Funding Opportunities - Theatre & Dance

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.

Match Requirement

Yes. 1:1 dollar for dollar.  Pay local travel, accommodations and meals of scholar.

Link

http://www.humanitiestexas.org/grants/apply

Title

Research Fellowships

Sponsor

National Gallery of Art

Funding Amount

$6,000-$50,000

Important Dates

Varies – See below

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

• Deadline: March 21, 2017; Award period: September 1, 2017 – February 28, 2018
• (Anticipated) deadline: September 2017, Award period: March 1 - August 15, 2018.

• Visiting Senior Fellowship offers up to $8,000

• Deadline: March 21, 2017; Award period: September 1, 2017 – February 28, 2018
• (Anticipated) deadline: September 2017, Award period: March 1 – August 15, 2018.

• Predoctoral Fellowships up to $25,000

• (Anticipated) deadline: November 15, 2017; Award period begins September 1, 2018.

• Predoctoral Fellowship for Travel Abroad for Historians of American Art offers up to $6,000

• (Anticipated) deadline: November 15, 2017; Award period: June 2018 – May 2019.

• A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship offers up to $50,000;

• (Anticipated) deadline: October 15, 2017; Award period: academic year 2018-2019.

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/research/casva/fellowships.html

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

This 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. Although SIR primarily funds programs involving the humanities and social science fields, it also funds programs in such disciplines as education, law, environmental studies and the performing arts.

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

Title

Artistic Innovations Grants

Sponsor

Mid-America Arts Alliance

Funding Amount

Up to $15,000

Important Dates

Letters of intent due November 1; applications due January 20 (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.

Link

https://www.maaa.org/grants/

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. 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

Title

NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship

Sponsor

National Academy of Education

Funding Amount

$70,000

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/

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 8, (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/

Title

Tribeca All Access

Sponsor

Tribeca Film Institute (TFI)

Funding Amount

Maximum $10,000

Important Dates

November 5 (Anticipated)

Brief Description

Tribeca All Access is TFI's flagship program for scripted and documentary storytellers from systematically excluded communities. TAA specializes in providing a full range of services for storytellers who are best described by one word: Fearless

TAA will support seven scripted features and seven documentary features. TFI will continue to champion filmmakers living in Latin America through TAA, supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, by funding at least four films per year from the region.

Tribeca All Access seeks feature-length scripted and documentary projects from both established and emerging storytellers whose team includes a director that is from a community systematically excluded from the U.S. film industry. Projects may be in any stage of development, from the treatment/screenplay stage through the post-production. Projects of any genre and/or budget range are welcome to apply.

In addition to providing a grant, TFI works closely with the recipients and helps them develop professional relationships throughout the film industry via networking opportunities such as, TFI Network, panels, workshops and other events during the Tribeca Film Festival. Tribeca All Access also provides year-round, customized support in order to advance projects through completion.

In order to qualify for the Tribeca All Access, entrants must comply with all of the following Rules and Eligibility Requirements.

1. Scripted films:

-Films intended to be subtitled are eligible, but the submitted screenplay must be in English.

- Submissions must not have been distributed in theatres or have aired on any form of television, internet streaming, or public screening prior to February 2020.

2. Documentary Films:

- Eligible documentary projects may be in pre-production/development, production, or post-production.

- Projects in pre-production or development should have already secured access to their subject(s) and put a suggestive storyline in place.

-Submissions must not have been distributed in theatres or have aired on any form of television, internet streaming, or public screening prior to February 2020.

3. Hybrid Films:

-Hybrid films are absolutely eligible. Applicants should select the closest corresponding category (scripted or documentary) and follow those applications regulations.

Link

https://www.tfiny.org/program/detail/tribeca-all-access

Title

NEH: Collaborative Research Grant

Sponsor

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Research Programs

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

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. Interested applicants must submit a letter of intent by email that includes a one-page description of the plans for the cultural district to: culturaldistricts@arts.state.tx.us. Note:  Work with C3 on this email submission! We will help you get your project on paper so they will want to learn more and fund your project.

Successful applicants will have access to Arts Respond Projects and Arts Respond Cultural District Projects. When a cultural district is designated by the Texas Commission on the Arts, a recertification will be required every ten (10) years. Please read this for more information.

