Hi everyone,
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but....if anyone is applying for JACOB J. JAVITZ fellowship this year, an astute Mira's List fan just informed me that the program was closed by Congress this year and they don't know when it will reopen again. And for some reason, they are not posting about the closing on their site and apparently will not email you in writing about it. You have to call them to hear about it over the phone. This is unfortunate because this fellowship is a great one for those of you applying for MFA programs in the arts. But things do change year to year so check back on their website next season. In the meantime, you should know about this and maybe call their office to double check about the status of the fellowship or just not waste your time applying for the Sept. 30th deadline this fall.
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Grants & Fellowships for Research, Making Art and Travel!
Greetings all!
I’m back from the conference in New York and it was great! It was also great to see a couple Mira’s List fans there. Thanks for attending, those of you who went to the CLMP Conference and I hope you learned some enlightening things about the publishing industry. So upward and onward! We have a couple interviews coming soon but in the meantime, here are a few grants and fellowships for you to take a look at!
Cheers,
Mirabee
(ARTISTS) Emergency Assistance Program—The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation: The Emergency Assistance Program provides interim financial assistance to qualified artists whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation. Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medical need. The program does not consider requests for dental work, chronic situations, capital improvements, or projects of any kind; nor can it consider situations resulting from general indebtedness or lack of employment. The maximum amount of this grant is $10,000; an award of $4,000 is typical. To be eligible, an artist must be able to demonstrate a minimum involvement of ten years in a mature phase of his or her work. Artists must work in the disciplines of painting, sculpture, or printmaking. Please visit http://gottliebfoundation.org/grants/emergency-grant for more information. Deadline: 12/31/12.
(ARTISTS) Individual Support Grants—Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation:
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation wishes to encourage artists who have dedicated their lives to developing their art, regardless of their level of commercial success. This program was conceived in order to recognize and support the serious, fully committed artist, and we hope these individuals will consider applying. Twelve grants are awarded each year. Applications are reviewed by a panel of five professionals in the arts who have no affiliation with the foundation. Please visit http://gottliebfoundation.org/grants/individual-grants for more information and to request an application by mail. Deadline: 12/15/10
(ALL & SCHOLARS) New England Regional Fellowship Consortium Grant: Massachusetts Historical Society: The New England Regional Fellowship Consortium, a collaboration of 18 major cultural agencies, will offer at least 11 awards in 2011–2012. Each grant will provide a stipend of $5,000 for a minimum of eight weeks of research at participating institutions. Each itinerary must include at least three different member institutions, and include at least two weeks at each of these. For more information about the Consortium’s research grants, please check the NERFC web site: www.nerfc.org, or contact Kate Viens, Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02215 (fellowships@masshist.org) or 617-646-0568. NERFC application deadline: February 1, 2011.
(ART HISTORIANS & SCHOLARS) Hamad bin Khalifa Travel Fellowships—Virginia Commonwealth University: The Hamad bin Khalifa Travel Fellowships are awarded to up to 20 individuals who wish to attend the 4th biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art, "God is Beautiful; He Loves Beauty: The Object in Islamic Art and Culture," October 29-31, 2011 at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. Fellowships cover the cost of roundtrip travel to Doha, lodging and meals during the symposium, and special events and excursions. The fellowships are intended to enable junior and senior scholars at all levels to attend the symposium; preference will be given to applicants from diverse backgrounds with long-standing research interests in Islamic art and architecture. To apply, please submit an application form, a one-paragraph statement of interest and a current CV on the website,
www.islamicartdoha.org by February 1, 2011. Fellows will be notified by May 1, 2011. Please direct any questions to mabrown@vcu.edu. Deadline: 02/02/11
(GRAD. STUDENTS & SCHOLARS) Residential Research Grant—University of Wisconsin--Madison: The Friends of the University of Wisconsin—Madison Libraries (FOL) is pleased to offer several one month residential grants-in-aid, for research in the humanities in the university’s Memorial Library. The Library’s collections include (among other fields): History of science from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment. Pseudo science and medical and scientific quackery. The largest American collection of avant-garde “Little Magazines.” Scandinavian and Germanic history and literature. Dutch post-Reformation theology and church history. French political pamphlets of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Applicants should have Ph.D. Foreign scholars or graduate students who are ABD are also eligible. For more information, see http://giving.library.wisc.edu/friends/grant-in-aid.shtml, or FOL, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Rm. 990, 728 State St., Madison, WI 53706, or 608-265-2505; E-mail: friends@library.wisc.edu. Deadline: 02/01/11
(MUSICIANS & ARTISTS) The Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship for study in Paris: The Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship is a private grant awarded annually to up to four graduate and post-graduate American students in the visual fine arts (painting, graphic design, print-making, sculpture, photography) and music (composition, instrumental or vocal performance). The scholarship is not intended for research in art history, or musicology, nor for dance or theatre.
