Previously Announced Arts Division Funding Opportunities: November –
December 2015 ONLY
Don’t forget to review grants & fellowships for multiple departments at the end of this
document!
Important information regarding internal deadlines: If the grant requires that
you submit under the auspices of a 501(c)(3) organization (including fiscal
sponsorship), UCSC now requires that you comply with internal deadlines that I
note on this list. Contact your Research Grant Coordinator (scmoore@ucsc.edu) and
the Office of Sponsored Project (kwisuri@ucsc.edu and sziegler@ucsc.edu) prior to
the listed internal deadline to ensure compliance.
Art
The Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (SARF): Due December 1, 2015.
Provides outstanding visual artists from across the world a unique opportunity to
work with Smithsonian museums, research sites, collections, and scholars, so they
may conduct research that inspires new artwork. SARF Fellows spend one to two
months in residence at the Smithsonian immersed in its unparalleled collections and
multidisciplinary scholarly expertise, building connections between art, science,
history and culture. Amount: Up to $8000 for 2 months + travel.
Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant: Due December 15, 2015.
Individual Support Grants to painters, sculptors and printmakers who have been
creating mature art for at least 20 years and who are in current financial need.
Students are not eligible. Amount: Variable.
HAVC
See grants for multiple departments.
Film & Digital Media
Fledgling Fund: Rolling application period open; Draft budget due (internal)
to OSP 10 days prior to application. Grants support outreach and engagement for
social issue documentary film and other storytelling projects that have the potential
to inspire positive social change around issues that affect the most vulnerable.
Fledgling has an open rolling grant application process. Amount: $25,000.
Academy Grant Programs: Draft budget due to OSP by December 1, 2015.
FilmWatch grants support curated screening programs at North America-based
film festivals, film societies and other film-related organizations. Targeted programs
include those that create culturally diverse viewing experiences, promote motion
pictures as an art form, provide a platform for underrepresented artists, and
cultivate new and dedicated audiences for theatrical film. Grants typically range
from $5,000 to $30,000. FilmCraft grants support high-quality educational
programs that identify and empower future filmmakers from nontraditional
backgrounds. Targeted programs include those that encourage an appreciation of
film as both a vocation and an art form, and those that provide direct, hands-on
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opportunities for participants to gain the filmmaking skills they need to tell their
stories. Grants typically range from $5,000 to $25,000. External deadline: December
15, 2015.
Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies: Due December 6, 2015. The John W. Kluge
Center at the Library of Congress announces a new fellowship in Digital Studies to
examine the impact of the digital revolution on society, culture and international
relations using the Library’s collections and resources. Open to scholars from all
disciplines. Ph.D. or other advanced terminal degree strongly preferred. Amount:
$4,200/month for up to 11 months.
Music
See grants for multiple departments.
Theater Arts
USArtists International: Internal deadlines have passed. Contact me
immediately if you are interested. USArtists International (USAI) is committed to
ensuring that the impressive range of expression of the performing arts in the
United States is represented abroad. The program contributes to the creative
development of American artists by providing opportunities for the exchange of
ideas and practices with their colleagues in other countries, and helps to sustain
their careers through exposure to new audiences and access to the international
marketplace. Through USAI, grants are available to American dance, music and
theater ensembles and solo performers that have been invited to perform at
significant international festivals and performing arts markets anywhere in the
world outside of the United States and its territories. External Deadline: December
4, 2015. Amount: $15,000.
Digital Arts and New Media
National Science Foundation, Interdisciplinary Behavioral and Social Science
Research (IBSS): Internal deadline has passed; please contact me immediately
if you are interested. This competition promotes the conduct of interdisciplinary
research by teams of investigators in the social and behavioral sciences. Emphasis is
placed on support for research that involves researchers from multiple Social,
Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) disciplinary fields and that integrates
scientific theoretical approaches and methodologies from multiple SBE disciplinary
fields. Emphasis also is placed on the significance of expected intellectual
contributions that are likely to yield generalizable insights and information that will
enhance theoretical perspectives and advance basic knowledge and capabilities
across multiple SBE disciplinary fields. Although the IBSS competition will consider
any proposal that addresses a topic for which the proposal makes a compelling case
that the research will enhance broader theoretical understanding across multiple
social and behavioral science fields, social and behavioral science researchers are
especially encouraged to submit proposals for research on one of the following
three broadly defined topics: Population Change; Sources and Consequences of
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Disparities; and Technology, New Media, and Social Networks. External Deadline:
December 1, 2015. Estimated $10,500,000 to support 12-16 awards.
Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies: Due December 6, 2015. The John W. Kluge
Center at the Library of Congress announces a new fellowship in Digital Studies to
examine the impact of the digital revolution on society, culture and international
relations using the Library’s collections and resources. Open to scholars from all
disciplines. Ph.D. or other advanced terminal degree strongly preferred. Amount:
$4,200/month for up to 11 months.
