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Document Type: Grants Notice Funding Opportunity Number: LLP-FY13 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Posted Date: Apr 17, 2012 Creation Date: Apr 17, 2012 Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 15, 2012 Current Closing Date for Applications: Jun 15, 2012 Archive Date: Jul 15, 2012 Funding Instrument Type: Grant Category of Funding Activity: Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Education
Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)Category Explanation: Expected Number of Awards: 14 Estimated Total Program Funding: $1,200,000 Award Ceiling: $100,000 Award Floor: $0 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:
- To be eligible as a library applicant for a Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums, you must: •be either a unit of State or local government or a private nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code. •be located in one of the 50 States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau; and •qualify as one of the following six types of organizations: a library or a parent organization, such as a school district, a municipality, a state agency, or an academic institution, that is responsible for the administration of a library. Eligible libraries include public libraries, public elementary and secondary school libraries, college and university libraries, research libraries and archives that are not an integral part of an institution of higher education and that make publicly available library services and materials that are suitable for scholarly research and not otherwise available. Private or special libraries that have been deemed eligible to participate in this program by the State in which the library is located; an academic or administrative unit, such as a graduate school of library and information science that is part of an institution of higher education through which it would make application; a library agency that is an official agency of a State or other unit of government and is charged by the law governing it with the extension and development of public library services within its jurisdiction; a library consortium that is a local, statewide, regional, interstate, or international cooperative association of library entities that provides for the systematic and effective coordination of the resources of eligible libraries, as defined above, and information centers that work to improve the services delivered to the clientele of these libraries; or a library association that exists on a permanent basis, serves libraries or library professionals on a national, regional, state, or local level, and engages in activities designed to advance the well-being of libraries and the library profession. To be eligible as a museum applicant for a Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums grant, you must: 1. be either a unit of State or local government or a private nonprofit organization that has tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code; 2. be located in one of the 50 States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau; and 3. qualify as one of the following: a museum that, using a professional staff, is organized on a permanent basis for essentially educational or aesthetic purposes; owns or uses tangible objects, either animate or inanimate; cares for these objects; and exhibits these objects to the general public on a regular basis through facilities that it owns or operates. a public or private nonprofit agency which is responsible for the operation of a museum may apply on behalf of the museum. Please note that a museum located within a parent organization that is a State or local government or multipurpose not-for-profit entity, such as a municipality, university, historical society, foundation, or cultural center, may apply on its own behalf if the museum 1. is able to independently fulfill all the eligibility requirements listed above; 2. functions as a discrete unit within the parent organization; 3. has its own fully segregated and itemized operating budget; and 4. has the authority to make the application on its own.
Agency Name
- Institute of Museum and Library Services
Description
- Grants for Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums will support planning and design activities for spaces that foster experimentation and creativity for middle- and high-school youth in library- and museum-based, out-of-school-time settings. The labs should be grounded in evidence-based research on youth, and should be designed to support youth learning in such 21st century skills as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). These grants will enable grantees to develop comprehensive plans for programs, space, staffing, and budgeting for their Learning Labs. The awards may also be used to prototype certain lab activities or experiences. In addition, the grants may be used to support emerging learning labs that are already in the process of serving middle- and high-school youth with innovative digital media and learning and need additional funds to enhance their efforts, provided that they are aligned with the grant program criteria. Each grant is expected to result in a feasible plan for implementing and sustaining the Learning Lab envisioned by the applicant library or museum. All grantees will be expected to participate in a series of in-person and web-based activities throughout the grant period in order to gain expertise and resources, stay informed about new research and promising practice, learn from each other, and provide mutual support for planning, design, and eventual, post-grant, implementation. This will require a strong institutional commitment over the course of the initiative. The goal is to create a community of practice that will help place the nation's libraries and museums at the forefront of 21st century learning for youth. The primary goals for the Learning Labs grants are to •promote museums and libraries as innovation hubs for middle- and high-school youth that facilitate 21st century learning; •use current research, design, and programming principles to develop effective spaces for youth that combine digital and traditional media; •use traditional and digital media tools for youth learning; •build the capacity of library and museum professionals as mentors and creators of effective youth programs and learning environments; •increase use of museum and library resources as hubs of effective out-of-school time community networks for learning; and •create a network of prototype projects that can provide new models that can be shared and iterated across the museum and library sector.
Link to Full Announcement
If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
- Margaret Glass
Program Manager, Professional Development
Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC)
202/783-7200 x129
mglass@astc.org
Amy Eshleman
Program Leader for Education
Urban Libraries Council (ULC)
312/676-0958
aeschleman@urbanlibraries.org
Allison Boals
Program Specialist
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
202/653-4702
aboals@imls.gov
mglass@astc.org
Synopsis Modification History
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