Successful candidates propose a unique and detailed project related to their study which requires a one-year residency in Paris. As this project should include enrollment in a recognized French art school or music conservatory, it is strongly suggested that the candidate establish a significant contact with a teacher or institution prior to arriving in France and to show evidence of this contact in his/her application dossier. For more info, go to: http://www.feusa.org/en/culture/harriet-hale-woolley-scholarship
I’m back from the conference in New York and it was great! It was also great to see a couple Mira’s List fans there. Thanks for attending, those of you who went to the CLMP Conference and I hope you learned some enlightening things about the publishing industry. So upward and onward! We have a couple interviews coming soon but in the meantime, here are a few grants and fellowships for you to take a look at!
Cheers,
Mirabee
(ARTISTS) Emergency Assistance Program—The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation: The Emergency Assistance Program provides interim financial assistance to qualified artists whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation. Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medical need. The program does not consider requests for dental work, chronic situations, capital improvements, or projects of any kind; nor can it consider situations resulting from general indebtedness or lack of employment. The maximum amount of this grant is $10,000; an award of $4,000 is typical. To be eligible, an artist must be able to demonstrate a minimum involvement of ten years in a mature phase of his or her work. Artists must work in the disciplines of painting, sculpture, or printmaking. Please visit http://gottliebfoundation.org/grants/emergency-grant for more information. Deadline: 12/31/12.
(ARTISTS) Individual Support Grants—Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation:
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation wishes to encourage artists who have dedicated their lives to developing their art, regardless of their level of commercial success. This program was conceived in order to recognize and support the serious, fully committed artist, and we hope these individuals will consider applying. Twelve grants are awarded each year. Applications are reviewed by a panel of five professionals in the arts who have no affiliation with the foundation. Please visit http://gottliebfoundation.org/grants/individual-grants for more information and to request an application by mail. Deadline: 12/15/10
(ALL & SCHOLARS) New England Regional Fellowship Consortium Grant: Massachusetts Historical Society: The New England Regional Fellowship Consortium, a collaboration of 18 major cultural agencies, will offer at least 11 awards in 2011–2012. Each grant will provide a stipend of $5,000 for a minimum of eight weeks of research at participating institutions. Each itinerary must include at least three different member institutions, and include at least two weeks at each of these. For more information about the Consortium’s research grants, please check the NERFC web site: www.nerfc.org, or contact Kate Viens, Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02215 (fellowships@masshist.org) or 617-646-0568. NERFC application deadline: February 1, 2011.
(ART HISTORIANS & SCHOLARS) Hamad bin Khalifa Travel Fellowships—Virginia Commonwealth University: The Hamad bin Khalifa Travel Fellowships are awarded to up to 20 individuals who wish to attend the 4th biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art, "God is Beautiful; He Loves Beauty: The Object in Islamic Art and Culture," October 29-31, 2011 at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. Fellowships cover the cost of roundtrip travel to Doha, lodging and meals during the symposium, and special events and excursions. The fellowships are intended to enable junior and senior scholars at all levels to attend the symposium; preference will be given to applicants from diverse backgrounds with long-standing research interests in Islamic art and architecture. To apply, please submit an application form, a one-paragraph statement of interest and a current CV on the website,
www.islamicartdoha.org by February 1, 2011. Fellows will be notified by May 1, 2011. Please direct any questions to mabrown@vcu.edu. Deadline: 02/02/11
(GRAD. STUDENTS & SCHOLARS) Residential Research Grant—University of Wisconsin--Madison: The Friends of the University of Wisconsin—Madison Libraries (FOL) is pleased to offer several one month residential grants-in-aid, for research in the humanities in the university’s Memorial Library. The Library’s collections include (among other fields): History of science from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment. Pseudo science and medical and scientific quackery. The largest American collection of avant-garde “Little Magazines.” Scandinavian and Germanic history and literature. Dutch post-Reformation theology and church history. French political pamphlets of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Applicants should have Ph.D. Foreign scholars or graduate students who are ABD are also eligible. For more information, see http://giving.library.wisc.edu/friends/grant-in-aid.shtml, or FOL, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Rm. 990, 728 State St., Madison, WI 53706, or 608-265-2505; E-mail: friends@library.wisc.edu. Deadline: 02/01/11
(MUSICIANS & ARTISTS) The Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship for study in Paris: The Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship is a private grant awarded annually to up to four graduate and post-graduate American students in the visual fine arts (painting, graphic design, print-making, sculpture, photography) and music (composition, instrumental or vocal performance). The scholarship is not intended for research in art history, or musicology, nor for dance or theatre.