Multiple Departments (Grants)
National Endowment for the Humanities Sustaining Cultural Heritage
Collections: Internal deadlines have passed. Contact me immediately if you are
interested. SCHC helps cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of
preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future
generations by supporting preventive conservation measures that mitigate
deterioration and prolong the useful life of collections. Libraries, archives, museums,
and historical organizations across the country are responsible for collections of
books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images,
archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art, and historical objects that facilitate
research, strengthen teaching, and provide opportunities for life-long learning in the
humanities. External Deadline: December 1, 2015. Amount: Up to $40,000 for
Planning and $350,000 for Implementation.
A Blade of Grass Fellowship for Socially Engaged Art: Letter of intent due
November 23, 2015. Extended! We provide resources to artists who demonstrate
artistic excellence and serve as innovative conduits for social change. We fund
socially engaged projects in which art is a catalyst for social change; projects that
feature artists in leadership roles; dialogue-based projects that emphasize
sustainable partnerships with communities; projects in which artists engage
community members as equal partners; projects in which co-creation with nonartists is part of the process. Amount: $20,000.
National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Grants: Draft
budget due to OSP by November 23, 2015. Collaborative Research Grants support
interpretive humanities research undertaken by two or more collaborating scholars,
for full-time or part-time activities for periods of one to three years. Support is
available for various combinations of scholars, consultants, and research assistants;
project-related travel; fieldwork; applications of information technology; and
technical support and services. External Deadline: December 9, 2015. Amount: Up to
$100,000/year.
UC Humanities Research Institute Grants for 2016-17: Draft budget due to OSP
by November 25, 2015. External Deadline: December 11, 2015. Short-term
Collaborative Research Residencies: Hosts residents at our facilities at UC Irvine.
Residencies are available for a team of at least two and no more than ten residents
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representing any discipline or field in the humanities and humanistic social sciences,
or in conjunction with scholars, artists, scientists, and experts across various
disciplines. In larger groups, participation by faculty from a range of UC campuses,
disciplines, and levels of career development is required. Residencies may run up to
two weeks. This program does not provide course buyouts; however, the grant will
cover reasonable costs of relocation to UCHRI. External deadline: December 11,
2015. Fall 2016 Residential Research Group on “Queer Hemisphere: América
Queer” invites individual applications from faculty, post-docs and graduate
students across the disciplines interested in contributing to the theme. This
residency aims to cultivate an interdisciplinary, multilingual dialogue between
Latin@ America queer theory/sexuality studies and US women/queer of color
feminisms. UCHRI provides replacement costs to the faculty division, and faculty are
ordinarily required to contribute sabbatical credits. Winter 2017 Residential
Research Group on Queer of Color Formations and Translocal Spaces in
Europe invites individual applications from faculty, post-docs and graduate
students across the disciplines interested in contributing to the theme. Queer People
of Color (QPoC) positionalities are a valuable yet underexplored lens through which
to rethink the racial and colonial imaginaries and material conditions of subjects
and space in Europe. UCHRI provides replacement costs to the faculty division, and
faculty are ordinarily required to contribute sabbatical credits. Conference Grants:
For conferences focused on sharing scholarly research findings to be held on UC
campuses or in public venues. Amount: $10,000. Research Seminar Grants: For
research seminars for small groups of UC faculty and advanced graduate students to
engage in intensive study of topics chosen by the participants. Seminars may be
from a variety of fields in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Amount:
$4,000. Multicampus Faculty Working Groups: Awards provide financial
resources for University of California faculty to support research collaboration and
communication within the extended range of humanities disciplines. Working
Groups should engage significant research questions and push the frontiers of
knowledge production in the humanities or between the humanities and other fields
or modes of inquiry. Amount: $15,000. Please note: Many of these grants allow you to
apply for additional funding for a graduate student.
The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program: Due December 1, 2015. SI
Fellowships are awarded annually to scholars wishing to conduct independent
study or research at one or more of the Smithsonian's 19 units and research centers.
Postdoctoral and Senior Researcher may apply for 3-12 months. Amount: $48,000
for 1 year.
CEC ArtsLink Award: Due December 3, 2015. Accepts applications from
contemporary and traditional creative artists working in the performing, design,
media, literary, and visual arts, as well as arts managers at independent, nonprofit,
and government organizations working in these artistic disciplines. U.S. artists and
arts managers seeking to collaborate with international colleagues in eligible
countries are encouraged to apply. Eligible countries are Afghanistan, Albania,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
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Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan,
Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mongolia, Moldova, Montenegro, Palestine,
Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey,
Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Amount: $5,000.
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Artist as Activist Fellowship: Due December
7, 2015. Provides independent artists and art collectives with a demonstrated
commitment to applying their creative work to the public sphere up to $100,000
over two years along with access to opportunities for professional advancement.
During the 2016 and 2017 fellowship cycles, the thematic frame is racial justice
through the lens of mass incarceration.
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