ASDM...Grant Opportunities

2008 CurCom Fellowship Award Announcement The Curators’ Committee is pleased to announce the availability of two fellowships for curators who have never attended an AAM Annual Meeting before and whose major job responsibilities are the care and interpretation of their museums’ collections. The two $1000 fellowships are intended to help defray the cost of attending the Annual Meeting in Denver, CO in 2008.

Application Eligibility:

To qualify the applicant must never have attended an AAM Annual meeting.
To qualify the applicant’s major (75%) job responsibility must be the care and interpretation of their institution’s collection.

To apply, please send:

A cover letter expressing how participation in the AAM annual meeting would benefit the applicant and their institution, how professional development is important to the applicant’s career and to furthering the mission of their institution, a brief description of how collections are significant to their work and an explanation of the museum’s financial need for him/her to receive this fellowship;
A letter of recommendation from the immediate supervisor, emphasizing his/her contribution to the profession;
A resume.

Send originals, plus two sets of photocopies to: James Burns, Curator of History, Tempe Historical Museum, 809 E. Southern Ave. Tempe, AZ 85282.

Due Date: postmarked on or before January 25, 2008.

For further information contact James Burns at (480) 350-5110 or via email. Results will be announced in time for recipients to register for the conference before the early bird deadline.

The National Endowment for the Humanities announces one annual deadline for Consultation Grants for Museums, Libraries and Special Projects. Beginning in 2006, applications for NEH Consultation Grants will be accepted at an annual September deadline. There will no longer be a March deadline. Consultation Grants are awards of up to $10,000 that support consultation with scholars and other advisors in the very early stages of project development. Projects should be grounded in humanities themes and scholarship, and should be of interest to broad audiences. For more information about these grants and complete application guidelines, please consult the NEH website at http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/public-consult.html.

The NEH also announces two new grant opportunities as part of the “We the People” initiative, promoting the study of American history and culture.

“Family and Youth Programs in American History” grants support substantive public humanities programs that encourage intergenerational learning about significant topics in U.S. history and culture, or that engage young people in reflection and discussion of defining events, eras, individuals or ideas in our nation’s past. Projects should be grounded in humanities scholarship and should have a broad reach (beyond a single site or museum). More information is available at http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/familyyouthprograms.html.

“Interpreting America’s Historic Places” grants support public humanities programs that use one or more historic sites to address themes and issues central to American History. Projects can interpret a single historic site, a series of sites, whole neighborhoods, communities or towns, or larger geographic regions. More information is available at http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/historicplaces.html.

To contact a program officer who can discuss project ideas and review a draft of your proposal, please contact the Division of Public Programs at NEH: 202-606-8267 or publicpgms@neh.gov.

ASDM...Grant Opportunities

ASDM

Members Only