Current or Upcoming Opportunities
New Travel Grant opportunities will be posted in February 2011 in anticipation of the AAMC's 10th Annual Meeting in New York City. For more information about last years cycle of travel grants, please click here.
AAMC Annual Fund
Launched in 2009, the AAMC Annual Fund provides funding to further professional development
in the curatorial field in the form of research grants, skills-based
training programs and opportunities for undergraduate and post-graduate
students to engage with the profession.
AAMC President's Emergency Fund Grants
Emergency grants were instituted in November 2005 to support curators
affected by Hurricane Katrina; eight grants were disbursed. In February
2006, the AAMC received $10,000 from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
along with several small member donations to expand the effort.
Emergency grants are made to curators, both members and non-members,
who find themselves in financial need through extraordinary
circumstances. Grants are given at the president's and board's
discretion and do not involve an application process.
Professional Development Travel Grants & Support for Junior Curators
The AAMC has developed a professional development grant
program for curators with limited travel funds. The grants may be used
for purposes of traveling to the annual meeting or other professional
development programs of benefit to curators. Curators of all ranks are
eligible, as long as they are AAMC members in good standing.
The AAMC has established
several initiatives aimed at the retention and professional development
of junior curators (assistant and associate levels). Since 2006, more
than $40,000 has been distributed in professional development travel grants
for junior curators. Other programs include mentoring sessions that
occur each year at the AAMC Annual Meeting.
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