Arts Division Funding Opportunities: August-October 2015
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
See Multiple Departments below.
HAVC
Kress Foundation Art History, Preservation, and Digital Resources Grants:
Draft Budget due to OSP September 2, 2015. Through its Grant Programs, the
Kress Foundation supports scholarly projects that promote the appreciation,
interpretation, preservation, study and teaching of European art from antiquity to
the early 19th century. The Digital Resources program is intended to foster new
forms of research and collaboration as well as new approaches to teaching and
learning. Support will also be offered for the digitization of important visual
resources (especially art history photographic archives) in the area of pre-modern
European art history; of primary textual sources (especially the literary and
documentary sources of European art history); for promising initiatives in online
publishing; and for innovative experiments in the field of digital art history. These
competitive grants are awarded to institutions only. External deadline: October 1,
2015 (receipt via postal delivery). Amount: Variable.
Graham Foundation Individual Fellowship: Letter of Inquiry due September
15, 2015. Architecture and related spatial practices engage a wide range of cultural,
social, political, technological, environmental, and aesthetic issues. We are
interested in projects that investigate the contemporary condition, expand historical
perspectives, or explore the future of architecture and the designed environment.
We support innovative, thought-provoking investigations in architecture;
architectural history, theory, and criticism; design; engineering; landscape
architecture; urban planning; urban studies; visual arts; and related fields of inquiry.
Our interest also extends to work being done in the fine arts, humanities, and
sciences that expands the boundaries of thinking about architecture and space. In an
effort to bridge communities and different fields of knowledge, we support a wide
range of practitioners (such as architects, scholars, critics, writers, artists, curators,
and educators) and organizations (such as non-profit galleries, colleges and
universities, publishers, and museums). Priority is given to first-time applicants.
Amount: Variable.
College Art Association Publishing Grants
The Millard Meiss Publication Fund: Due September 15, 2015. Supports the
publication of book-length scholarly manuscripts in the history of art, visual studies,
and related subjects that have been accepted by a publisher on their merits but
cannot be published in the most desirable form without a subsidy. Amount:
Variable.
Terra Foundation for American Art International Publication Grant: Due
September 21, 2015. Supports book-length scholarly manuscripts in the history of
American art, visual studies, and related subjects that are under contract with a
publisher. For this grant program, “American art” is defined as art (circa 1500–
1980) of what is now the geographic United States. Amount: Up to $15,000.
Wyeth Foundation for American Art Publication Grant: Due September 15,
2015. Supports book-length scholarly manuscripts in the history of American art,
visual studies, and related subjects that have been accepted by a publisher on their
merits but cannot be published in the most desirable form without a subsidy. For
this grant program, “American art” is defined as art created in the United States,
Canada, and Mexico. Amount: Variable.
Meiss/Mellon Author’s Book Award: Due September 15, 2015. This award
provides funds to authors who are publishing monographs on the history of art and
related subjects. The purpose of the subventions is to reduce the financial burden
that authors carry when acquiring images for publication, including licensing and
reproduction fees for both print and online publications. Amount: Variable.
Dedalus Foundation’s Senior Fellowship: Applications due September 15,
2015. The program is intended to encourage and support critical and historical
studies of modern art and modernism. Students are not eligible. Applicants must be
U.S. citizens. Amount: Up to $30,000.
Getty Scholar Grants: Due October 1, 2015. Getty Scholar Grants are for
established scholars, or writers who have attained distinction in their fields.
Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute or Getty Villa, where they
pursue their own projects free from academic obligations, make use of Getty
collections, join their colleagues in a weekly meeting devoted to an annual research
theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty. Applications are welcome
from researchers of all nationalities who are working in the arts, humanities, or
social sciences. Amount: $65,000 for one year, although may be in residence a
minimum of three months.
The Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design: Due October 9, 2015. Exhibition
Research and Project Grants will be awarded to support research projects relating
to the goals of the Craft Research Fund. (To support innovative research on critical
issues in craft theory and history; To explore the inter-relationship among craft, art,
design and contemporary culture; To foster new cross-disciplinary approaches to
scholarship in the craft field in the United States; To advance investigation of
neglected questions on craft history and criticism in the United States.) Grant funds
may be used for research related expenses such as travel, honoraria for
contributors, salary for independent researchers, and/or support documentation
such as images or rights to use images or text, as part of the research yet to be
completed. The grant awards are not for the printing or dissemination of already
completed research. (Travel Awards, $1000, applications due October 30, 2015).
Amount: $15,000.
Getty Foundation Library Research Fellowships: Due October 15, 2015. Getty
Library Research Grants provide partial, short-term support for costs relating to
travel and living expenses for scholars whose research requires use of specific
collections housed in the Getty Research Institute. Amount: $500 to $2,500.
Film & Digital Media
Sundance Institute New Frontier Story Lab: Due August 17, 2015. With an
emphasis on story, this Lab supports artists who are developing interactive,
immersive, or experimental projects that aim to create rich and resonant
experiences for audiences. The New Frontier Story Lab is open to a wide variety of
storytelling disciplines, forms and story designs. Lab is held at Sundance Resort,
Utah in May. Amount: Room/board/travel.
Catapult Film Fund: Catapult Film Fund provides development funding to
documentary filmmakers who have a compelling story to tell, have secured access to
their story and are ready to shoot and edit a piece for production fundraising
purposes. Our mission is to enable filmmakers to develop their film projects to the
next level at a moment where funding is hard to find. We support powerful stories,
and moving storytelling, across a broad spectrum of issues and perspectives. No
student films.
UCSC Internal Deadline has passed.
External Deadline: August 21, 2015
Amount: Up to $20,000
MacArthur Foundation Documentary Fund
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Documentary Fund seeks to
support feature documentary films and interactive digital documentaries that
combine engaging storytelling with in-depth journalism. Supporting independently
produced documentaries that examine underreported but important social issues,
selected films have the potential to spark dialogue, create understanding, and
contribute to social, culture, and policy change. Your documentary must be in
production or post-production. You also must be a legally incorporated U.S.
production company and have editorial and financial control over the documentary
project for which you are seeking funds. Nonprofit organizations and for-profit
companies may apply. The MacArthur Documentary Fund does not make grants
through fiscal sponsors, or to individuals. This is an organizational submission;
interested applicants should contact the Research Grants Coordinator at least 4 weeks
in advance of deadline.
Deadline: Open application period, April 1 – September 1, 2015
Amount: $50,000 to $100,000
https://macfounddocumentary.fluidreview.com/
California Documentary Project Production and Research and Development
Grants: Draft Budget due to OSP by September 16, 2015. CDP is a competitive
grants program that supports documentary film, radio, and new media productions
that enhance our understanding of California and its cultures, peoples, and histories.
Projects must use the humanities to provide context, depth, and perspective and be
suitable for California and national audiences through broadcast and/or
distribution. Since 2003, we have awarded approximately $4 million to projects that
document the California experience and explore issues of significance to
Californians. CDP grants support projects at the research and development,
production, and public engagement stages. External deadline: October 15, 2015 (5
p.m.). Amount: $10,000 - $50,000.
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.
Music
Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation
The grants program aims to perpetuate Miss Bergen's love of classical music and
support of musical education by providing grants for musical performing arts and
musical education. Grants are considered for programs that: (1) arrange for musical
entertainment, concerts, and recitals appropriate for the education and instruction
of the public in the musical arts. Paramount consideration, however, is given to
traditional classical music programs; (2) aid worthy students of music to secure
complete and adequate musical education; and (3) aid organizations in their efforts
to present fine music to the public, provided that such organizations are operated
exclusively for educational purposes.
UCSC Internal Deadline has passed.
