IMLS National Leadership Grant - Endangered Exceptional Plants Research
Funding Amount
$656,286
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- One-time opportunity
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Overview
Award Recipient: Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Lindner Center for Conservation & Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW)
Program Status: Awarded September 2017
Award Date: 2017
Geographic Scope: National - 12 partner institutions across the United States
Focus Areas:
- Conservation of endangered exceptional plants (EEPs)
- Plants not able to be conserved in seed banks
- Off-site conservation protocols
- Genetic management of plant collections
- Botanical garden conservation practices
Project Description:
Three-year research study to address challenges of off-site conservation of endangered exceptional plants. CREW partnered with Lyon Arboretum (Honolulu, HI) and 10 other institutions to develop:
- New protocols for EEP conservation
- Annotated list of endangered exceptional plants
- Genetic information for guiding collections and use
- Network and website for future research collaboration
Award Context:
Only 11 National Leadership Grants were awarded nationally in 2017 from 79 applications. IMLS awards these highly competitive grants to projects designed to have far-reaching impact across the museum field.
Contact Information:
- Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
- 3400 Vine St, Cincinnati, OH 45220
- Phone: (513) 281-4700
What Zoological Society of Cincinnati actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
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- 14
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- $20K
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- $7,000–$106K
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- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 21% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Plants
- Environmental conservation
- Science research
- Museums
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