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Funding Opportunities - Art & Design

November 2025

Mid-America Arts Alliance - Artistic Innovations Grants

Title	Artistic Innovations Grants
Sponsor	Mid-America Arts Alliance
Funding Amount	Up to $15,000
Important Dates	Letters of intent due November 1 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	These grants support the creation of new work. The program is designed to encourage experimentation and collaboration, and engaging audiences throughout M-AAA’s region. Artistic Innovations grants underwrite direct expenses related to the art-making process, as well as the premier of new endeavors.
Match Requirement	1:1 cash match
Link	https://www.maaa.org/grants/

Fulbright - Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program

Title	Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program
Sponsor	Fulbright
Funding Amount	Fulbright pays for: roundtrip international air travel, a monthly stipend, an allowance for up to two dependents, and initial settling in and professional allowances.
Important Dates	November 1 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	The Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (S-I-R) Program assists U.S. higher education institutions in expanding programs of academic exchange. By supporting non-U.S. scholars through grants for teaching at institutions that might not have a strong international component, both the U.S. institution and the scholar grantee benefit. S-I-R gives preference to Hispanic-serving institutions.
Match Requirement	Yes. Lodging Accommodations, local travel, a salary supplement and meal allowance for scholar are encouraged.
Link	http://www.cies.org/program/fulbright-scholar-residence-program#15

Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) - Arts Respond Performance Support

Title	Arts Respond Performance Support
Sponsor	Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA)
Funding Amount	Minimum Request: $75 Maximum Request: $8,000
Important Dates	Anticipated Quarterly deadlines; May 1 - For activities occurring June 15 to Aug 31 February 1 - For activities occurring March 15 to June 14 August 1 - For activities occurring Sept 1 to Dec 14 November 1 - For activities occurring Dec 15 to March 14
Brief Description	This program provides professional artist fees to schools, libraries, and nonprofit organizations for hiring an artist from the TCA Touring Roster to do a performance. Touring artists offer single performances as well as optional services that may include workshops, master classes, lecture-demonstrations, arts education components, residencies, or short performances. These applications are funded based on a percentage of contracted fees.
Match Requirement	1:1 dollar for dollar
Link	https://www2.arts.state.tx.us/tcagrant/TXArtsPlan/CC6.htm

American Academy in Rome - Rome Prize

Title	Rome Prize
Sponsor	American Academy in Rome
Funding Amount	Varies
Important Dates	November 1 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	For over a century, the AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME has awarded the Rome Prize to support innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities. Rome Prize Fellowships include a stipend, room and board, and individual work space at AAR’s eleven-acre campus in Rome. A Rome Prize includes room and board, a stipend and separate work space, as well as privileged access to Rome.
Link	http://www.aarome.org/apply

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) - African Humanities Program

Title

African Humanities Program

Sponsor

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

Funding Amount

Varies

Important Dates

November 2 (Anticipated)

Brief Description

Goals of the African Humanities Program:
to encourage and enable the production of new knowledge and new directions for research
to strengthen the capacity of early career researchers and faculty at African universities
to build the field of humanities by establishing networks for scholarly communication across Africa and with Africanists worldwide.
Fellowship stipends allow recipients an academic year free from teaching and other duties for completion of the PhD dissertation, for revising the dissertation for publication, or for the first major research project after the PhD. Fellows are also eligible for additional benefits such as residential stays for writing, manuscript development workshops, and publication support.

Link

http://www.acls.org/programs/ahp/

National Academy of Education - NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship

Title	NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship
Sponsor	National Academy of Education
Funding Amount	$70000
Important Dates	November 20 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	The National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports early career scholars working in critical areas of education research. This non-residential postdoctoral fellowship funds proposals that make significant scholarly contributions to the field of education. The program also develops the careers of its recipients through professional development activities involving National Academy of Education members.
Link	https://naeducation.org/naedspencer-postdoctoral-fellowship-program/

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) - Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Program in China Studies: Predissertation-Summer Travel Grants

Title	Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Program in China Studies: Predissertation-Summer Travel Grants
Sponsor	American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Funding Amount	$5000
Important Dates	November 6 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	For graduate students who wish to conduct preliminary preparations in China prior to beginning basic research for the dissertation. These grants are not intended as extensions of the time devoted to basic research but to support the necessary steps to prepare for it. They are for graduate students—with a PhD prospectus in hand or developing one—seeking to investigate the research currently underway in Chinese archives and field sites, to establish contact with Chinese scholars, and to secure necessary permissions for fieldwork or archival research. Applications in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences are welcome. The program supports the study of Chinese culture and society in all periods. Research in Hong Kong, Tibet and Taiwan is eligible.
Link	http://www.acls.org/programs/china-studies/