External Deadline: August 15, 2015
Amount: $5,000 to $20,000
https://www.wellsfargo.com/privatefoundationgrants/bergen
American Musicological Foundation 75 PAYS Subventions: Provides support for
the publication of first books by scholars in the early stages of their career. The
purpose of this subvention is to facilitate the publication of original and significant
research in any recognized field of musicology by providing financial support to
publishers in order to offset the costs of book production and thereby reduce the
retail price of the book. Applications should come directly from publishers, in
consultation with the author.
Deadline: August 15, 2015
Amount: Up to $5,000
The Thomas Hampson Fund: Research and Publication on Classic Song
The fund is dedicated to fostering editions and scholarship on classic song in all its
contexts (including American song, contemporary song, etc.), as well as new and
innovative technologies for promoting and understanding classic song via
interactive media and the Internet. Applicants may submit proposals at any stage of
their research: proposals from graduate students writing dissertations, independent
scholars, and faculty will be considered. Those applying to defray expenses related
to publication are encouraged to also apply for an AMS publication subvention for
individuals.
Deadline: August 17, 2015
Amount: $1,100
http://www.ams-net.org/grants/hampson.php
GRAMMY Foundation Grant Program: Letter of Inquiry Due October 1, 2015.
The Research Program awards grants to organizations and individuals to support
research on the impact of music on the human condition. Examples might include
the study of the effects of music on mood, cognition and healing, as well as the
medical and occupational well-being of music professionals and the creative process
underlying music. Priority is given to projects with strong methodological design as
well those addressing an important research question. The Archiving and
Preservation Program awards grants to organizations and individuals to support
efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded
sound heritage of the Americas. Amount: Up to $20,000. Please note that if you are
interested in applying through UCSC, contact the Research Grants Coordinator at least
20 working days in advance of the deadline.
Theater Arts
Gerbode – Hewlett Foundations 2015 Theater Commissioning Awards
The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and The William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation are pleased to announce a $300,000 fund for the creation and
production of new theater works by California playwrights. The works are to be
commissioned and produced by Bay Area (11 counties) nonprofit arts organizations
that will act as the applicant organization. Please note: UCSC cannot act as the
applicant organization.
Deadline: August 20, 2015 (4 p.m.)
Amount: $50,000
http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/gerbode/awards-arts.html
Association of Performing Arts Presenters Cultural Exchange Fund: Due
August 28, 2015. APAP awards U.S. based presenting organizations, agents,
managers, producers, individual artists, and groups of presenting professionals
traveling outside of the U.S. to see the work of artists and companies or to develop
and advance projects with foreign artists and their collaborators. APAP strongly
encourages but does not limit travel to the following: Africa, Asia, Latin America, and
the Middle East. Must be APAP member. Additional application dates: October 30,
2015 and into 2016. Amount: Variable.
Theater Communications Group Grants: Due September 16, 2015. The Global
Connections program was designed by TCG and is funded by The Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation and Robert Sterling Clark Foundation. US-based theatre organizations
and individual artists may apply to one of the two initiatives of this program: Global
Connections—On the Road: This initiative will award 12 grants of up to $5,000
each to foster new relationships with international colleagues that will inspire each
other’s work and aesthetics by creating opportunities for cultural exchange. Global
Connections—In the Lab: This initiative will award six grants of $10,000 each to
further pre-existing international collaborations by supporting residencies that
either advance the development of a piece or explore elements leading up to a full
production.
MAP Fund: Letter of Inquiry due September 28, 2015. The MAP Fund is founded
on the principle that exploration drives human progress, no less in art than in
science or medicine. MAP supports live performance projects that embody a spirit of
deep inquiry. MAP is particularly interested in supporting artists that question,
disrupt, complicate, and challenge inherited notions of social and cultural hierarchy
across the current American landscape. Amount: $10,000 to 45,000.
National Dance Project Touring Awards: Due October 13, 2015. NDP Touring
Awards support U.S. tours of dance works by national and international artists.
