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National Leadership Grants for Museums (2027)

Institute of Museum and Library Services · Opportunity NLG-M-FY27

Who can apply

• Others

See the Notice of Funding Opportunity for program eligibility criteria.

About this opportunity

The National Leadership Grants for Museums program (NLG-M) invests in projects that address critical needs of the museum field. NLG-M projects have the potential to advance practice in the profession to strengthen museum services for the public through the development and replication of model practices, tools, research findings, and collaborations, including through the creative and effective use of new and emerging technologies.

Portfolio context — this listing covers more than this opportunity

This opportunity is funded under Assistance Listing 45.312 (“National Leadership Grants”), a broad federal program that made about 140 new awards per year over the last five fiscal years (median award $50k). Those figures describe that whole portfolio — not this specific solicitation, so we don't show them as if they were this opportunity's track record.

Applicant counts per solicitation are not published by any federal agency — no one can honestly sell you that number.

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