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) - Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Program in China Studies: Postdoctoral Fellowships

Title	Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Program in China Studies: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Sponsor	American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Funding Amount	$50,000
Important Dates	November 6 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	For scholars who are preparing their PhD dissertation for publication, or who are embarking on new research projects. Applications in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences are welcome. The program supports the study of Chinese culture and society in all periods. Research in Hong Kong, Tibet and Taiwan is eligible.
Link	http://www.acls.org/programs/china-studies/

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) - Comparative Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society

Title	Comparative Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society
Sponsor	American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Funding Amount	Up to $25,000 for conferences; $10,000 to $15,000 for workshops and seminars; up to $6,000 for planning meetings
Important Dates	November 6 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	In this cycle of competitions ACLS invites proposals in the humanities and related social sciences that adopt an explicitly cross-cultural or comparative perspective. Projects may, for example, compare aspects of Chinese history and culture with those of other nations and civilizations, explore the interaction of these nations and civilizations, or engage in cross-cultural research on the relations among the diverse and dynamic populations of China. Proposals should be empirically grounded, theoretically informed, and methodologically explicit. The program supports collaborative work of three types: Planning Meetings: Grants up to $6,000 for one-day meetings to develop topics selected by participants. These brainstorming sessions may lead to workshops or conferences, but that is not required. Workshops: Grants of $10,000 to $15,000 for workshops to promote discussion and the exchange of ideas on newly available or inadequately researched data or texts in a collegial, seminar-like setting. Workshops are not mini-conferences for presentation of formal papers describing work already completed. Conferences: Grants up to $25,000 for formal conferences for presentation of significant new research to be published in a conference volume. The program promotes interchange among scholars who may not otherwise have the opportunity to work together. Accordingly, there will be no support for activities that include scholars from only one institution that fall within an institution’s normal range of colloquia, symposia, or seminar series, or that consist of regularly scheduled meetings, conventions, or parts thereof. Activities proposed must include at least one scholar from Taiwan.
Link	http://www.acls.org/programs/chinese-culture/

Common Field - Common Field Grant

Title	Common Field Grant
Sponsor	Common Field
Funding Amount	$500-1000
Important Dates	April 15, July 15, November 15 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	Common Field is a visual arts organizing network connecting contemporary, experimental, noncommercial artist-run and artist centered spaces and initiatives.
Match Requirement
Link	https://www.commonfield.org/about/86/vision

Women's Studio Workshop - Art-in-Ed Artist's Book Residency Grant

Title	Art-in-Ed Artist's Book Residency Grant
Sponsor	Women's Studio Workshop
Funding Amount	$350/wk Stipend + $750 for materials and $250 for travel with free onsite housing and 24/7 studio access for eight to ten weeks.
Important Dates	November 15- Postmark deadline; residency occurs the following school year: October-December or January-April. (confirmed)
Brief Description	Our Art-in-Education (AIE) program is a model for arts education and operates in conjunction with the Kingston City School District. AIE provides a high quality arts experience by bringing students to a professional artist’s workspace and giving them concentrated time to learn printmaking, papermaking, and book arts. Generally, the resident dedicates her first month to producing a limited edition artist’s book, which is hand-printed and bound in the studio. WSW can provide technical advice; training on new equipment, techniques, and materials; and production assistance. (You can read more about the artist’s book aspect here.) During the second half of the residency, the artist works with young people in WSW’s studios, teaching one to two days/week for three to four weeks, and visiting the students twice in school. Studio space and equipment is reserved for students during program hours, but artists may work at any time outside of AIE.
Link	http://www.wsworkshop.org/residencies/art-in-ed-artists-book-residency-grant/

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) - The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies: Dissertation Fellowships

Title	The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies: Dissertation Fellowships
Sponsor	American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Funding Amount	$30,000
Important Dates	November 15 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies provide one-year stipends to PhD candidates for full time preparation of dissertations. The fellowship period may be used for fieldwork, archival research, analysis of findings, or for writing after research is complete. There are no restrictions as to the location of work proposed, or the citizenship/residence of applicants. The final products of research supported may be in any language. It is especially important, therefore, to publicize the program in Asia, both because Asia is the historical home of Buddhist traditions and because it is the site of outstanding contemporary scholarship.
Link	http://www.acls.org/programs/buddhist-studies/

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) - The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies: Postdoctoral Fellowships