Link

https://www2.arts.state.tx.us/tcagrant/TXArtsPlan/CD.htm

Title

CECArtsLink Residency Hosts and Project Grants

Sponsor

CECArtsLink

Funding Amount

Varies

Important Dates

ArtsLink Residency proposals are reviewed on a rolling basis but must be received no later than June 1 (Confirmed).

Brief Description

1. ArtsLink Residency Host grants invite you to host an artist or arts manager from specific eligible countries (mainly Eastern European and Asian countries) for five weeks. Host organizations receive funding to cover the living, working and materials costs for the ArtsLink Fellows, and a small administrative stipend. Residencies last Oct. 17-Nov. 21, 2019 (Confirmed).

Link

http://cecartslink.org/grants/usa.html 

Title

ACLS Digital Extension Grants

Sponsor

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

Funding Amount

Up to $150,000

Important Dates

January 16 (Confirmed)

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 resource

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

Touring Roster Inclusion

Sponsor

Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA)

Funding Amount

N/A

Important Dates

January 31, 2019 (confirmed) 

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

NEA Translation Projects

Sponsor

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Funding Amount

Up to $25,000

Important Dates

January 13 (Anticipated)

Brief Description

Grant Program Description:  Through fellowships to published translators, the National Endowment for the Arts supports projects for the translation of specific works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. We encourage translations of writers and of work that are not well represented in English translation. All proposed projects must be for creative translations of literary material into English. The work to be translated should be of interest for its literary excellence and value. Priority will be given to projects that involve work that has not previously been translated into English. Competition for fellowships is rigorous. Potential applicants should consider carefully whether their work will be competitive at the national level.

Link

https://www.arts.gov/grants/translation-projects/program-description

Title

Arts Respond Performance Support

Sponsor

Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA)

Funding Amount

Minimum Request: $75 Maximum Request: $8,000

Important Dates

Quarterly Deadline: Feb 1, May 1, August 1, November 1

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. 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

Title

Fund for National Projects

Sponsor

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Funding Amount

$60,000-$200,000

Important Dates

February 24 (anticipated) 

Brief Description

Through its Fund for National Projects, the 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

Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting

Sponsor

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Funding Amount

Up to $35,000

Important Dates

March 6 (anticipated) 

Brief Description

The Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting is an international screenwriting competition established to identify and encourage talented new screenwriters.

Fellowship winners are invited to participate in awards week ceremonies and seminars and expected to complete at least one original feature film screenplay during the Fellowship year.

Link

https://www.oscars.org/nicholl

Title

Summer Seminars and Institutes

Sponsor

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Education Programs

Funding Amount

Varies

Important Dates

February 21 (Anticipated)

Brief Description

These grants support professional development programs in the humanities for school teachers and for college and university faculty. NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes may be as short as one week or as long as four weeks.

NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes:

• provide models of excellent teaching;
• provide models of excellent scholarship;
• broaden and deepen understanding of the humanities;
• focus on the study and teaching of significant topics, texts, and other sources;
• contribute to the intellectual vitality of participants; and
  build communities of inquiry.

An NEH Summer Seminar or Institute may be hosted by a college, university, learned society, center for advanced study, library or other repository, cultural or professional organization, or school or school system. The host site must be suitable for the project, providing facilities for collegial interaction and scholarship. These programs are designed for a national audience of participants.

Link

http://www.neh.gov/grants/education/summer-seminars-and-institutes

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 of odd numbered years

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: this is a limited submission grant. Only one submission is allowed at a time. If interested, contact your Research Coordinator.

Match Requirement

1:1 dollar for dollar

Link

https://www2.arts.state.tx.us/tcagrant/TXArtsPlan/GPA1.htm

Title

Research Fellowships

Sponsor

National Gallery of Art

Funding Amount

$6,000-$50,000

Important Dates

Varies – See below

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

• Deadline: March 15, 2019; Award period: September 1, 2019 – February 28, 2020
• (Anticipated) deadline: October 13 2019, Award period: March 1 - August 15, 2020.

• Visiting Senior Fellowship offers up to $8,000

• Deadline: March 21, 2019; Award period: September 1, 2019 – February 28, 2020
• (Anticipated) deadline: September 2019, Award period: March 1 – August 15, 2020.