Successful candidates propose a unique and detailed project related to their study which requires a one-year residency in Paris. As this project should include enrollment in a recognized French art school or music conservatory, it is strongly suggested that the candidate establish a significant contact with a teacher or institution prior to arriving in France and to show evidence of this contact in his/her application dossier. For more info, go to: http://www.feusa.org/en/culture/harriet-hale-woolley-scholarship
New Deadlines for: Performing Artists, Emerging Filmmakers and MFA Students in Visual Arts!
(PERFORMING ARTISTS) Artists-in-Residence Program in Tribeca :The Tribeca Performing Arts Center is currently accepting applications for the 2010-11 Artists-in-Residence season! Beginning in Fall 2010, the selected artists will have weekly access to the theaters and the opportunity to present during our "Work & Show Festival" in the spring of 2011. We encourage performing artists of all backgrounds and styles to apply! Please visit http://www.tribecapac.org/air.htm for more information about the application process and our current artists. The application deadline is June 21, 2010!
(MFA STUDENTS/VISUAL ARTS) CAA Professional Development Fellowships: Full details on the recently restored Professional-Development Fellowships in the Visual Arts, including the application form, have just been posted to the CAA website.
(MFA STUDENTS/VISUAL ARTS) CAA Professional Development Fellowships: Full details on the recently restored Professional-Development Fellowships in the Visual Arts, including the application form, have just been posted to the CAA website.
Later this fall, CAA will award five grants of $5,000 each to outstanding students who will receive MFA degrees in calendar year 2011. Honorable mentions, awarded at the discretion of the jury, will receive a free one-year CAA membership and complimentary registration to the Annual Conference.
CAA’s Professional-Development Fellowships in the Visual Arts offer financial assistance to promising MFA candidates. Fellows are honored with grants to help them with various aspects of their work, whether it be for job-search expenses or purchasing materials for the studio. CAA believes a grant of this kind, without contingencies, can best facilitate the transition between graduate studies and professional careers. Applications must be postmarked by Friday, October 1, 2010. For more information, go to the CAA website: http://www.collegeart.org/fellowships/
(FILM) Reach Film Fellowship: Cinereach is currently seeking applicants for its annual Reach Film Fellowship (RFF), a seven-month program that pairs filmmakers with a $5,000 grant, mentorship and other resources as they make artful short films with socially relevant themes. The fellowship is open to emerging filmmakers who have completed at least one short film. Applicants must reside in the New York Tri-State area from August through April of 2010/2011. Application and guidelines can be found on their website: www.cinereach.org.
JUNIPER SUMMER WRITING INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE
Hi everyone...sorry I've been a bit out of touch. I'm in the middle of a big deadline and frankly, I'm pooped! But I will have a lot of new opportunities to post in about a week. Maybe even sooner. In the meantime, here's a deadline that is for writers....see you soon!
The April 1 deadline for scholarship applications to the 2010 Juniper Summer Writing Institute is fast approaching! From June 20-26, poets and writers will gather at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to explore the creative process and advance their craft. Renowned faculty members Charles D'Ambrosio, Mark Doty, Noy Holland, Paul Lisicky, Dara Wier, and Matthew Zapruder will offer workshops in poetry, fiction, and memoir. Writers in residence (including James Tate, Joy Williams, and Thomas Sayers Ellis) will give readings, lead craft sessions, and participate in Q&As. For application forms and more information, visit http://www.umass.edu/juniperinstitute. Workshops fill quickly, so applicants are encouraged to submit their materials soon!