Title	The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Sponsor	American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Funding Amount	Annual stipend of $55,000 (In addition, if required, a relocation allowance of $5,000).
Important Dates	November 15 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships in Buddhist Studies provide two years of funding to recent recipients of the PhD for residence at a university for the purpose of revising the dissertation into a publishable manuscript or for beginning the first new project after completion of the PhD degree. The teaching of one course per year is encouraged. Priority is given to residence at universities or colleges providing a collegial atmosphere and working conditions enabling the postdoctoral Fellow’s entry into an academic career in Buddhist studies.
Link	http://www.acls.org/programs/buddhist-studies/

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) - The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies: Collaborative Research Fellowships

Title	The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies: Collaborative Research Fellowships
Sponsor	American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Funding Amount	$200,000
Important Dates	November 15 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Collaborative Research Fellowships in Buddhist Studies support work that may be interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary. International and multilingual projects are encouraged. Especially welcome are projects that relate different Buddhist traditions to each other or that relate scholarship on the broad Buddhist tradition to contemporary concerns in other academic fields. Applications must identify the project coordinator and the other principal collaborators, all of whom will be named Collaborative Fellows. Applications must propose a clear plan for the collaboration with a jointly-authored, research-based scholarly product. While scholars collaborate in many ways, such as reviewing each other’s work or sharing ideas at conferences, these fellowships support only projects in which all Collaborative Fellows dedicate a significant amount of effort to the joint work. Workshops may be proposed for Fellows and a small number of colleagues working on a similar topic. Conferences may also be proposed, but these must include public events for presentation of the work accomplished during the project. Proposals for such events must be applied for separately and require detailed budgets. Up to $5,000 is available for workshops; up to $15,000 for conferences. The total amount of the fellowship, including funds for workshops and conferences, cannot exceed $200,000. Requests to fund conferences or workshops will be considered only as part of a broader, research-based project. Conferences or meetings in themselves do not fulfill the requirement for jointly authored, research-based scholarly products. The Project Coordinator should apply on behalf of the team with requests for individual stipend amounts (and the associated periods of work on the project) and with requests (if any) for workshops and conferences. It is expected that project funds will be received, disbursed, and reported on by the project coordinator's university.
Link	http://www.acls.org/programs/buddhist-studies/

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) - The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies: Research Fellowships

Title	The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies: Research Fellowships
Sponsor	American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Funding Amount	Stipend: up to $70,000, to provide release from other duties for devoting full time to the proposed project. The exact stipend will be calculated based on the Fellows’ current academic salary and other fellowships, grants, sabbatical salary to be received during fellowship tenure. A nine-month stipend may not exceed 125% of the annual academic salary.
Important Dates	November 15 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Research Fellowships in Buddhist Studies Research fellowships offer support for research and writing in Buddhist studies for scholars who hold a PhD degree, with no restrictions on time from the PhD. These fellowships provide scholars time free from teaching and other responsibilities to devote full-time to research and writing on the project proposed. The fellowship period may last up to nine months, during which time no teaching, commissioned research on other topics, or administrative duties are allowed. The fellowship may be separated into two periods, each of which must be a minimum of three months. If the entire duration is less than a total of nine months (minimum of six months), the stipend will be prorated.
Link	http://www.acls.org/programs/buddhist-studies/

Title	Outreach Lecturing Fund
Sponsor	Fulbright Scholar Program
Funding Amount	Fulbright pays long-distance travel and fees for Fulbright scholars currently in the U.S. The host institution (TXST) pays local transportation, lodging accommodations and meals of scholar (internal funds may be available to cover these costs).
Important Dates	Ongoing
Brief Description	The Outreach Lecturing Fund (OLF) provides funding for campuses to host Fulbright Visiting Scholars, already in the United States, for short-term speaking engagements (usually 2-3 days). The OLF travel award is designed to enrich both institutions and Visiting Scholars through lectures that will promote academic disciplines and cultural understanding.
Match Requirement	Yes. Pay local travel, accommodations and meals of scholar.
Link	http://www.cies.org/program/outreach-lecturing-fund

Title	Mini-Grants
Sponsor	Humanities Texas
Funding Amount	Up to $1,500
Important Dates	Ongoing
Brief Description	Humanities Texas awards grants to nonprofit organizations and governmental entities to support a wide range of public programs: lectures, panel discussions, and conferences; teacher institutes; reading- and film-discussion groups; interpretive exhibits; television and radio programming; film production; and interactive multimedia programming. All funded programs are firmly grounded in the humanities and are directed to the general public, both adults and young people, outside of the regular school or college classroom. Programs targeting special audiences such as K–12 teachers, ethnic and community groups, or professional groups are also welcome. Mini-grants fund up to $1,500 of the costs associated with public humanities programs. These small grants, which are easy to apply for and administer, are particularly appropriate for funding a speaker and/or the rental of a traveling exhibition, including those provided by Humanities Texas.
Link	http://www.humanitiestexas.org/grants/apply

