Develop and Host the 2012, and prospectively the 2013, WebWise Conferences

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	Federal Grant Title:	Develop and Host the 2012, and prospectively the 2013, WebWise Conferences
	CFDA Number:	45.313
	CFDA Description:	Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
	Federal Agency Name:	Institute of Museum and Library Services
	Category of Funding Activity:	Arts Humanities
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	WEBWISE-FY11
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Apr 26, 2011
	Creation Date:	Jun 29, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 27, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 22, 2011
	Archive Date:	Aug 21, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	150,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: All types of libraries, except federal and for-profit libraries, and all types of public and nonprofit museums are eligible. Eligible libraries include public, school, academic, special, private, archives, library agencies, and library consortia. Research libraries that are not part of a university or college are eligible, if they provide public access to services and materials suitable for scholarly research and not otherwise available to the public. Eligible museums include aquariums, arboreta and botanical gardens, art museums, youth museums, general museums, historic houses and sites, history museums, nature centers, natural history and anthropology museums, planetariums, science and technology centers, specialized museums, zoological parks, and museum consortia. Federally operated and for-profit museums may not apply for IMLS funds. Institutions of higher education, including public and not-for-profit universities and colleges, are eligible. Graduate schools of library and information science and museum studies may apply as part of an institution of higher learning. In addition, non-profit associations serving the museum or library field are eligible.
Grant Description: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) invites proposals to develop and host the 2012, and prospectively the 2013, WebWise Conferences. The Cooperator will make the conferences available at no charge to invited participants. The Cooperators staff will work closely with IMLS while developing the 2012 and 2013 conferences. IMLS will provide meeting planning support through a separate contract. The Cooperator will work with IMLS and the Meeting Planner to develop a task list and ensure that activities to be carried out by the Cooperator are performed successfully and in a timely manner. The Cooperator must ensure that the solicitation and award of any subcontracts under this award comply with its own institutional policies and procedures as well as applicable IMLS and government-wide cost, administration, audit, and related regulations.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.imls.gov/pdf/2011webwiserfp.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: Kevin Cherry Senior Program Officer (202) 653-4662

kcherry@imls.gov [kcherry@imls.gov]
Similar Government Grants: • Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program; • Develop and Host the 2010 and 2011 WebWise Conferences