21st Century Museum Professionals Program (2025)
- Posted
- August 15, 2024
- Closed
- November 15, 2024
- Award ceiling
- $500,000
- Award floor
- $100,000
- Program funding
- $2,000,000
- Expected awards
- 8
- Cost sharing
- Yes
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 45.032
- Category
- Arts, Humanities
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 45.032 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.
- FY2025 obligated
- $2.5M
- FY2026 obligated
- $3M
- FY2027 (to date) obligated
- $0
- Awards in window
- 18
Top recipients: University of Montana, Sciencenter Discovery Museum, The High Desert Museum, Museo de Historia Natural Y Conservacion de Puerto Rico, Council of American Jewish Museums, Inc.
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
Who can apply
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
See the Notice of Funding Opportunity for program eligibility criteria. IMLS is extending the deadline for the 21st Century Museum Professional grant program from November 15, 2024, to December 13, 2024, for institutions located in Federally declared emergency and/or major disaster areas who have not been able to meet the current November 15, 2024, deadline because they have been adversely impacted by such emergencies and/or disasters. An affected organization must, by December 13 at 11:59pm EST, submit its completed application with a written statement from its Authorizing Official that: • Specifies the applicable Emergency Declaration and/or Major Disaster Declaration for the area in which the applicant organization is located (see FEMA’s listing of Declared Disasters https://www.fema.gov/disaster/declarations) and • Confirms that the applicant organization was unable to meet the original application deadline of November 15, 2024, due to the emergency or disaster. This statement should be prepared as a Supporting Document and uploaded as part of the application submitted through Grants.gov. For those applicants who have not been adversely affected by such emergencies and/or disasters, the deadline remains November 15, 2024, at 11:59pm EST.
The official record
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