Title	Documentary Fund
Sponsor	Sundance Institute
Funding Amount	Up to $50,000; categories of granting: - Development (up to $20,000) - Production/Post-Production (up to $50,000) - Audience Engagement (up to $20,000)
Important Dates	Year round
Brief Description	The Sundance Documentary Fund provides grants to filmmakers worldwide for projects that display: artful film language, effective storytelling, originality and feasibility, contemporary cultural relevance, and potential to reach and connect with its intended audience. Preference is given to projects that convey clear story structure, higher stakes and contemporary relevance, forward going action or questions, demonstrated access to subjects, and quality use of film craft.
Link	http://www.sundance.org/programs/documentary-film/#grants

Title	San Marcos Mural Arts Grant
Sponsor	City of San Marcos, San Marcos Mural Arts Program and San Marcos Arts Commission
Funding Amount	$1,500-$2,500+ Artist honorarium, up to 50% cost of materials and supplies and full cost of a clear coat of the mural.
Important Dates	Year round
Brief Description	The City of San Marcos is offering grants and design assistance to artists in an effort to place murals on private property throughout the city.
Link	http://www.sanmarcostx.gov

Title	Regional Touring Program Grants
Sponsor	Mid-America Arts Alliance
Funding Amount	Varies
Important Dates	Rolling deadline; applications due 8 weeks prior to the start date of the project
Brief Description	This program awards grants to qualifying organizations that present public events in their community. Grants support projects of artistic excellence and merit by underwriting the fees of artists who live in the region, providing financial support for nonprofit presenters who hire in-region artists, including those listed on the regional state arts agency touring rosters. Presenters may book artists in any discipline.
Link	https://www.maaa.org/grants/

Title	Franklin Research Grants
Sponsor	American Philosophical Society
Funding Amount	Up to $6,000
Important Dates	December 2 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	Since 1933, the American Philosophical Society has awarded small grants to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. In 2015–2016 the Franklin Research Grants program awarded $473,950 to 93 scholars, and the Society expects to make a similar number of awards in this year’s competition. The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.
Match Requirement
Link	https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin

Title	NEH Collaborative Research Grants:
Sponsor	National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Funding Amount	TBA
Important Dates	December 2 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	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 and archival research; field work; and technical support and services. All grantees are expected to disseminate the results of their work to the appropriate scholarly and public audiences.
Match Requirement
Link	https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/collaborative-research-grants

Title	NEH: Collaborative Research Grant
Sponsor	Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation
Funding Amount	Unknown
Important Dates	December 2 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	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; field work; applications of information technology; and technical support and services. All grantees are expected to disseminate the results of their work to the appropriate scholarly and public audiences. Eligible projects include: -research that significantly adds to knowledge and understanding of the humanities; -conferences on topics of major importance in the humanities that will benefit scholarly research; and -archaeological projects that include the interpretation and dissemination of results.
Link	http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/collaborative-research-grants

Title	Arts Respond Project
Sponsor	Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA)
Funding Amount	Minimum Request: $1,000 Maximum Request: 50% of project budget
Important Dates	Semi Annual; July 15 for projects beginning Sept. 1 through March 31; January 15 for projects beginning April 1 through Aug. 31 (confirmed)
Brief Description	This program provides project assistance grants on a short-term basis and may include administrative costs directly related to the project. Projects must address ONE of the following priority areas: EDUCATION Intent: Projects that use art to promote innovations in K-12 education. Designed for projects that impact K-12 students in a school setting or during the school day in conjunction with school officials. Must be TEKS aligned (public schools). HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Intent: Projects that use art to improve human health or functioning. Designed for projects that focus on health related topics, serve specific populations, or occur in a health care or human service setting (hospital, clinic, senior activity center, women’s shelter, homeless shelter, etc.) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Intent: Projects that use art to diversify local economies, generate revenue, and attract visitors and investment. Designed for projects that focus on job growth or cultural tourism (festivals, gallery walks, art fairs, etc.) PUBLIC SAFETY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE Intent: Projects that use art to prevent delinquency and recidivism in youth and adults. Designed for projects that focus on at-risk youth or incarcerated populations (after school program, juvenile detention center, adult prison, alternative learning center). NATURAL RESOURCES & AGRICULTURE Intent: Projects that use art to understand and/or improve the ecological and agricultural environment. Designed for projects that occur in rural counties (festivals, fairs, exhibitions, performances) or focus on natural resources (oil, water, green art, ecological issues). ***NOTE: there are limits to the number of submissions allowed from the university for each cycle. Please contact the Research Coordinator immediately if you are interested in submitting.
Match Requirement	1:1 dollar for dollar
Link	https://www2.arts.state.tx.us/tcagrant/TXArtsPlan/ARP.htm

