Ezra Jack Keats Minigrants to Libraries offer $350 in funding to school and public Libraries for programs that encourage literacy and creativity in children. Programs relating to the work of Ezra Jack Keats are welcome, but not required. The deadline is September 15. Information and an application are at: www.ezra-jack-keats.org/programs/minigrants.htm.

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IMLS Museum Conservation Projects

The Conservation Project Support program awards matching grants to help museums identify conservation needs and priorities and perform activities to ensure the safekeeping of their collections.

Conservation Project Support grants help museums develop a logical, institution-wide approach to caring for their living and nonliving collections. Applicants should apply for the project that meets the institution's highest conservation needs. All applications must demonstrate that the primary goal of the project is conservation care and not collection management or maintenance.

A one-to-one match is required. Application deadline is October 1. More information is available at: www.imls.gov/grants/museum/mus_cps.asp.