Eligibility: Be choreographers or companies applying for a project with a planned
U.S. tour during the NDP touring period of: see website. Demonstrate that at least
three U.S. nonprofit organizations (presenters) from at least two states will present
the work on tour. Amount: $35,000.
Digital Arts and New Media
Sundance Institute New Frontier Story Lab: Due August 17, 2015. With an
emphasis on story, this Lab supports artists who are developing interactive,
immersive, or experimental projects that aim to create rich and resonant
experiences for audiences. The New Frontier Story Lab is open to a wide variety of
storytelling disciplines, forms and story designs. Lab is held at Sundance Resort,
Utah in May. Amount: Room/board/travel.
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Digital Humanities Start-Up
Grant: Proposals should be for the planning or initial stages of digital initiatives in
any area of the humanities: research that brings new approaches or documents best
practices in the study of the digital humanities; planning and developing prototypes
of new digital tools for preserving, analyzing, and making accessible digital
resources, including libraries’ and museums’ digital assets; scholarship that focuses
on the history, criticism, and philosophy of digital culture and its impact on society;
scholarship or studies that examine the philosophical or practical implications and
impact of the use of emerging technologies in specific fields or disciplines of the
humanities, or in interdisciplinary collaborations involving several fields or
disciplines; innovative uses of technology for public programming and education
incorporating both traditional and new media; and new digital modes of publication
that facilitate the dissemination of humanities scholarship in advanced academic as
well as informal or formal educational settings at all academic levels.
Internal deadline (notify OSP + draft budget): August 19, 2015
External deadline: September 16, 2015
Amount: $5,000 to $60,000
Kress Foundation Art History, Preservation, and Digital Resources Grants:
Draft Budget due to OSP September 2, 2015. Through its Grant Programs, the
Kress Foundation supports scholarly projects that promote the appreciation,
interpretation, preservation, study and teaching of European art from antiquity to
the early 19th century. The Digital Resources program is intended to foster new
forms of research and collaboration as well as new approaches to teaching and
learning. Support will also be offered for the digitization of important visual
resources (especially art history photographic archives) in the area of pre-modern
European art history; of primary textual sources (especially the literary and
documentary sources of European art history); for promising initiatives in online
publishing; and for innovative experiments in the field of digital art history. These
competitive grants are awarded to institutions only. External deadline: October 1,
2015 (receipt via postal delivery). Amount: Variable.
Multiple Departments (Grants)
National Science Foundation (Division of Social and Economic Sciences)
Political Science: The Political Science Program supports scientific research that
advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics.
Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise,
methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include, but
are not limited to, American government and politics, comparative government and
politics, international relations, political behavior, political economy, and political
institutions.
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5418&org=NSF&sel_org=NS
F&from=fund
Sociology: The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human
social organization -- societies, institutions, groups and demography -- and
processes of individual and institutional change. The Program encourages
theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of
fundamental social processes. Included is research on organizations and
organizational behavior, population dynamics, social movements, social groups,
labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family, social networks,
socialization, gender roles, and the sociology of science and technology.
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5369&org=NSF&sel_org=NS
F&from=fund
UCSC Internal Deadline has passed.
External Deadline: August 15, 2015
Amount: Variable
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Digital Humanities Start-Up
Grant: See Digital Arts and New Media above.
Furthermore Grants in Publishing: UCSC Internal Deadline has passed.
Furthermore grants assist nonfiction books having to do with art, architecture, and
design; cultural history, the city, and related public issues; and conservation and
preservation. Furthermore looks for work that appeals to an informed general
audience; gives evidence of high standards in editing, design, and production; and
promises a reasonable shelf life. External deadline: September 1, 2015. Amount:
$1,500 to $15,000.
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) - Enduring Questions: Draft
budget due (internal) to OSP by August 12, 2015. The NEH Enduring Questions
grant program supports faculty members in the preparation of a new course on a
fundamental concern of human life as addressed by the humanities. This questiondriven course would encourage undergraduates and teachers to join together in a
deep and sustained program of reading in order to encounter influential ideas,
works, and thinkers over the centuries. Submit for NEH review (optional but
recommended) by August 13, 2015. External deadline: September 10, 2015.