Title	Conservation Grants Program
Sponsor	Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Funding Amount	Varies
Important Dates	January 15 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	The Conservation program supports the professional practice of art conservation, especially as it relates to European art of the pre-modern era. Grants are awarded to projects that create and disseminate specialized knowledge, including archival projects, development and dissemination of scholarly databases, documentation projects, exhibitions and publications focusing on art conservation, scholarly publications, and technical and scientific studies. Grants are also awarded for activities that permit conservators and conservation scientists to share their expertise with both professional colleagues and a broad audience through international exchanges, professional meetings, conferences, symposia, consultations, the presentation of research, exhibitions that include a prominent focus on materials and techniques, and other professional events.
Link	http://www.kressfoundation.org/grants/conservation/

Title	Performing & Fine Arts/Education Grants
Sponsor	David and Betty Sacks Foundation
Funding Amount	$1,000
Important Dates	February 1 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	David Sacks was a physician and a true renaissance man. He was an accomplished musician, sculptor and active amateur athlete. He passed away in 1998. After grants are made to specific named benefactors, additional distributions will be made exclusively to 501(c)(3) charities for the performing arts, the fine arts and educational purposes, with the balance to be distributed for general charitable purposes; including religious, scientific, literary or educational purposes or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals. In addition, grants may be awarded to support sport competitions. Only amateur sports organizations as defined in section 501(j) of the Internal Revenue Code may request support for equipment or facilities.
Link	https://www.bankofamerica.com/philanthropic/foundation.go?fnId=146

Title	Arts, Culture & Humanities, Education, Human Services Grants
Sponsor	Perry Dean and Alice Graham Charitable Foundation
Funding Amount	Unknown
Important Dates	March 1 (anticipated)
Brief Description	The Perry Dean and Alice Graham Charitable Foundation was established in 1987. Mr. and Mrs. Graham were residents of Navarro County and were philanthropic in the community in which they lived. Grants are limited to or for the use of 501(c)(3) charitable organizations within the state of Texas that are organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes.
Link	https://www.bankofamerica.com/philanthropic/foundation.go?fnId=155

Title	Millard Meiss Publication Grants
Sponsor	College Art Association
Funding Amount	$3,000-$7,000
Important Dates	March 15 (anticipated)
Brief Description	Supports book-length scholarly manuscripts that have been accepted by a commercial or university publisher but that cannot be published in the most desirable form without a subsidy. Works must focus on art history, visual studies, or related subjects. Museum catalogues, excavation reports, articles, collections of previously published essays, or multi-author volumes are ineligible.
Link	http://www.collegeart.org/meiss/guidelines.html

Title	Child Welfare Near San Antonio Grants
Sponsor	Jack H. and William M. Light Charitable Trust
Funding Amount	Unknown
Important Dates	March 31 (anticipated)
Brief Description	The Jack H. & WM. M. Light Charitable Trust makes distributions on a semiannual basis. These grants are directed to 501(C)(3) organizations. The current emphasis is on the welfare of children in the broadest sense, with a primary interest in supporting organizations involved in the health, mental health, and education of children, and having a direct impact principally in Bexar, Denton and Harris Counties, Texas.
Link	https://broadway.bank/Wealth-Management/Foundation-Grants-Management/Jack-H-and-William-M-Light-Charitable-Trust

Title	History of Art Grants Program
Sponsor	Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Funding Amount	Varies
Important Dates	January 15 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	The History of Art program supports scholarly projects that will enhance the appreciation and understanding of European art and architecture. Grants are awarded to projects that create and disseminate specialized knowledge, including archival projects, development and dissemination of scholarly databases, documentation projects, museum exhibitions and publications, photographic campaigns, scholarly catalogues and publications, and technical and scientific studies. Grants are also awarded for activities that permit art historians to share their expertise through international exchanges, professional meetings, conferences, symposia, consultations, the presentation of research, and other professional events.
Link	https://www.kressfoundation.org/Programs/Grants/History-of-Art

