Andrew W. Mellon Connecting Communities to Collections Program - Early Career Fellowships
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- One-time opportunity
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Eligible organizations
- Preference for those who attended Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) and Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI)
Other requirements
- Native American heritage
- Recent graduates
Overview
Award Year: 2022 ($1M total program funding)
Geographic Scope: United States (indigenous communities)
Focus Areas:
- Museum careers for Native American professionals
- Collections management, conservation, and registration training
- Support for aspiring museum professionals of Native American heritage
Eligibility:
- Native American heritage
- Recent graduates
- Preference for those who attended Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) and Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI)
What is Funded:
- Paid hands-on training in collections management, conservation, and registration
- Moving expenses to relocate to Chicago
- Travel and registration for annual Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, & Museums (ATALM) meeting
- Specialized training focused on learning to improve care and documentation of North American collection areas
What Field Museum of Natural History actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 4
- Total given
- $161K
- Median grant
- $38K
- Range
- $13K–$72K
- By dollars: Illinois 45%, California 26%, Wisconsin 21%. Top recipient cities: Chicago, IL; La Jolla, CA; Milwaukee, WI.
Example grants
The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL
Stipend for science and education
$72K
Regents of the University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA
Stipend for science and education
$43K
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI
Stipend for science and education
$33K
Florida Atlantic University · Boca Raton, FL
Stipend for science and education
$13K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Native americans
- Museums
- Professional development
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