Amount: Variable. Contact your Research Grant Coordinator for assistance in locating
collaborators.
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) - Dialogues on the Experience
of War program: Draft budget due (internal) to OSP by August 17. The NEH
offers a new grant opportunity to support the study and discussion of important
humanities sources about war, in the belief that these sources can help U.S. military
veterans and others to think more deeply about the issues raised by war and
military service. The humanities sources can be drawn from history, philosophy,
literature, and film—and they may and should be supplemented by testimonials
from those who have served. The discussions are intended to promote serious
exploration of important questions about the nature of duty, heroism, suffering,
loyalty, and patriotism. The program awards grants that will support 1. the
recruitment and training of discussion leaders; and 2. following the training
program, the convening of at least two discussion programs. The discussion groups
can take place on college and university campuses, in veterans’ centers, at public
libraries and museums, and at other community venues. Most of the participants in
the discussion groups should be military veterans; others, such as men and women
in active service, military families, and interested members of the public, may
participate as well. Discussion programs must focus on 1. the close study of sources
drawn from at least two distinct genres (such as fiction and historical writings, or
memoirs and artworks, or philosophy and film); and 2. at least two historically
distinct conflicts treated in depth: one from the earliest wars through World War I,
and a second from the wars after World War I. NEH funding can support the
incorporation of creative writing and the performing or visual arts in the discussion
programs, so long as they complement the interpretive focus of the project. Submit
for NEH review (optional but recommended) by August 1, 2015. External deadline:
September 15, 2015. Amount: Up to $100,000.
Coastal Code Grants: Draft Budget due to OSP by August 18, 2015. Alaskan
Brewing’s 1% commitment supports the Coastal CODE Fund, which was developed
in partnership with The Ocean Foundation, a nonprofit community foundation for
the oceans. Focused on the western waterways and coastline of the United States,
the Coastal CODE Fund grants money to projects and activities that promote Beach,
Lake or Waterway cleanup activities; Water Habitat Restoration; Ocean and coastal
preservation. Quarterly deadlines. External deadline: September 1, 2015. Amount:
$10,000.
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend: Internal
competition application due September 1, 2015. Summer Stipends support
individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars,
general audiences, or both. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books,
digital materials, archeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly
resources. Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on a humanities
project for a period of two consecutive months. Summer Stipends support projects
at any stage of development. Internal Guidelines: The campus may submit up to
two nominations. Interested applicants should prepare a project description (no
longer than 3 pages) and email it as .pdf to ihr@ucsc.edu by September 1, 2015. A
committee composed of three members of the participating divisions (Humanities,
Arts, and Social Sciences) will select the top two projects and send their
recommendations to the Humanities Dean, the nomination official for the campus.
The nominees will be notified by September 10, 2015 and will have until October 1,
2015 to complete and submit their NEH applications. Amount: $6,000. Contact your
Research Grants Coordinator ASAP if you are interested in applying.
Arts Council of Santa Cruz County Create and Develop Grants: Due September
9, 2015. Grants support the creation and presentation of artistically excellent work;
increase the success of artists and the sustainability of arts organizations; expand
equitable access to the arts to the full diversity of residents and visitors; engage new
audiences in the arts. Amount: $1,000 to $3,000.
Lewis Center for the Arts (Princeton): Applications due September 14, 2015.
Princeton Arts Fellowship: Open to early-career artists whose achievements have
been recognized as demonstrating extraordinary promise in any area of artistic
practice and teaching. Applicants should be early career composers, visual artists,
conductors, musicians, choreographers, filmmakers, performers, directors, or
performance artists—this list is not meant to be exhaustive—who would find it
beneficial to spend two years working in an artistically vibrant university
community. Fellows will teach a course each semester or, in lieu of one course, may
be requested to undertake an artistic assignment. A salary is provided.
