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National Endowment for the Arts supports projects at ASTC members

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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced nearly $36.8 million in funding to almost 1,500 projects in all 50 states. Included in that list are seven ASTC member institutions. These NEA awards come through several competitive funding programs including Grants in the Arts, Challenge America, Research Grants in the Arts, and Research Labs. […]

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Lilly Endowment supports children’s museums to foster character development

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Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded 15 children’s museums—most of which are ASTC members—with a total of $38.5 million in grants to support efforts to nurture character through exhibitions, public programs, and community collaborations. This new funding is part of the Fostering Character Through Children’s Museums initiative, which is helping children’s museums develop new or expand

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ASTC members receive support for place-based education from Gulf Research Program

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Two ASTC members have received funding awards from the Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to support place-based education projects for students in grades K-8 in the Gulf of Mexico region. Overall, 12 projects will share $5.1 to engage young learners with local environmental issues and to support

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NEH supports projects at two ASTC members

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The U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced $37.5 million in funding for 240 projects across the country—including two at ASTC-member organizations. Overall, NEH made awards in several areas including digital humanities, research centers on artificial intelligence, institutes for higher education faculty and K-12 educators, preservation assistance, sustaining cultural heritage collections, and more.

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IMLS awards Museums for America grants to 27 ASTC members

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The U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced the recipients of its Museums for America program for fiscal year 2024. Twenty-seven ASTC members are among 115 museums who will share $23.3 million in funding. Museums for America is IMLS’ largest grant funding opportunity for museums and supports a wide range of projects,

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IMLS Museums Empowered supports six ASTC members

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The U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced the recipients of its Museums Empowered program for fiscal year 2024. Six ASTC members are among 18 museums who will share $3.3 million in funding. Museums Empowered: Professional Development Opportunities for Museum Staff helps support institutions in engaging staff, leadership, and volunteers in training

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IMLS awards ASTC members with Inspire! Grants for Small Museums

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The U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced the recipients of its Inspire! Grants for Small Museums program for fiscal year 2024. Eight ASTC members are among 78 small museums who will share $3.3 million in funding. The Inspire! program was updated this year to offer two funding options: applications requesting $5,000–$25,000

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IMLS awards ASTC members in 21st Century Museum Professionals Program

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The U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced the recipients of its 21st Century Museum Professionals Program (21MP) for fiscal year 2024. Eight institutions—including two ASTC members—have been selected from 48 eligible applicants and will share $2 million in funding. The 21MP program was relaunched this year after a 12-year hiatus, motivated

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NEH supports climate planning by ASTC members

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The U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced $26.2 million in funding for 238 projects across the country, including at least two projects that will support efforts at ASTC-member organizations. Overall, NEH made awards in 13 programs, including archaeological and ethnographic field research, humanities perspectives on the danger and opportunities of technology, dialogues

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10 science centers and museums receive awards to support STEM-career engagement for youth

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The Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) has awarded ten science centers and museums around the United States $15,000 each in support of STEM-career engagement for youth in grades 4-8 through Voya STEM Futures. The program is a competitive selection process which is generously funded by the Voya Foundation.  Recipients will use the awards

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NEH supports projects at three ASTC members

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The U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced $33.8 million in funding for 260 projects across the country—including three at ASTC-member organizations. Overall, NEH made awards in 11 programs, including its new Public Impacts Projects at Smaller Organizations program, cultural and community resilience Grants, digital humanities, infrastructure and capacity building, preservation and access,

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IMLS awards 41 ASTC members with $8.2 million in FY 2023 grants

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The U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services has announced the fiscal year (FY) 2023 recipient of funding awards through several of its competitive grant programs. This includes $8.4 million in National Leadership Grants for Museums and $31.5 million for the Museums for America program—including the Museums Empowered and Inspire! Grants for Small Museums. Among the awardees are 41 projects at

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NASA TEAM II program awards STEM engagement projects

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NASA has announced the recipients of the latest round of funding in the agency’s Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) program and TEAM II Community Anchor Awards. Among the new grantees are twelve ASTC members. Both are funded through NASA’s Next Generation STEM (Next Gen STEM), which supports kindergarten to 12-grade students,

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NEH supports projects at four ASTC members

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The U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced $31.5 million in funding for 226 projects across the country—including four at ASTC-member organizations. This is the third and final round of awards in fiscal year (FY) 2022, which ends on September 30, 2022. NEH made awards in 14 categories including collaborative research, digital humanities

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IMLS makes funding awards of more than $8.4 million to ASTC members

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The U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services has announced the fiscal year (FY) 2022 recipient of funding awards through several of its competitive grant programs. This includes $6.3 million in National Leadership Grants for Museums and $29.7 million for the Museums for America program—including the Museums Empowered and Inspire! Grants for Small Museums. National

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ASTC members share in $1M Museum Initiative from Verizon and NYC MediaLab

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Earlier this year, Verizon and NYC MediaLab announced the winners of the $1M Museum Initiative, which asked museums and other cultural institutions to develop new immersive educational content for educators. ASTC helped spread the word about this funding opportunity when applications were being accepted. Several ASTC-member institutions are among the 10 awarded up to $100,000

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Twelve ASTC members receive awards from national STEM learning and literacy program

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Twelve ASTC members from across the United States have been awarded funding in the latest NASA’s Universe of Learning Mini-funds cycle. NASA’s Universe of Learning is a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning and literacy program that provides resources and experiences related to NASA astrophysics. Using NASA resources, awardees are creating projects and programs

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Latest NEH grants support two ASTC-member projects

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The U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced the recipients of $33.17 million in grants to support 245 projects. Among the list of projects are two led by ASTC-member institutions. The announcement includes grants in 13 different categories, including public humanities projects archaeological and ethnographic field research, infrastructure and capacity building, humanities collections, documentaries and

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