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Museums Empowered (2023)

Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services

Assistance Listings
  • 45.301 -- Museums for America

Closed opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

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Museums Empowered: Professional Development Opportunities for Museum Staff is a special initiative of the Museums for America grant program. It is designed to support projects that use the transformative power of professional development and training to generate systemic change within museums of all types and sizes. Museums Empowered has four project categories:

• Digital Technology: Provide museum staff with the skills to integrate digital technology into museum operations.

• Diversity and Inclusion: Support museum staff in providing inclusive services to people of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds and to individuals with disabilities.

• Evaluation: Strengthen the ability of museum staff to use evaluation as a tool to shape museum programs and improve outcomes.

• Organizational Management: Strengthen and support museum staff as the essential part of a resilient organizational culture.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Additional information

See the Notice of Funding Opportunity for program eligibility criteria.

Grantor contact information

Description

Mark Isaksen Supervisory Grants Management Specialist misaksen@imls.gov Jeannette Thomas Museum Program Specialist jthomas@imls.gov

Email

IMLS-MuseumGrants@imls.gov

IMLS-MuseumGrants@imls.gov

Documents

File nameDescriptionLast updated
fy23-oms-me-nofo.pdf
FY23 Museums Empowered Notice of Funding Opportunity
Aug 15, 2022 05:18 PM UTC

Link to additional information

https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/museums-empowered-professional-development-opportunities-museum-staff

Closed: November 15, 2022

Application process

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Award

$3,600,000

Program Funding

22

Expected awards

$5,000

Award Minimum

$250,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

ME-FY23

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Yes

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Humanities

Arts

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

3

Posted date:

August 15, 2022

Archive date:

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