The April 1 deadline for scholarship applications to the 2010 Juniper Summer Writing Institute is fast approaching! From June 20-26, poets and writers will gather at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to explore the creative process and advance their craft. Renowned faculty members Charles D'Ambrosio, Mark Doty, Noy Holland, Paul Lisicky, Dara Wier, and Matthew Zapruder will offer workshops in poetry, fiction, and memoir. Writers in residence (including James Tate, Joy Williams, and Thomas Sayers Ellis) will give readings, lead craft sessions, and participate in Q&As. For application forms and more information, visit http://www.umass.edu/juniperinstitute. Workshops fill quickly, so applicants are encouraged to submit their materials soon!
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GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS FOR ARTISTS, CARTOONISTS, SCHOLARS, RESEARCHERS & MORE!
Greetings everyone,
Here are some upcoming deadlines for grants and fellowships. I hope you also check out the recent interview I did with writer and activist Michael McColly. Another great interview is on the way very soon. In the meantime, check out these opportunities...by the way, sorry once again formatting weirdness...I'm copying and pasting from my Word doc and things get funky when I do that.
(ALL) The Awesome Foundation for Arts and Sciences $1000 Award: $1000 grant for any creative project. This is a pretty simple grant. Here's the deal: you write a 500 word paragraph, stating what you'd like to do with $1000 and they will consider your creative project. They accept these short proposals every month. Check them out: http://awesomefoundation.org.
(COMIC BOOK ARTISTS) Jay Kennedy Scholarship
(KANSAS ARTISTS) Rocket Grants/Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas: With support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Charlotte Street Foundation and the Spencer Museum of Art are partnering to fuel the dynamism of our region’s art ecology by providing direct support for innovative, experimental, artist-driven, and artist-centered projects. Rocket Grants will fund projects that exist outside of established institutions, occur outside of traditional forms of support, challenge traditional methods of production or presentation, add energy and diversity to the field of arts activity in our area, and provide opportunities for the creative growth of those involved. Grants will provide up to $4000 support for selected projects, with a maximum of $40,000 to be awarded in 2010.
See http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/programs/rocket-grants.shtml for more information and for application materials. Applications will be accepted from artists, curators, collectives, collaboratives, partnerships, and artist‐run spaces residing within an 80 mile radius of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Although all projects funded must include a primary component that is visual in nature, supported projects may also include performance, film, video, new media, social practice and
interdisciplinary projects. Performing artists are eligible to apply if their work includes a strong
visual component or involves meaningful collaboration with a visual artist or artists. Deadline: 04/02/10.
(TEXAS ARTISTS) Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue is now accepting applications for the Artadia Awards 2010 Houston from all visual artists living and working in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Individual artists and collaboratives working in all media and at any point in their career are strongly encouraged to apply. Awardees will be selected in the spring of 2010 through Artadia’s two-tiered jury process. This is Artadia’s fifth awards cycle in Houston. For eligibility requirements, info session dates, and to access the web-based application, please visit: www.artadia.org. Deadline: 03/01/10.
(WRITERS/SCHOLARS) Massachusetts Historical Society Research Fellowships: The Massachusetts Historical Society will offer about 30 research fellowships for the academic year 2010-2011, made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Society also offers Short-Term Fellowships, and participates in the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium. For more information about the Society’s research fellowships please visit our web site, www.masshist.org/fellowships, or contact Conrad E. Wright (fellowships@masshist.org), 617-646-0512. Application deadlines: MHS Short-Term fellowships, March 1, 2010.
MUSICIAN GRANTS, PARIS ART SCHOLARSHIPS, AND MORE!
Some new deadlines for you...please note that the first one is one I recently posted but the previous deadline was wrong (it is Feb. 8th, not the 10th). Cheers, Mira
(ALL/SCHOLARS) Five College Women's Studies Research Center Associateships: The Center invites applications for its RESEARCH ASSOCIATESHIPS for 2009-2010 from scholars and teachers at all levels of the educational system, as well as from artists, community organizers and political activists, both local and international. Associates are provided with offices in our spacious facility, faculty library privileges, and the collegiality of a diverse community of feminists. Research Associate applications are accepted for either a semester or the academic year. The Center supports projects in all disciplines so long as they focus centrally on women or gender. Research Associateships are non-stipendiary. Deadline is February 8, 2010. For further information, contact the Center at TEL 413.538.2275, FAX 413.538.3121, email fcwsrc@fivecolleges.edu, or visit the website: http://www.fivecolleges.edu/sites/fcwsrc/ .
