{{short description|American research foundation active 1993-2012}} {{use shortened footnotes|date=December 2022}} {{use British English|date=September 2022}}<!-- though Oxford or American might be more appropriate? --> {{use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}<!-- though mdy dates might be more appropriate? --> {{Infobox institute <!-- for US private grant-making foundation, though may use more general organisation infobox if it's more fitting --> | name = Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. | image = FAMSI logo.png | image_size = | image_upright = | image_alt = | caption = FAMSI logo | latin_name = | other_name = FAMSI | motto = | mottoeng = | parent = | founder = | established = 1993 | mission = to foster increased understanding of ancient Mesoamerican cultures | focus = | president = | chairman = | head_label = Director | head = Sandra Noble | faculty = | adjunct_faculty = | staff = | key_people = | budget = | endowment = | debt = | num_members = | subsidiaries = | owner = | slogan = | former_name = | address = 268 S Suncoast Blvd<br>Crystal River FL 34429<br>USA | location = | city = | state = | province = | country = | coordinates = {{coord|28.8584|-82.5809|display=inline,title|type:edu_region:US-FL}} | website = {{url|famsi.org}} | dissolved = {{end date|2012|9|30|df=yes}} | footnotes = [Infobox data per {{harvnb|APA|2022}} or {{harvnb|GS|2022a}}.] }} The '''Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc.''', or '''FAMSI''', is a website used for research in pre-Columbian studies and ancient Mesoamerican cultures.{{sfn|Muchnic|2012|p=E18}} FAMSI was formerly an American not-for-profit grant-making research foundation, established 1993 and based in Crystal River, Florida. It provided research grants and resources to scholars focussing on ancient Mesoamerican cultures, including the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and others. Grants were available for projects in archaeology, art history, linguistics, ethnography, epigraphy, sociology, and ethnohistory.{{sfn|AN|2000|p=85}} The non-profit dissolved in 2012, but its research website has remained active under the administration of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art since 2012.{{sfn|Muchnic|2012|p=E18}}
== Activities == === Funding === During 1993{{en dash}}2007, the Foundation granted 3.2 million US dollars to 445 research projects, with a little under two-thirds of these being archaeological, and the remaining third being work in anthropology, art history, and linguistics, in that order.{{sfn|FAMSI|2008|loc=second table}} Grants were suspended starting in 2007 'due to unforeseen and unfortunate circumstances.'{{sfn|FAMSI|2007|loc=first para}}
=== Other === The Foundation maintained an in-house Mesoamerican library of 6,500 volumes, and provided freely-accessible resources via their website, including a Mesoamerican bibliography of 75,000 titles.{{sfn|APA|2022|loc=second sec}}{{notetag|The library is elsewhere described as 'a Mesoamerican-oriented library that includes over 2600 volumes donated by Michael D. Coe,' possibly including the Barbara & Justin Kerr Photographic Collection, the Linda & David Schele Image Collection, the John Montgomery Drawing Collection, and the ''Bibliografia Mesoamericana'' {{harv|GS|2022a|loc=sec. 'Programs and results' subsec. 'Our programs'}}.}} The Foundation's website, published in 1997, is thought to have been 'the first publicly available website dedicated to the study of ancient Mesoamerica.'{{sfn|AA|2015a|loc=first para}} All resources, including digital ones, have been housed or maintained by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art since 2012.{{sfn|GS|2022a|loc=sec. 'Summary' subsec. 'Tax forms' item '2012 Form 990'}}{{sfn|LACMA|2022a|loc=sec 'Collections' subsec. 'Library Collection Highlights'}}{{sfn|LACMA|2022b|loc=second para}}
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== References == {{refbegin}} # {{cite web |date = 2015a <!--via web.archive.org 'ancientamericas.org' and url queries--> |last = AA |title = FAMSI and its Legacy on AncientAmericas.org |website = Ancient Americas at LACMA |publisher = Los Angeles County Museum of Art |url = http://ancientamericas.org/famsi-and-its-legacy-ancientamericasorg }} # {{cite web |date = 2015b <!--via web.archive.org 'ancientamericas.org' and url queries--> |last = AA |title = The Program for the Art of the Ancient Americas at LACMA |website = Ancient Americas at LACMA |publisher = Los Angeles County Museum of Art |url = http://ancientamericas.org/program-art-ancient-americas-lacma }} # {{cite journal |date = 2000 |last = AN |title = Fellowships and Support: Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc (FAMSI) Grants |journal = Anthropology News |volume = 41 |issue = 6 |page = 85 |doi = 10.1111/an.2000.41.6.85.7 }} # {{cite web |date = 2022 |last = APA |title = Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. |website = AnthroGuide |publisher = American Anthropological Association |url = http://guide.americananthro.org/708/Foundation-for-the-Advancement-of-Mesoamerican-Studies-Inc }} # {{cite web |date = 7 November 2007 |last = FAMSI |title = About the Granting Department |website = FAMSI |publisher = Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies |url = http://research.famsi.org/grants/index.php }} # {{cite web |date = 7 August 2008 |last = FAMSI |title = Summary of Grants Requested and Funded to Date |website = FAMSI |publisher = Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies |url = http://research.famsi.org/grants/funding.php }} # {{cite web |date = 2022a |last = GS |title = Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies |website = GuideStar Pro |publisher = Candid |url = https://www-guidestar-org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/profile/59-3195520 |url-access = subscription |id = EIN 59-3195520 }} # {{cite web |date = 2022b |last = GS |title = Museum Associates |website = GuideStar Pro |publisher = Candid |url = https://www-guidestar-org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/profile/95-2264067 |url-access = subscription |id = EIN 95-2264067 }} # {{cite web |date = 2022a |last = LACMA |title = Balch Art Research Library and Archives |website = LACMA |publisher = Los Angeles County Museum of Art |url = https://www.lacma.org/learn/balch-research-library }} # {{cite web |date = 2022b |last = LACMA |title = Plumed Serpent FAMSI |website = LACMA |publisher = Los Angeles County Museum of Art |url = https://www.lacma.org/plumed-serpent-famsi }} # {{cite news |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=4 March 2012 |page=E18 |title=The Latin perspective: LACMA, other museums offer fresh, nuanced looks at the art of the Americas |first=Suzanne |last=Muchnic }} # {{cite news |work=Mesoweb Reports & News |publisher = Mesoweb |url=https://www.mesoweb.com/reports/VirginiaFields.html |date=29 June 2011 <!--in page source as 'Posted' date--> |title=In Memoriam: Virginia Fields, 1952–2011 |first=Dorie |last=Reents-Budet }} # {{cite news |work=Unframed |publisher = Los Angeles County Museum of Art |url=https://unframed.lacma.org/2012/03/05/latin-american-art-at-lacma-and-a-levitated-mass-connection-too |date=5 March 2012 |title=Latin American Art at LACMA (and a Levitated Mass Connection, Too) |first=Scott |last=Tennent }} {{refend}} {{authority control}} Category:Mesoamerican studies Category:1993 establishments in Florida Category:2012 disestablishments in Florida