• Predoctoral Fellowships up to $25,000

• (Anticipated) deadline: October 15, 2019; Award period begins September 1, 2020.

• Predoctoral Fellowship for Travel Abroad for Historians of American Art offers up to $6,000

• (Anticipated) deadline: November 15, 2019; Award period: June 2020 – May 2021.

• A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship offers up to $50,000;

• (Anticipated) deadline: October 15, 2019; Award period: academic year 2020-2021.

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/research/casva/fellowships.html

Title

Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows Competition for Recent PhDs

Sponsor

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

Funding Amount

$65,000 per year with health insurance coverage for the fellow, and up to $3,000 in professional development funds over the course of the fellowship

Important Dates

March 18 (anticipated) 

Brief Description

ACLS invites applications for the sixth competition of the Public Fellows program. This year, the program will place up to 21 recent PhDs from the humanities and humanistic social sciences in two-year staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. Fellows will participate in the substantive work of these organizations and receive professional mentoring.

Fellows receive a stipend of $65,000 per year, with individual health insurance and up to $3,000 to be used toward professional development activities over the course of the fellowship term.

This initiative, made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, aims to expand the role of doctoral education in the United States by demonstrating that the capacities developed in the advanced study of the humanities have wide application, both within and beyond the academy. The Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows program allows PhDs to gain valuable, career-building experience in fields such as public policy, development, conservation, arts and culture, and digital media. ACLS seeks applications from recent PhDs who aspire to careers in administration, management, and public service by choice rather than circumstance. Competitive applicants will have been successful in both academic and extra-academic experiences.

Link

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

Title

Research Grants in the Arts

Sponsor

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Funding Amount

$10,000-$30,000

Important Dates

April 8 (Anticipated) 

Brief Description

The NEA's Office of Research & Analysis will make awards to support research that investigates the value and/or impact of the arts, either as individual components within the U.S. arts ecology or as they interact with each other and/or with other domains of American life. 

Match Requirement

1:1 nonfederal cash and in-kind match

Link

https://www.arts.gov/grants/research-awards/research-grants-in-the-arts/program-description

Title

NEA Research Labs

Sponsor

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Funding Amount

Up to $150,000

Important Dates

April 8 (Anticipated) 

Brief Description

The National Endowment for the Arts' five-year research agenda aims to build public knowledge about the arts' contributions to individuals and society. Through NEA Research Labs, we extend this agenda and its impact by cultivating a series of transdisciplinary research partnerships, grounded in the social and behavioral sciences, to produce and report empirical insights about the arts for the benefit of arts and also for non-arts sectors such as healthcare, education, and business or management. Institutions of higher education and/or nonprofit research and policy organizations may submit applications to be NEA Research Labs.

NEA Research labs will define their own related agendas; conduct project activities to implement that agenda; and prepare reports and other products or services that will contribute substantively to a wider understanding of one of three areas of special interest to the Arts Endowment:

* The Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation

* The Arts, Creativity, Cognition, and Learning

* The Arts, Health, and Social/Emotional, Well-Being

Match Requirement

1:1 nonfederal cash and in-kind match

Link

https://www.arts.gov/grants/research-awards/nea-research-labs/program-description

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. 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

Title

NEH: Digital Projects for the Public

Sponsor

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Public Programs

Funding Amount

Unknown

Important Dates

June 10 (Anticipated) 

Brief Description

The Digital Projects for the Public program supports projects such as websites, mobile applications, games, and virtual environments that significantly contribute to the public’s engagement with humanities ideas.
 

Digital Projects for the Public grants support projects that are largely created for digital platforms. While these projects can take many forms, shapes, and sizes, you should apply to this program primarily to create digital projects or the digital components of a larger project. NEH welcomes applications for smaller digital components of a larger project. In such applications you should explain how the digital pieces will enrich the users’ learning experience and engagement.
 

Discovery grants may be used for:
-  content research and narrative development;
-  platform research and selection;
-  identification or digitization of production assets;
-  preliminary design;
-  audience evaluation;
-  user experience mockups; and
-  storyboarding.