(ARTISTS & MUSICIANS) The Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship: Fondation des Etats-Unis: The Harriet Woolley Scholarship: 8,500 euros plus an art studio or music studio at the Fondation des Etats-Unis in Paris for nine months. These grants are awarded to American graduate students or post-graduates in the areas of visual arts or music. Applicants must be between 21 and 35 years of age and possess American citizenship. Preference is given to applicants who have already done some graduate study. For more information, visit the website: http://www.feusa.org/en/cultrue/harriet-hale-woolley-scholarship. Deadline is January 31, 2010.
(MUSICIANS & COMPOSERS) Omni International Arts Center Residency: Each August, approximately a dozen musicians--composers and performers from around the globe--gather for two and a half weeks to share in a unique collaborative music making residency program. Music Omi encourages its residents to participate as members of an international musical community; sharing ideas, performing each others’ works and writing music for one another while exploring their own musical vision. Music Omi invites applicants from all musical disciplines who wish to broaden their artistic horizons and engage actively with a diversity of other musicians. Unlike most artists residency programs, where artists come to work in isolation, Music Omi actively encourages the exchange of ideas and the sharing of cultures through active collaboration.
The Omi International Arts Center is located approximately two and a half hours north of New York City in the historic Hudson River Valley. The facilities, set on 300 acres of rural farmland, include a large two-story barn with indoor studios, as well as the 150 acre Field's Sculpture Park. Although no travel funds are provided, full room and board are provided for participants. For more information, go to: http://www.artomi.org/music.htm.
(WRITERS & SCHOLARS) National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities (NEH): NEH/CNR Fellowships for Research on Italian Cultural Heritage: The NEH and the Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche (CNR) of Italy are cooperating in the support of scholarly research. They invite applications for humanities research focusing on Italy's cultural heritage in relation to that of the United States. The Fellowships program accepts applications from writers, teachers, and researchers, whether or not they have an institutional affiliation. Award is $50,400 for twelve months. Deadline is May 9, 2010, however, this is an anticipated deadline so please check the website for details: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships-italy.html. Also, please check the NEH website for other large fellowships in the humanities.
(ALL/SCHOLARS) Five College Women's Studies Research Center Associateships: The Center invites applications for its RESEARCH ASSOCIATESHIPS for 2009-2010 from scholars and teachers at all levels of the educational system, as well as from artists, community organizers and political activists, both local and international. Associates are provided with offices in our spacious facility, faculty library privileges, and the collegiality of a diverse community of feminists. Research Associate applications are accepted for either a semester or the academic year. The Center supports projects in all disciplines so long as they focus centrally on women or gender. Research Associateships are non-stipendiary. Deadline is February 8, 2010. For further information, contact the Center at TEL 413.538.2275, FAX 413.538.3121, email fcwsrc@fivecolleges.edu, or visit the website: http://www.fivecolleges.edu/
(ARTISTS & MUSICIANS) The Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship: Fondation des Etats-Unis: The Harriet Woolley Scholarship: 8,500 euros plus an art studio or music studio at the Fondation des Etats-Unis in Paris for nine months. These grants are awarded to American graduate students or post-graduates in the areas of visual arts or music. Applicants must be between 21 and 35 years of age and possess American citizenship. Preference is given to applicants who have already done some graduate study. For more information, visit the website: http://www.feusa.org/en/cultrue/harriet-hale-woolley-scholarship. Deadline is January 31, 2010.
(MUSICIANS & COMPOSERS) Omni International Arts Center Residency: Each August, approximately a dozen musicians--composers and performers from around the globe--gather for two and a half weeks to share in a unique collaborative music making residency program. Music Omi encourages its residents to participate as members of an international musical community; sharing ideas, performing each others’ works and writing music for one another while exploring their own musical vision. Music Omi invites applicants from all musical disciplines who wish to broaden their artistic horizons and engage actively with a diversity of other musicians. Unlike most artists residency programs, where artists come to work in isolation, Music Omi actively encourages the exchange of ideas and the sharing of cultures through active collaboration.
