Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries and Museums |  |
Synopsis
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The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 11/28/2012 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, update information is provided below the synopsis.If you would like to receive notifications of changes to the grant opportunity click send me change notification emails . The only thing you need to provide for this service is your email address. No other information is requested.
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Description of Modification |
Document Type: Modification to Previous Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number: SPARKS-FY13 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Posted Date: Nov 28, 2012 Creation Date: Nov 29, 2012 Original Closing Date for Applications: Feb 01, 2013 Current Closing Date for Applications: Feb 01, 2013 Archive Date: Mar 03, 2013 Funding Instrument Type: Grant Category of Funding Activity: Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)Category Explanation: Expected Number of Awards: 14 Estimated Total Program Funding: $350,000 Award Ceiling: $25,000 Award Floor: $10,000 CFDA Number(s): 45.312 -- National Leadership Grants Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Eligible Applicants
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
- Libraries that fulfill the general criteria for libraries may apply. Museums that fulfill the general criteria for museums may apply. Public or private nonprofit agencies, organizations, or associations that engage in activities designed to advance museums and the museum profession may also apply. In addition, institutions of higher education, including public and nonprofit universities, are eligible.
Agency Name
- Institute of Museum and Library Services
Description
- The Sparks! Ignition Grants for Libraries and Museums are a special funding opportunity within the IMLS National Leadership Grants program. These small grants encourage libraries, museums, and archives to test and evaluate specific innovations in the ways they operate and the services they provide. Sparks Grants support the deployment, testing, and evaluation of promising and groundbreaking new tools, products, services, or organizational practices. You may propose activities or approaches that involve risk, as long as the risk is balanced by significant potential for improvement in the ways libraries and museums serve their communities. Successful proposals will address problems, challenges, or needs of broad relevance to libraries, museums, and/or archives. A proposed project should test a specific, innovative response to the identified problem and present a plan to make the findings widely and openly accessible. To maximize the public benefit from federal investments in these grants, the Sparks Grants will fund only projects with the following characteristics: Broad Potential Impact—You should identify a specific problem or need that is relevant to many libraries, archives, and/or museums, and propose a testable and measurable solution. Proposals must demonstrate a thorough understanding of current issues and practices in the project’s focus area and discuss its potential impact within libraries, archives, and/or museums. Proposed innovations should be widely adoptable or adaptable. Significant Innovation—The proposed solution to the identified problem must offer strong potential for non-incremental, significant advancement in the operation of libraries, archives, and/or museums. You must explain how the proposed activity differs from current practices or takes advantage of an unexplored opportunity, and the potential benefit to be gained by this innovation.
Link to Additional Information
If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
- Museums:
Helen Wechsler
Supervisory Grants Management Specialist
202-653-4779
hwechsler@imls.gov
Tim Carrigan
Museum Program Specialist
202/653-4639
tcarrigan@imls.gov
Libraries:
Anthony Donovan Smith
Senior Library Program Officer
202-653-4768
asmith@imls.gov
Charles “Chuck” Thomas
Senior Library Program Officer
202-653-4663
cthomas@imls.gov
Traci Stanley
Library Program Specialist
202-653-4689
tstanley@imls.gov cthomas@imls.gov
Synopsis Modification History
The following files represent the modifications to this synopsis with the changes noted within the documents. The list of files is arranged from newest to oldest with the newest file representing the current synopsis. Changed sections from the previous document are shown in a light grey background.
| File Name | Date |
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| Modification #2 | Nov 29, 2012 |
| Modification #1 | Nov 29, 2012 |
| Original Synopsis | Nov 28, 2012 |
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