Institution’s Name_____________________________________________________ Institution’s Address___________________________________________________ Contact Name _________________________________ Title __________________ Telephone ___________________________ Fax ____________________________ E-mail _______________________________________________________________ Please provide a very brief summary of the proposed project. ____________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Answer the following queries on additional sheets of paper: 1) Briefly describe the institution, including a brief institutional history, the institutional mission, budget, and the paid and unpaid staff. 2) Describe the institutional holdings, especially the size and scope of the costume and textile collection and its relationship to the institutional mission. 3) Detail what, if anything, has been done with the costume collection in terms of cataloguing, care and storage, research, interpretation, exhibition, and publication. 4) Describe the proposed project. Include specific information about the costume objects to which it pertains. 5) If the project involves a specific consultant or specialist, detail what that person will do. If this person has been selected, name the person and attach a resume (no more than two pages) describing the individual’s qualifications and experience. 6) If supplies are requested, list what they are and how they will be used. Attach a list of items, suppliers, quantity, costs, and totals. 7) Outline the impact of the proposed project on the institution, detailing why the institution needs this grant and how the project meets the costume collection’s most pressing needs. Mail 5 copies of the application, postmarked no later that February 1st, to: Grants to Support Costume in Small Museums Committee The Costume Society of America 203 Towne Centre Drive Hillsborough, NJ, USA 08844. For more information call 1-800-CSA-9447.