Title	ACLS Digital Extension Grants
Sponsor	American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Funding Amount	Up to $150,000
Important Dates	January 8 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	ACLS Digital Extension Grants will support teams of scholars as they enhance existing digital projects in ways that engage new audiences across a range of academic communities and institutions. To this end, projects supported by these grants may: Extend existing digital projects and resources with content that adds diversity or interdisciplinary reach; Develop new systems of making existing digital resources available to broader audiences and/or scholars from diverse institutions; Foster new team-based work or collaborations that allow scholars from institutions with limited cyberinfrastructure to exploit digital resources Create new forms and sites for scholarly engagement with the digital humanities. Projects that document and recognize participant engagement are strongly encouraged.
Link	http://www.acls.org/programs/digitalextension/

Title	Cultural Districts Designation Program
Sponsor	Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA)
Funding Amount	N/A
Important Dates	Letter of Intent due January 30; Application due June 15 (anticipated )
Brief Description	Intent: To designate special zones in cities and Texas communities that harness the power of cultural resources to stimulate economic development and community revitalization. As authorized by H.B. 2208 of the 79th Legislature, the Texas Commission on the Arts can designate cultural districts in Texas. In this program, an organization by itself or representing a collaborative effort will file an application to recognize their cultural district. Applicants must schedule an orientation meeting and work closely with Commission staff in the development of their application.
Link	https://www2.arts.state.tx.us/tcagrant/TXArtsPlan/CD.htm

Title	Touring Roster Inclusion
Sponsor	Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA)
Funding Amount	N/A
Important Dates	January 31 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	Intent: To ensure that every Texas community has access to high quality arts programming at an affordable price. The Texas Commission on the Arts maintains an approved Touring Roster of Texas-based touring companies and artists. In this program, the artist or artist's management sets the fee and negotiates the booking. Applicants must have a history of touring and maintain a reasonable fee range. Roster artists are required to perform outside their community regularly. Touring artists offer single performances as well as optional services that may include workshops, master classes, lecture-demonstrations, arts education components, residencies, or short performances. The fact that an artist is approved to the roster does not imply or guarantee that the artist will receive bookings in the coming year.
Link	https://www2.arts.state.tx.us/tcagrant/TXArtsPlan/TRC.htm

Title	Digital Extension Grants
Sponsor	American Council of Learned Societies
Funding Amount	Up to $150,000
Important Dates	January 8 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	This program supports digitally based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences. It is hoped that these grants will help advance humanistic scholarship by enhancing established digital projects, extending their reach to new communities of users, and supporting teams of scholars at all career stages as they participate in digital research projects. This program aims to extend the opportunity to participate in the digital transformation of humanistic inquiry to a greater number of humanities scholars. ACLS Digital Extension Grants support projects that have advanced beyond the start-up phase of development as they pursue one or more of the following activities. Developing new systems of making established digital resources available to broader audiences and/or scholars from diverse institutions. Extending established digital projects and resources with content that adds diversity or interdisciplinary reach. Fostering new team-based collaborations between scholars at all career stages. Projects that convene, train, and empower communities of humanities faculty and/or graduate students around established research projects, as well as projects that allow scholars from institutions with limited digital infrastructure to exploit digital resources or to participate in existing labs or working groups, are especially welcome. Creating new forms and sites for scholarly engagement with the digital humanities. Projects that document and recognize participant engagement are strongly encouraged.
Match Requirement	N/A
Link	https://www.acls.org/Competitions-and-Deadlines/ACLS-Digital-Extension-Grants

Title	Medical Research and Fine Arts in San Antonio Grants
Sponsor	Marcia and Otto Koehler Foundation
Funding Amount	$2,000-$5,000
Important Dates	February 1 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	The Marcia and Otto Koehler Foundation supports charitable organizations with a focus that includes, but not limited to, the support of medical research and medical care facilities; programs that encourage the fine arts in the City of San Antonio, including the display, production or performance of artistic works; and the promotion of the physical, mental and moral well-being of boys and girls in the San Antonio area by providing education, recreation, guidance and medical care.
Link	https://www.bankofamerica.com/philanthropic/foundation.go?fnId=145

Title	Arts Grants
Sponsor	Rea Charitable Trust
Funding Amount	$10,000-$40,000
Important Dates	February 15: Organization names beginning with letters A-L (confirmed) August 15: Organization names beginning with letters M-Z (confirmed)
Brief Description	The Rea Charitable Trust awards grants exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes. There are no program or geographic limitations; however, the Trust gives preference to organizations that promote the arts. ***NOTE: each organization limited to one application per year.
Link	https://www.wellsfargo.com/private-foundations/rea-charitable-trust