Hodder Fellowship: Open to artists demonstrating “much more than ordinary
intellectual and literary gifts.” Fellows are selected more “for promise than for
performance.” Potential Hodder Fellows are writers, composers, choreographers,
visual artists, performance artists, or other kinds of artists or humanists. Given the
strength of the applicant pool, most successful Fellows have published a first book
or have similar achievements in their own fields; the Hodder is designed to provide
Fellows with the “studious leisure” to undertake significant new work. Fellowships
are for one academic year and provide the opportunity to pursue an independent
project. No teaching is required. A stipend is provided.
The Bill Graham Memorial Foundation: Due September 15, 2015. We are
currently offering grant for programs/projects of grassroots organizations working
in the areas of music, the arts and education. We also fund social work,
environmental protection and spiritual & compassionate projects in our community.
We seek to assist those whose needs are not served by larger philanthropic
organizations. Our geographic scope is primarily but not absolutely limited to the
Bay Area and Northern California. Amount: Up to $4,500. Contact your Research
Grant Coordinator ASAP if you are interested in this grant.
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship: Applications due September 18, 2015
(note revised deadline). "Midcareer" awards, Guggenheim Fellowships are
intended for men and women who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity
for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. The Foundation
understands advanced professionals to be those who as writers, scholars, or
scientists have a significant record of publication, or as artists, playwrights,
filmmakers, photographers, composers, or the like, have a significant record of
exhibition or performance of their work. Open to citizens and permanent residents
of the U.S. and Canada. Award amount: Variable.
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art,
Paul Mellon and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Visiting Senior Fellowships (short-term):
Applications due September 21, 2015. Fellowships are intended to support
research in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts (painting, sculpture,
architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, prints and drawings, film,
photography, decorative arts, industrial design, and other arts) of any geographical
area and of any period. Visiting senior fellowships are intended for those who have
held the PhD for five years or more at the time of application, or who possess an
equivalent record of professional accomplishment. Stipends for two-month
fellowships range from $6,000 to $8,000, depending on relocation requirements, in
addition to housing, as available. See below for full-year fellowships.
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships: Applications due
September 23, 2015. ACLS is a leading private institution supporting scholars in
the humanities and related social sciences. All postdoctoral fellowships require
Ph.D. or equivalent experience. The ACLS Fellowship program invites research
applications in all disciplines of the humanities and social sciences. The ultimate
goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant. Also
open: ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowship and Frederick Burkhardt
Residential Fellowships for recently tenured scholars. Amount: Variable.
The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program: Applications due September 24,
2015. This program is a scholarly community where individuals pursue advanced
work across a wide range of academic disciplines, professions, and creative arts.
Radcliffe Institute fellowships are designed to support scholars, scientists, artists,
and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment who wish to
pursue work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts. In
recognition of Radcliffe's historic contributions to the education of women and to
the study of issues related to women, the Radcliffe Institute sustains a continuing
commitment to the study of women, gender, and society. Applicants' projects need
not focus on gender, however. Amount: $75,000.
Southern Exposure Alternative Exposure: Application due September 24,
2015. Provides monetary awards to foster the development and presentation of
artist-led projects and programs that are direct, accessible, and open to the public.
Funded activities may include a new exhibition or exhibition series, the ongoing
work of an arts venue or collective, a public art project, a one-time event or
performance, publications directly related to the visual arts, an online project, an
artist residency, a series of film screenings, and more. Must live in San Francisco or
Alameda County. Amount: Up to $5000.
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Chinese Studies Publication Grant: Due
September 15, 2015. Academic publishers may apply for subsidies for the
publication of scholarly works related to the goals of the Foundation. The
publication may be in the form of a book or a monograph. Applications will be
accepted for completed book manuscripts, but not for books in a series. Priority will
be given to first book projects by junior scholars. Publication Subsidy Grants may
only be used to cover editing, indexing, and other relevant publication costs.