The Omi International Arts Center is located approximately two and a half hours north of New York City in the historic Hudson River Valley. The facilities, set on 300 acres of rural farmland, include a large two-story barn with indoor studios, as well as the 150 acre Field's Sculpture Park. Although no travel funds are provided, full room and board are provided for participants. For more information, go to: http://www.artomi.org/music.htm.
(WRITERS & SCHOLARS) National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities (NEH): NEH/CNR Fellowships for Research on Italian Cultural Heritage: The NEH and the Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche (CNR) of Italy are cooperating in the support of scholarly research. They invite applications for humanities research focusing on Italy's cultural heritage in relation to that of the United States. The Fellowships program accepts applications from writers, teachers, and researchers, whether or not they have an institutional affiliation. Award is $50,400 for twelve months. Deadline is May 9, 2010, however, this is an anticipated deadline so please check the website for details: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/fellowships-italy.html. Also, please check the NEH website for other large fellowships in the humanities.
(MUSICIANS) The Traditional Music Foundation Grants: Funds provided to individuals in the form of need and merit-based scholarships to students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate degree-granting institutions. These scholarships allow artistically talented individuals with financial need to pursue college and university degrees focusing on traditional or bluegrass music studies at an eligible educational institution. Recipients must be pursuing a full-time course of study focusing on traditional or traditionally derived music such as bluegrass. Recipients must prove full-time enrollment with good academic standing at an eligible educational institution, and must be following a course of studies focusing on traditional or bluegrass music. These scholarship funds must be used for tuition and related fees paid to the university excluding room and board. Artist development grants are also available from TMF. For more information, please go to: http://www.traditionalmusicfoundation.org.
(MUSICIANS/MUSICOLOGISTS) The Henry Reed Fund Award: The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, presents an award from the Henry Reed Fund for Folk Artists every other year. The next call for applications will begin in February 2010. The award amount is usually between $400 and $1000. The award may be split between more than one recipient. Visit the website for more info: http://www.loc.gov/folklife/grants.html#archie.
Projects and activities might include:
- Payments to folk artists, their families, their descendants, or their cultural communities in connection with publication or dissemination of documents (audio recordings, manuscripts, photographs, etc.) in the American Folklife Center's collections.
- Honoraria or reimbursement to folk artists for programs, such as concerts, workshops, or exhibitions, which feature those folk artists and their arts.
- Programs honoring and celebrating folk artists for their cultural contributions.
- Support for the costs of documenting distinguished folk artists and the acquisition of resulting documentation by the Library of Congress.
(STUDENTS) Hispanic Scholarship Fund/ McNamara Family Creative Arts Project Grant: The Hispanic Scholarship Fund / McNamara Family Creative Arts Project Grant is designed to provide financial resources to outstanding Latino undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in a creative arts related field: media, film, performing arts, communications, writing, etc. This grant is only intended to assist students in beginning and completing an art project. Students may be potentially eligible for grants up to $20,000. Check website for deadlines and details.
MONEY FOR TRAVEL, FELLOWSHIPS, AND MORE
Some of the following opportunities are from Pen America and CAA (College Art Association), both great resources to check out when you have the time!
(WOMEN) American Association of University Women International Fellowships: International Fellowships up to $30,000 are awarded for full-time study or research in the United States to women who are not United States citizens or permanent residents. Both graduate and postgraduate study at accredited institutions are supported. Several of fellowships are available for study outside of the U.S. for members of the International Federation of University women. See web site for more details. Deadline December 1, 2009. See website for details: www.aauw.org.
(WOMEN) American Association of University Women Career Development Grants Career Development Grants offer up to $12,000 to women who hold a bachelor's degree and are preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the work force. Special consideration is given to women of color, and women pursuing their first advanced degree or credentials in nontraditional fields. See web site for more details. Deadline Dec. 15, 2009.
