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<p class="MsoNormal">For those interested in the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ competitive grants.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Karren Reish <o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 13, 2019 4:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Reish, Karren (MDE) <ReishK@michigan.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Deadlines Approaching for Open IMLS Grants<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F5452">November 15 Deadlines </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Grants for Small Museums</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F5452">– Museum Grants for African American History and Culture support activities that build the capacity of African American museums and support the growth and development of museum
professionals at African American museums.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">
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Promising Practices for Small Libraries</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F5452">– The goal of this initiative is to support projects that strengthen the ability of small and/or rural libraries and archives to serve their communities and to build grantee
capacity through participation in a community of practice.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">
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America's Treasures</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F5452">– The application for collections projects is available through</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fr20.rs6.net%2Ftn.jsp%3Ff%3D001C2FNOa9OtDa8p-KcT1AowjsOSwfnZSeT76znM1qNjctjxb6dvJZgpFIxTDWr6j-UKMD1_rVte0Izpiqg6pXIy0rSCbDZUXY3VvzO8X5d3hxMUMioyyTeROWk3F7YImZ1BUlAzX1NLgyk42TgMdBtZQ%3D%3D%26c%3DelewWgLijPp4qP7SXUnIcleJTQeGiAROjpPe-Yp120KSymSLiR_F2Q%3D%3D%26ch%3DK2g8nkRCIXey0PG1SCS1zuPaT0WeDkf_z2dDnu1BNlhUNyMa4TxjUg%3D%3D&data=02%7C01%7Creishk%40michigan.gov%7Cf183ee61a8f944cde7b908d7688143a1%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637092776701034773&sdata=VOPdrfrMUbBgSIR%2BNjVXtwXIhrv9dELkZy%2BDGFfZNNE%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#33715B">Grants.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F5452">under
funding opportunity number P20AS00004. The application for preservation projects is available under funding opportunity number P20AS00005.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">
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