Link

http://www.neh.gov/grants/public/digital-projects-the-public

Title

Preservation and Access Education and Training

Sponsor

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Preservation and Access

Funding Amount

Maximum fellowship stipend of $45,000 per year

Important Dates

June 11 (Anticipated)

Brief Description

The Preservation and Access Education and Training program is central to NEH’s efforts to preserve and establish access to cultural heritage collections. Thousands of libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations across the country maintain important collections of books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art and material culture collections, electronic records, and digital objects. The challenge of preserving and making accessible such large and diverse holdings is enormous, and the need for knowledgeable staff is significant and ongoing.

Link

http://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/preservation-and-access-education-and-training

Title

Arts Respond-Cultural District Project

Sponsor

Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA)

Funding Amount

Minimum Request: $3,000 Maximum Request: 50% of project budget

Important Dates

June 15 for projects beginning September 1 through Aug. 31 (Anticipated)

Intent: Projects that use the arts to diversify local economies, generate revenue, and attract visitors and investment.

This program provides project assistance grants on a short-term basis and may include administrative costs directly related to the project.

This program is designed for projects that focus on significant cultural tourism projects. These projects should serve at least one of the following:

High quality arts programming that will attract a significant number of visitors from 50 miles or more outside the community (i.e., blockbuster art exhibitions, national or regional premieres, major festivals)

Enhancements to the cultural district to make it more accessible, attractive, cohesive-looking, and safe for visitors

Improved signage and wayfinding for the district

Promotion of the district; this may include the district’s website, branding, and marketing

Organizational support for the management and operations of the district (TCA Cultural District only)

Match Requirement

1:1 dollar for dollar.

Link

https://www2.arts.state.tx.us/tcagrant/TXArtsPlan/CDP.htm

Title

Grants for Arts Project

Sponsor

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Funding Amount

$10,000-$100,000

Important Dates

July 9 (Anticipated) 

Brief Description

To support the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and the strengthening of communities through the arts. Matching grants generally range from $10,000 to $100,000. A minimum cost share/match equal to the grant amount is required.

Match Requirement

1:1 dollar for dollar match

Link

https://www.arts.gov/grants/grants-for-arts-projects/program-description

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. Interested applicants must submit a letter of intent by email that includes a one-page description of the plans for the cultural district to: culturaldistricts@arts.state.tx.us. Note:  Work with C3 on this email submission! We will help you get your project on paper so they will want to learn more and fund your project.

Successful applicants will have access to Arts Respond Projects and Arts Respond Cultural District Projects. When a cultural district is designated by the Texas Commission on the Arts, a recertification will be required every ten (10) years. Please read this for more information.

Link

https://www2.arts.state.tx.us/tcagrant/TXArtsPlan/CD.htm

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

July 15 for projects beginning Sept. 1 through March 31; January 15 for projects beginning April 1 through Aug. 31 

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).

Match Requirement

1:1 dollar for dollar

Link

https://www2.arts.state.tx.us/tcagrant/TXArtsPlan/ARP.htm

Title

Research Fellowships

Sponsor

American Society for Theatre Research

Funding Amount

Grant of up to $3,000 (may be divided among multiple winners)

Important Dates

Application Due July 16 (Anticipated)

Brief Description

The American Society for Theatre Research invites applications for its research fellowships. These aim to underwrite some of the research expenses of scholars undertaking projects that are significant to the field of theatre or performance studies.

Eligibility: Any independent, tenured, or untenured scholar who is currently a member of ASTR and holds a terminal degree, or any graduate student who is applying in support of a project that is not directly related to her/his dissertation. Rank and Institutional affiliation are not considered. Applicants may not apply for a Targeted Research Area Grant and for a Research Fellowship for the same project in the same year.

Match Requirement

N/A

Link

https://www.astr.org/page/ResearchFellowships

Title

Denhem Fellowship for Women Directors

Sponsor

Stage Directors and Choreographers Workshop Foundation (SDCF)

Funding Amount

$2,500

Important Dates

Due July 31 (Anticipated

Brief Description

The Denham Fellowship is an annual award given to female identifying directors to further develop their directing skills by providing financial support for the Director's fee for a particular project. This fellowship was established in October 2006 by Mary Orr Denham as a bequest to SDC Foundation in honor of her late husband, Reginald H.F. Denham.

Candidates may apply to the Denham Fellowship under one of two plans: fee enhancement or self producing. Under fee enhancement, the denham Fellowship augments a fee offered to the Director by a theatre or producer. Under self-producing, the Denham fellowship will serve as or augment the Director's fee. Selection will be made by a committee of directors and choreographers.

