best practices in creating and sustaining effective arts education partnerships; demonstrate joint design and execution of programming, curricula, professional development, and evaluation; provide high-quality arts learning experiences that meet national, state, and/or local arts education standards; and serve significant numbers of public school students during the school day and/or extended school day.
Deadline: May 16, 2013
Innovation Lab for Museum
AAM Center for the Future of Museums, EmcArts and MetLife Foundation
Description: The Innovation Lab for Museums helps museums incubate and test innovative strategies to address major adaptive challenges in all areas of their operations.
Deadline: June 5, 2013
Digitizing Historical Records
National Archives and Records Administration
Amount: up to $150,000
Description: Use cost-effective methods to digitize nationally significant historical record collections and make the digital versions freely available online
Deadline: June 11, 2013
Electronics Records Program
National Archives and Records Administration
Amount: up to $200,000
Description: Increase the capacity of archivists and archival repositories to create electronic records archives that preserve records of enduring historical value.
Deadline: June 11, 2013
Small Museum Scholarship for AASLH Meeting
The American Association for State and Local History Small Museums Committee
Amount: $500
Description: For employees of small museums to attend the 2013 Annual Meeting in Birmingham AL, September 18-21, 2013.
Deadline: June 15, 2013.
Museum Assessment Program (MAP)
American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Amount: Up to $4,000 of consultative resources and services
Description: Helps small and mid-sized museums strengthen operations, plan for the future and meet national standards through self-study and a site visit from a peer reviewer in one of three areas:.Organizational, Collections Stewardship or Community Engagement.
Deadline: July 1, 2013
Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges Grants
National Endowment for the Humanities
Amount: Up to $120,000
Description: Collaborative projects between community colleges and other institutions, including museums, focused on the theme of Bridging Cultures, either nationally or internationally.
Deadline: August 27, 2013
