[Scla-list] Fwd: Possible Funding Opportunity

[Libby Young]

While researching grants available, we discovered a grant that we thought
may be of interest to you. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is
currently making grants through the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian
Program. This is a competitive opportunity supports projects to develop
faculty and library leaders, to recruit and educate the next generation of
librarians, to conduct research on the library profession, and to support
early career research on any area of library and information science by
tenure-track, untenured faculty in graduate schools of library and
information science. It also supports projects to attract high school and
college students to consider careers in libraries, to build institutional
capacity in graduate schools of library and information science, and to
assist in the professional development of librarians and library staff.
There is expected to be 50 awards between $50,000 and $1,000,000. The
deadline for this grant application is December 15, 2009. Please let us
know if we can assist you in the application process or if you have any
questions regarding this grant opportunity. 

 

 



Document Type:

	Grants Notice 


Funding Opportunity Number:

	L21-FY10 


Opportunity Category:

	Discretionary 


Current Closing Date for Applications:

	Dec 15, 2009 Â Â  


Archive Date:

	Jan 15, 2010 


Funding Instrument Type:

	Grant 


Category of Funding Activity:

	Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA) 
Education 
Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA) 


Category Explanation:

	Â 


Expected Number of Awards:

	50 


Estimated Total Program Funding:

	Â 


Award Ceiling:

	$1,000,000 


Award Floor:

	$50,000 


CFDA Number(s):

	45.313 Â --Â  Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program 


Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:

	Yes 


Eligible Applicants


Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
for clarification) 
  


Additional Information on Eligibility:


An eligible applicant 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; • located in one of the fifty states of
the United States, 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 • one of
the six types of organizations listed below: 1. 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, 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, and private or special libraries that have been deemed eligible
to participate in this program by the state in which the library is
located. 2. 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. 3. A digital
library, if it makes library materials publicly available and provides
library services, including selection, organization, description,
reference, and preservation, under the supervision of at least one
permanent professional staff librarian. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. IMLS
recognizes the potential for valuable contributions to the overall goals
of the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program by public, nonprofit,
non-U.S., and for-profit entities that do not meet the eligibility
requirements above. Although such entities may not serve as the official
applicants, they are encouraged to participate in projects as partners.
Federally operated libraries and museums may not apply for the Laura Bush
21st Century Librarian Program grants, but they may serve as nonessential
partners to applicants if they do not receive IMLS grant funds as a result
of the project. Contact IMLS before submitting a proposal involving a
federal agency or federal collection. Other nonfederal entities may serve
as partners and may receive IMLS grant funds as a result of the project.
Consult with IMLS about any eligibility questions before submitting an
application. 

 

 

Heather Smith

Director of Legislative Affairs

Capitol Consultants, Inc.

P.O. Box 1763

Columbia, SC 29202

W: 803-252-1087

F: 803-252-0589

C: 803-348-0787

 


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