Title	26th Annual Health Care Research Award
Sponsor	NIHCM Foundation
Funding Amount	$10,000
Important Dates	February 3 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	Recognizes outstanding published work from researchers furthering innovation in health care financing, delivery and organization or the implementation of health care policy. The 23-year-old award carries a $10,000 prize and is judged by an independent panel of experts.
Match Requirement
Link	https://nihcm.org/awards/research

Title	Fund for National Projects
Sponsor	Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF)
Funding Amount	$60,000-$200,000
Important Dates	February 15 (anticipated)
Brief Description	Through its Fund for National Projects, DDCF awards up to $1 million in grants each year in support of key national projects in the professional nonprofit dance, jazz, presenting, and/or theater fields. Specifically, the fund supports projects that strengthen the national infrastructure of those fields, as well as those that improve conditions for the national community of performing artists in professional nonprofit dance, jazz, and theater. Eligible projects must engage a broad constituency, occur once (or periodically) rather than annually, and have the potential to significantly impact a field, including research projects assessing the national health of professional nonprofit arts groups or of individual professional artists; national convenings for an entire professional nonprofit performing arts field (beyond traditional national annual conferences); and projects that address unique circumstances affecting an entire professional nonprofit field. Highest priority will be given to projects that improve the health of the foundation's priority performing arts fields and do not duplicate ongoing efforts or existing services.
Link	http://www.ddcf.org/grants/

Title	Creative Capital Award
Sponsor	Creative Capital
Funding Amount	Maximum of $50,000 in direct funding and career development services valued at $50,000
Important Dates	Opens at beginning of February and closes at the end of February (anticipated)
Brief Description	Creative Capital takes chances on artists by supporting your bold, challenging, and genre-stretching ideas. Over the past 20 years, we have developed a four-part approach that includes support for you, your project, your community, and your audience. Through funding, professional development, individual meetings with close colleagues, and consistent engagement with our staff, we provide you with the resources you will need at strategic moments in your process. These include: consultations with legal, financial, marketing, public relations, and web consultants; an orientation meeting, Artists Retreats and Regional Gatherings; ten meetings with a strategic planning coach; and much more. We make a commitment to work with you for the time you need to get your project done. Most of the projects we Support have a timeline of at least a few years; even longer, we will stick with you every step of the way.
Match Requirement	N/A
Link	https://creative-capital.org/award/about/

Title	Digital Art History Grants
Sponsor	Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Funding Amount	Varies
Important Dates	March 1; September 1 (anticipated)
Brief Description	The Digital Art History Grants 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. Please note that this grant program does not typically support the digitization of museum object collections.
Link	https://www.kressfoundation.org/Programs/Grants/Digital-Art-History

Title	The Otis and Velma Davis Travel Grant
Sponsor	Dallas Museum of Art
Funding Amount	Up to $6,000
Important Dates	March 3 (anticipated)
Brief Description	The Otis and Velma Davis Dozier Travel Grant was established in 1990 to honor the memory of Dallas artists Otis and Velma Davis Dozier, who strongly believed in the enriching experiential and aesthetic influence of travel on an artist’s work. The grant seeks to recognize exceptional talent in professional Texas artists who wish to expand their artistic horizons through domestic or foreign travel.
Match Requirement
Link	https://dma.org/about/awards-artists

Title	Furthermore Grants in Publishing
Sponsor	J.M. Kaplan Fund
Funding Amount	$1,500-$15,000
Important Dates	March 1 (anticipated)
Brief Description	Supports non-fiction books about art, architecture, and design; cultural history, and related public issues; and conversation and preservation. Grants apply to writing, research, editing, design, indexing, photography, illustration, printing and binding. Proposals with a publisher already committed are usually preferred.
Link	http://www.furthermore.org/

Title	Arts Create-1
Sponsor	Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA)
Funding Amount	Minimum request: $3,000 Maximum request: 25% of organization's last completed year's cash operating budget.
Important Dates	March 1, 2019 of odd numbered years (confirmed)
Brief Description	Intent: To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in arts organizations. This program provides multi-year operational support. Applicants write their grant for a one-year period, and if funded, will provide an update for the second year. Depending on the availability of funds, the organization's award amount will be the same for two fiscal years. New organizations may only apply in odd numbered years. Eligibility: Established Arts Organizations with a budget between $50,000 and $1 million, College Arts Institutions. ***Note: LIMITED SUBMISSION. Only one application is allowed per organization per deadline. If interested in applying, contact your Research Coordinator.
Match Requirement	1:1 dollar for dollar
Link	https://www2.arts.state.tx.us/tcagrant/TXArtsPlan/GPA1.htm