Eligibility: Female identifying SDC Members and Associate Members in good standing may apply.

Match Requirement

N/A

Link

https://sdcfoundation.slideroom.com/#/Login

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. 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

Title

Arts, Culture, & Humanities; Human Services

Sponsor

Crystelle Waggoner Charitable Trust

Funding Amount

$5,000-$35,000

Important Dates

August 1 (Anticipated)

Brief Description

Born to a ranching family, Crystelle Waggoner raised cattle and thoroughbred horses. A patron of the arts and supporter of medical charities during her lifetime, she established a 50-year trust to benefit charitable organizations in the arts and social services.

Link

https://www.bankofamerica.com/philanthropic/foundation.go?fnId=12

Title

Public Humanities Projects

Sponsor

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Public Programs

Funding Amount

Varies 

Important Dates

August 12 (Anticipated)

Brief Description

Public Humanities Projects grants support projects that bring the ideas and insights of the humanities to life for general audiences. Projects must engage humanities scholarship to illuminate significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art, or to address challenging issues in contemporary life.  NEH encourages projects that involve members of the public in collaboration with humanities scholars or that invite contributions from the community in the development and delivery of humanities programming.

Link

http://www.neh.gov/grants/public/public-humanities-projects

Title

Elderly, Children, Education, Performing & Nonperforming Arts

Sponsor

Helen Gertrude Sparks Charitable Trust

Funding Amount

$5,000-$15,000

Important Dates

August 1 (Anticipated)

Brief Description

Helen Sparks was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but went to college in the East. After graduation she returned to Fort Worth where she worked with the Fort Worth Little Theater. A cultured woman, she was interested in local artists and supported them by commissioning works. She also enjoyed literature and needlepoint.

The Helen Gertrude Sparks Charitable Trust made its first distributions in 1971, and was created to benefit charitable organizations focused on:

• The elderly, those who are disabled in any way
• Children who are disabled, orphaned or disadvantaged
• The arts, including performing and nonperforming arts
• Education

"The Trustee shall always show preference for those organizations which do not receive the predominate portion of their funds from government sources.

Link

https://www.bankofamerica.com/philanthropic/foundation.go?fnId=10

Title

Research Fellowships

Sponsor

National Gallery of Art

Funding Amount

$6,000-$50,000

Important Dates

Varies – See below

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
  •  (Anticipated)Deadline: October 15 ; Award period: Academic year 2021-2022
• Visiting Senior Fellowship offers up to $8,000
  •  (Anticipated)Deadline: March 21; Award period: September 1, 2021 – February 28, 2022
• Predoctoral Fellowships up to $25,000 
  • (Anticipated) deadline: November 15; Award period begins September 1 following year.
• A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship offers up to $50,000;
  • Anticipated) deadline: October 15; Award period: academic year 2021-2022.

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/research/casva/fellowships.html

Title

Arts-Based Approaches in Palliative Care for Symptom Management

Sponsor

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Funding Amount

Up to $300,000

Important Dates

September 7 (Anticipated) 

Brief Description

The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support mechanistic clinical studies aimed at understanding the impact of arts-based approaches in palliative care for symptom management. This FOA is intended to support mechanistic clinical studies to provide an evidence base for the use of the arts in palliative care for symptom management. The objective is to understand the biological, physiological, neurological, psychological, and/or sociological mechanisms by which the arts exert their effects on symptom management during and throughout the palliative care continuum. The goal is for the research supported under this FOA to develop an evidence-base that could be used as a basis for the uptake of arts-based therapies in palliative care settings, among individuals across the lifespan, with a wide variety of serious chronic conditions and their accompanying symptoms. This FOA is not intended to determine efficacy or the comparative effectiveness of interventions, or to assess interventions designed to treat the underlying cause of a particular disease state.

Link

http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=260175

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

September 15 (Anticipated) 

Brief Description

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers approximately 470 teaching, research or combination teaching/research awards in over 125 countries. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others. In addition to several new program models designed to meeting the changing needs of U.S. academics and professionals, Fulbright offers flexible awards including multi-country opportunities.

