Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services (2022) | NANH FY22

Opportunity Information: Apply for NANH FY22

The Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services (NANH) grant program (FY 2022) is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to strengthen the ability of Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian-serving organizations to sustain and share their heritage, culture, and knowledge. The program is designed to support practical, community-centered museum work that helps preserve and interpret Indigenous histories and living cultural traditions through activities that benefit both the institution and the communities it serves.

This funding opportunity focuses on several core areas of museum service and community impact. Applicants can propose projects related to exhibitions that elevate Native narratives and perspectives, educational services and public programming that promote cultural learning and community engagement, and workforce or professional development that builds skills among staff, interns, and community members involved in museum work. The program also supports organizational capacity building, which can include planning, strengthening internal systems, improving governance or operational practices, and developing sustainable approaches to delivering museum services over time. Another major emphasis is collections stewardship, such as improving the care, management, documentation, conservation, storage, and responsible access to culturally significant items, including work that supports long-term preservation and proper handling of collections.

For FY 2022, the opportunity was published under the funding opportunity number "NANH FY22" and falls under the Arts and Humanities funding activity categories (with cultural affairs alignment under CFDA). The CFDA number associated with the program is 45.308. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) listed for this cycle was $100,000, and IMLS anticipated making around 26 awards. The opportunity was created on August 16, 2021, with an original application deadline of November 15, 2021.

Eligibility is described broadly in the listing as "Others," with clarification referenced in the program's eligibility details. In practice, NANH is intended for Indian tribes and organizations that primarily serve and represent Native Hawaiians, aligning the funding with Indigenous communities and the institutions that directly support them. Overall, the program targets efforts that help Indigenous-led or Indigenous-serving organizations protect collections, strengthen institutional readiness, and deliver exhibitions and educational programming that keep cultural knowledge active, accessible, and appropriately cared for across generations.

• The Institute of Museum and Library Services in the arts (see cultural affairs in cfda), humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services (2022)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.308.
• This funding opportunity was created on Aug 16, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 15, 2021. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 26 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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