Translation and research-related expenses may not be included. Amount: $5,000 to
$10,000.
National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works Research Awards: Draft Budget
due to OSP by September 21, 2015. Awards to support research that investigates
the value and/or impact of the arts, either as individual components of the U.S. arts
ecology or as they interact with each other and/or with other domains of American
life. Matching grants range from $10,000 to $30,000. External deadline: October 20,
2015.
Stanford Humanities Center External Faculty Fellowships: Due October 1,
2015. These fellowships are intended primarily for individuals currently teaching in
or affiliated with an academic institution, but independent scholars may apply.
Faculty fellowships are awarded across the spectrum of academic ranks (assistant,
associate, and full professor) and a goal of the selection process is to create a diverse
community of scholars. Applicants who are members of traditionally under-
represented groups are encouraged to apply. There are no citizenship requirements
for these fellowships; non-U.S. nationals are welcome to apply. Amount: $70,000 +
expenses.
Cornell University Society For the Humanities Fellowship: Due October 1,
2015. The Society for the Humanities at Cornell University seeks interdisciplinary
research projects that reflect on philosophical, aesthetic, political, ecological,
religious, psychoanalytical, and cultural understandings of skin. Thinking skin calls
upon cultural horizons, religious traditions, flesh, haptics, signs, texts, images,
biopolitics, screens, sounds, and surfaces. From the earliest writings on medicine
and religion to more recent theories of race, sexuality, gender, class, and ethnicity,
how might thinking or making skin inform the global cultural experience from North
to South, East to West, South to South? We invite research projects across historical
periods, disciplinary boundaries, geographic territories, and social contexts.
Amount: $50,000.
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection One-Month Research
Stipends: Due October 1, 2015. For scholars holding the PhD or other relevant
terminal degree and working on research projects in Byzantine studies, PreColumbian studies, or Garden and Landscape studies. Amount: $3,000.
National Gallery of Art, Center for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts: Senior
Fellowships: Due October 15, 2015. Residential fellowships include: The Paul
Mellon and Ailsa Mellon Bruce - history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts
(painting, sculpture, architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism, prints and
drawings, film, photography, decorative arts, industrial design, and other arts); The
Samuel H. Kress - research on European art before the early 19th century; The
William C. Seitz Senior Fellowship- research on modern and contemporary art.
Senior fellowship applications are also solicited from scholars in other disciplines
whose work examines artifacts or has implications for the analysis and criticism of
form. An A.W. Mellon two-year postdoctoral fellowship is also offered for research
on the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts of any time period or culture.
Amount: $50,000.
National Humanities Center Fellowship: Due October 15, 2015. The Center
(Research Triangle Park, NC) welcomes up to forty scholars from all fields of the
humanities. Individually, the Fellows pursue their own research and writing.
Together, they create a stimulating community of intellectual discourse. Fellowship
applicants must have a PhD or equivalent scholarly credentials along with a strong
record of peer-reviewed work. Emerging scholars as well as senior scholars are
encouraged to apply. In addition to researchers from all fields of the humanities, the
Center invites scholars from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the
professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects to apply.
Amount: Variable (but at least half-salary and travel).
The Clark Art Institute Fellowships: Due October 15, 2015. Scholars may
propose topics that relate to the visual arts, their history, practice, theory, or
interpretation. Any proposal that contributes to understanding the nature of artistic
activity and the intellectual, social, and cultural worlds with which it is connected is
welcome. Located in Williamstown, MA. Amount: $60,000 for one academic year.
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, Junior and
Senior Scholar Grants: Due October 15, 2015. The Foundation's grants provide
support for research on Chinese Studies in the humanities and social sciences.
Grants are for time off for research and writing. Applications should be
accompanied by a letter of recommendation from the chairman of the department,
from the dean of the college or the provost of the university. Amount: $30,000,
$35,000, or $40,000.