Office of Research

CARES Act Grants for Museums and Libraries

Limited Submissions

The goal of the FY2020 IMLS CARES Act Grants for Museums and Libraries program is to support the role of museums and libraries in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Museums and libraries have never been more essential to their communities. COVID-19 has not only created a public health emergency, but it has also created a deep need for trusted community information, education, and connection that our libraries and museums are designed to provide. Access to and use of all kinds of health, job, government, educational, and community resources are necessary to weathering the current situation, beginning efforts to reopen, and sustaining our institutions.

 

As part of the nation’s response to the pandemic through the CARES Act, IMLS is funding direct grants to respond quickly, efficiently, and with significant impact to the national emergency. We welcome projects that will create opportunities for museums and libraries to support positive socio-economic change now and in a future reopened environment. This can be through preserving jobs, staff training and development, addressing the digital divide, planning for reopening, and providing technical support and capacity building for digital inclusion and engagement, prioritizing our highest-need communities.

Application Instructions

Please submit:

  1. a one-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach
  2. CV (not NIH format)  of the PI

 

to research@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Thursday May 21, 2020. Proposals are to the sponsor 6/12/20, so you will need to get your materials in to OSP by 6/3/20, if given the go-ahead by the limited submissions review committee.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

2020

Deadlines
05/21/2020 UW Internal Deadline Closed
06/03/2020 OSP Deadline
06/12/2020 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Funding amount

$500,000

Maximum Number of Applications

1

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.