Match Requirement

N/A

Link

https://www.cies.org/program/fulbright-us-scholar-program

Title

Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program

Sponsor

Radcliffe Institute for Advance Study

Funding Amount

Stipends of up to $77,500 for one year with additional funds

Important Dates

September 14 (Anticipated) 

Brief Description

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study encourages you to explore the people, programs, and collections that make the Radcliffe Institute a home to big thinkers, new ideas, cutting-edge research, and thought-provoking events that are free and open to the public

Radcliffe Fellows are expected to devote themselves full time to the work outlined in their proposal. Since this is a residential fellowship, fellows are expected to reside in the Boston area the fellowship period and to have their primary office at the institute to participate fully in the life of the community.

Match Requirement

Link

https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/fellowship-program/how-apply

Title

Guggenheim Fellowship: to assist research and artistic creation, United States & Canada

Sponsor

Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Funding Amount

Varies

Important Dates

September 19 (Anticipated) 

Brief Description

Award to individual scholars, scientists, and artists. Guggenheim Fellowships are grants to selected individuals made for a minimum of six months and a maximum of twelve months. Since the purpose of the Guggenheim Fellowship program is to help provide Fellows with blocks of time in which they can work with as much creative freedom as possible, grants are made freely. No special conditions attach to them, and Fellows may spend their grant funds in any manner they deem necessary to their work. The United States Internal Revenue Service, however, does require the Foundation to ask for reports from its Fellows at the end of their Fellowship terms.

Link

http://www.gf.org/applicants

Title

ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships

Sponsor

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

Funding Amount

Varies, but will not exceed $201,000 per project

Important Dates

September 27 (Anticipated)

Brief Description

ACLS invites applications for the ninth annual competition for ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships, which support small teams of two or more scholars collaborating intensively on a single, substantive project in the humanities and related social sciences. The goal of the project should be a tangible research product (such as joint print or web publications) for which at least two collaborators will take credit. The program is funded by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Link

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

Title

ACLS Fellowships

Sponsor

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

Funding Amount

Maximum award:
$70,000 for full Professor and equivalent
$45,000 for Associate Professor and equivalent
$35,000 for Assistant Professor and equivalent

Important Dates

September 27 (Anticipated)

Brief Description

The ACLS Fellowship program invites research applications in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences. The ultimate goal of the project should be a major piece of scholarly work by the applicant. ACLS does not fund creative work (e.g., novels or films), textbooks, straightforward translation, or pedagogical projects.

ACLS Fellowships are intended as salary replacement to help scholars devote six to twelve continuous months to full-time research and writing. ACLS Fellowships are portable and are tenable at the fellow's home institution, abroad, or at another appropriate site for research. (1) An ACLS Fellowship may be held concurrently with other fellowships and grants and any sabbatical pay, up to an amount equal to the candidate's current academic year salary. 

Match Requirement

N/A

Link

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

Title

Research Fellowships

Sponsor

National Gallery of Art

Funding Amount

$6,000-$50,000

Important Dates

Varies – See below

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
  •  (Anticipated)Deadline: October 15 ; Award period: Academic year 2021-2022
• Visiting Senior Fellowship offers up to $8,000
  •  (Anticipated)Deadline: March 21; Award period: September 1, 2021 – February 28, 2022
• Predoctoral Fellowships up to $25,000 
  • (Anticipated) deadline: November 15; Award period begins September 1 following year.
• A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship offers up to $50,000;
  • Anticipated) deadline: October 15; Award period: academic year 2021-2022.

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/research/casva/fellowships.html

Title

Regional Touring Program Grants

Sponsor

Mid-America Arts Alliance

Funding Amount

Varies

Important Dates

This program has a rolling deadline, and applications are due three weeks prior to start date of 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

Regional Touring Program Grants

Sponsor

Mid-America Arts Alliance

Funding Amount

Varies

Important Dates

October 14 (Anticipated) 

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

NEH: Dialogues on the Experience of War

Sponsor

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Division of Public Programs

Funding Amount

Up to $100,000

Important Dates

October 14 (Anticipated) 

Brief Description

As a part of its current initiative, Standing Together: The Humanities and the Experience of War, the National Endowment for the Humanities offers a new grant opportunity: The Dialogues on the Experience of War program. The program supports 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.

Link

http://www.neh.gov/grants/education/dialogues-the-experience-war