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21st Century Museum Professional Program
21st Century Museum Professional Program
THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
Open opportunities (1)
Current Grants.gov opportunities that list Assistance Listing 45.032.
Objective
21MP has two program goals and two objectives associated with each goal: GOAL 1, Support the professional development of the museum workforce. Obj 1.1: Develop new or enhanced professional development and training programs for the museum workforce. Obj 1.2: Support assessment and evaluation of training and professional development programs to identify and share effective practices. GOAL 2, Recruit and train future museum professionals. Obj 2.1: Expand pathways into the museum field by adapting higher education programs to be more responsive to the needs of the museum workforce. Obj 2.2: Support assessment and evaluation of recruitment, training, and higher education programs to identify and share effective practices.
What the program funds
The 21st Century Museum Professional (21MP) grant program supports projects that build career pathways, strengthen professional networks, and identify and share effective workforce education and training practices in the museum field. The goals of the program are to: • Support the professional development of the current museum workforce; and • Recruit and train future museum professionals. The primary audiences for this program are museums, museum service organizations and affiliated nonprofits, and museum professionals. Secondary audiences include museum visitors and future museum professionals. Eligibility is restricted to organizations that are: • Located in the United States or any U.S. Territories or freely associated States; AND • A unit of state, local or Tribal government or a private, nonprofit organization; AND • A museum, an organization or association related to the museum field, an institution of higher education.
Types of assistance
- Grant
Who can apply
- U.S. State Government (including the District of Columbia)
- U.S. Territory (or Possession) Government (including freely-associated states)
- Department or Agency of a U.S. State Government
- Department or Agency of a U.S. Territorial Government
- Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government
- Municipality or Township government (inclusive of cities, towns, boroughs (except in Alaska), and villages)
- County Government (inclusive of boroughs in Alaska, parishes and other governmental entities with geographic regional control and authority)
- Not-for-Profit Organization
- Nonprofit Organization
- Local
- State
- Tribal
Museums, museum consortia and associations, institutions of higher education (as defined in 20 U.S.C. 9165(b)), and other entities that the IMLS Director determines appropriate.
Beneficiaries
Not stated in the listing
Deadline guidance
Not stated in the listing
Program-level guidance from SAM.gov - each funding opportunity sets its own deadline.
Award history
Grant awards recorded under Assistance Listing 45.032 in Federal Awards’ USAspending.gov data (2024-2026).
Total obligated
$5,813,661
Awards synced
18
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Program information from SAM.gov Assistance Listings, last updated Oct 25, 2026 (listing published Mar 3, 2026). Confirm eligibility and deadlines in the official listing and the funding opportunity before applying. Federal Awards is an independent service, not affiliated with the U.S. government.