Title	Arts Create Subgranting
Sponsor	Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA)
Funding Amount	Minimum Request: $3,000 Maximum Request: This program has graduated requirements & maximum requests based on the population of the community: Areas between 1 and 499,999 - $10,000 Areas between 500,000 and 999,999 - $35,000 Areas of 1,000,000 or more - $40,000
Important Dates	March 15, 2019 (confirmed)
Brief Description	This multi-year program allows professionally staffed local arts agencies to regrant funds to arts and other service organizations in their communities. Funded sub grant activities must evidence artistic merit. Subgrant applicants to TCA must have an existing panel review system to evaluate local proposals. This panel may not be the Board of Directors of the local arts agency. The agency must have a two-year history of serving the population area with grants before requesting funding support for that area from TCA. Subgrant applicants are encouraged to fund as many organizations with TCA funds as possible. All subgrant applicants are encouraged to prioritize TCA funds for organizations in rural counties. Subgrant applicants with community populations larger than 500,000 are encouraged to prioritize TCA funds for minority organizations in their community. Administrative expenses are not allowed. This program has additional reporting requirements. New organizations may only apply in odd numbered years.
Match Requirement	1:1 dollar for dollar
Link	https://www2.arts.state.tx.us/tcagrant/TXArtsPlan/SUB.htm

Title	Research Fellowships
Sponsor	National Gallery of Art
Funding Amount	Varies. $6,000-$50,000
Important Dates	Multiple; usually March, September, October (anticipated)
Brief Description	Fellows have access to the National Gallery, its library and the Library of Congress to support research on the visual arts from a variety of approaches. Programs include: Senior Fellowship offers up to $50,000 (10/15); Visiting Senior Fellowship offers up to $8,000 (3/21/16; 9/21/15); Predoctoral Fellowships up to $25,000 (nominations only); Predoctoral Fellowship for Travel Abroad for Historians of American Art offers up to $6,000 (11/15) and A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship offers up to $50,000 (10/15).
Link	http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/research/casva/fellowships.html

Title	Community Grants for Projects in Bexar County
Sponsor	Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation
Funding Amount	Unknown
Important Dates	March 31 and Sept 30 (confirmed)
Brief Description	The Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation will consider significant grant requests where the award of the grant would make a major impact in the community; create opportunities to partner with other philanthropic minded funders encouraging community collaboration; fund capital campaigns in progress; and for the advancement of an organization which would not occur without the grant.
Link	https://broadway.bank/Wealth-Management/Foundation-Grants-Management/Nancy-Smith-Hurd-Foundation

Title	Light Work Grants in Photography
Sponsor	Light Work
Funding Amount	$3,000
Important Dates	April 1 (Anticipated)
Brief Description	Light Work is pleased to announce the 2017 Light Work Grants in Photography competition. Light Work began offering grants to CNY artists in 1975 to encourage the production of new photographic work in the region. Three $3,000 grants will be awarded to photographers who reside within an approximate 50-mile radius of Syracuse, N.Y. The recipients of these grants are invited to display their work in a special exhibition at Light Work, and their work will also be reproduced in Light Work’s award-winning publication, Contact Sheet: The Light Work Annual.
Match Requirement
Link	http://www.lightwork.org/grants/apply/

Title	NEH Awards for Faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Sponsor	National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Funding Amount	TBA
Important Dates	April 8 (anticipated)
Brief Description	This program supports individual faculty or staff members at Hispanic-Serving Institutions pursuing research of value to humanities scholars, students, or general audiences. Awards are designed to be flexible, allowing applicants to define the audience, type of research, award periods, and administrative arrangements that best fit their projects.
Match Requirement
Link	https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/awards-faculty-hispanic-serving-institutions

Title	NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication
Sponsor	National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Research Programs
Funding Amount	Varies
Important Dates	April 22, 2020- Receipt deadline due for projects beginning January 2021
Brief Description	Through NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication, the National Endowment for the Humanities and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation jointly support individual scholars pursuing research projects that require digital expression and digital publication. To be eligible for this special opportunity, an applicant’s plans for digital publication must be essential to the project’s research goals. That is, the project must be conceived as digital because the nature of the research and the topics being addressed demand presentation beyond traditional print publication. Successful projects will likely incorporate visual, audio, and/or other multimedia materials or flexible reading pathways that could not be included in traditionally published books.
Link	http://www.neh.gov/grants/research/neh-mellon-fellowships-digital-publication