Conference Scholarships

Museums Alaska is committed to helping its members attend its annual conference by offering scholarships for travel, lodging, and conference registration.

This initiative is made possible by income from our last two auctions and donations to the Donna Matthews Professional Development Fund.

Organizational members may apply for a scholarship for one staff member. All other applicants must be Individual Members. If you are not a member, click here to join and help us continue to develop programs that benefit the Alaska museum community and the cultural sector.

Scholarships provide more equitable access to our conference — the largest and most comprehensive professional development and networking event for Alaska's museums and cultural centers.

Travel costs for a multi-day event in Alaska can cost over a thousand dollars. This grant assists museum and cultural center professionals with the cost, so they can benefit from participation in our conference.

All applicants must be an individual member or a staff of an organizational member of Museums Alaska.

Organizational members may apply for a scholarship for one staff member. All other applicants must be Individual Members.

Organizational members may apply for a scholarship for one staff person. All other applicants must be current Individual members of Museums Alaska.

Recipients must attend the main days of the conference, September 26-27, 2024. For all applicants, attendance at pre-conference workshops and events is optional, but may be included in the costs to be covered in the scholarship application.

Active Museums Alaska board members, scholarship review committee members, and their immediate family (parents, spouse, child) are ineligible.

Eligible expenses include: transportation costs to/from the conference, lodging, taxi/uber/lyft fees, and/or conference registration fees. Car rental during the conference is not eligible.

Use of airline companion fares and other cost-saving measures (roommate, etc.) are positive factors. Alaska Airlines has provided all attendees a 7% discount on flights, so remember to factor that in.

You must demonstrate at least 25% in matching funds, whether through personal/institutional funds, other grants/scholarships, or cost-saving measures.

Grant Cycle:

Cycle

Ready to Get Started?

The button below will take you to our application site hosted on Google Forms.

Explore the application guidelines and additional resources.

To apply, click the button below to go to the submission form on Google Forms.

More details on how to apply can be found in the Application Guidelines linked above.

Grant Help

We want your grant application to be successful, and have provided resources to help:

Grant Writing Tips

Explore these slides, developed as a resource for the 2019 Museums Alaska conference, provided freely for your reference.

Recommended Practices:

Log in to the grant application website early and commence your application promptly.
Thoroughly read the guidelines linked above.
Initiate early contact with the grant administrator to discuss your application.
For any inquiries or further assistance, please feel free to contact us.

Other Grants

If you are working on a grant application NOT administered by Museums Alaska, take advantage of our grant draft review, a benefit for Organizational Members. Coordinate your draft review by contacting us, ensuring your organization’s membership is current. Please keep the following in mind:

Grant draft review is a benefit for Organizational Members; ensure your organization's membership is current.
Contact us early to schedule your review, allowing reviewers ample time to provide feedback.
Draft reviewers typically return feedback within two weeks. For urgent cases, we'll do our best to accommodate your timeline.

Media Kit

Following the grant awards announcement, Museums Alaska distributes a press release to media outlets statewide.

For your own media needs related to the grant, feel free to inform us of any additional resources you might require.

Scholarship Fund

The Conference Scholarship Fund is funded by income from our last two auctions and donations to the Donna Matthews Professional Development Fund. We encourage you to tag Museums Alaska when sharing updates about your scholarship.