(CHILD. BOOK WRITERS/ILLUSTRATORS) Research Fellowship: Children's Literature Research Collections, Ezra Jack Keats/Kerlan Collection Memorial Fellowship , University of Minnesota, 113 Andersen Library, 222 21st Avenue, South, Minneapolis, MN 5545. The Ezra Jack Keats/Kerlan Collection Memorial Fellowship provides $1,500 to a talented aspiring writer and/or illustrator of children's books who wishes to use the Kerlan Collection for furthering his or her artistic development. Special consideration is given to those for whom it would be difficult to finance the visit. Write or see web site (http://www.special.lib.umn.edu) for more details and application. Deadline December 31, 2009.
(WOMEN) Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund: The Fund provides grants of up to $1,500 to U.S. or Canadian women poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers "whose work addresses women's concerns or speaks for peace and justice from a feminist perspective." Application fee is $20. Two application deadlines each year: December 31 (art and fiction) and June 30 (nonfiction and poetry). Send SASE to Susan Pliner, Executive Director, at above address for application. P.O. Box 309, Wilton, NH 0308. **Sorry, no website for this one. They prefer snail mail.
(ARTISTS/STUDENTS) Travel Grants to CAA Conference: CAA offers a couple travel grants so artists and students can attend their annual conference. The first is a $150 grant awarded to a limited number of advanced PhD and MFA graduate students as partial reimbursement of expenses for travel to the 2010 Annual Conference in Chicago. To qualify for the grant, students must be current CAA members. For more information, check the CAA website: http://www.collegeart.org/travelgrants/. The second award is an International Member Conference Travel Grant of $500, presented to a limited number of artists or scholars from outside the United States as partial reimbursement of travel expenses to the upcoming Chicago CAA Conference.
(POETS) Jenny McKean Moore Program: George Washington University, Department of English, 801 22nd Street, NW, Suite 760, Washington, D.C. 20052. The Jenny McKean Moore Program at George Washington University engages a poet to teach two semesters at the university (a tuition-free community workshop and a class to GWU students) at a salary of approximately $55,000. The candidate must have been published by a well-regarded press and demonstrated a commitment to teaching. SASE with writing sample and resume must accompany application. The visiting lecturer must live in or near Washington, D.C., during the academic year (late August to early May). Apply to Professor Jeffrey Cohen, at above address. Deadline to be announced.
(WRITERS) Poets & Writers, Writers Exchange Program
The Writers Exchange Program is designed to encourage a sharing of works and resources among emerging writers nationwide. A poet and a fiction writer from a designated state are chosen annually. Each receives a $500 honorarium and gives readings and meets with the literary community in New York City during October. All related travel and lodging expenses and a daily stipend are covered. See web site for annual state. Deadline December 1, 2009. Guidelines and applications available online: http://www.pw.org.
(ARTISTS) Proposals for Artist Multiples: The Present Group, a quarterly art subscription service, seeks proposals from artists for projects that are reproducible in intent. We are looking for projects that will result in a limited edition, artist multiple, or a single work that consists of multiple parts. Every year TPG subscribers receive limited edition works from four different contemporary artists. A $500 honorarium is awarded to each season’s artist. For more information please visit: www.thepresentgroup.com, to download full submission guidelines: http://www.thepresentgroup.com/TPG-submissions.pdf. Deadline November 9, 2009.
(ARTISTS) International Career Development Grant: ARTWORKinternational, Inc. is offering a $12,000 Artist Business Career Development Grant. Uniquely, the Artist Business Career Development Grant (or ABCD Grant) offers unrestricted support to visual artists by placing priority on advancing the grantee's career. While the granting period extends over one year, the continued benefits are exponential, continuing throughout the artist's lifetime. ARTWORKinternational, Inc. has worked with the most prestigious art venues throughout the world, including prominent art publications, contemporary curators, critics, collectors, and dealers. The $12,000 grant is open to visual artists worldwide. Deadline December 31, 2009.
(WRITERS/SCHOLARS) Winterthur Research Fellowship: Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, a museum, library, and garden that supports the study of American art, culture, and history, announces its Research Fellowship Program for 2010-11. Winterthur offers fellowships open to academic, independent, and museum scholars to support research in material culture and other areas of social and cultural history. Fellowships include 4-9 month NEH fellowships, 1-2 semester dissertation fellowships, and 1-2 month short-term fellowships. Fellows use the library collections, including printed books, manuscripts and images, searchable at www.winterthur.org/research/library_resources.asp. They may conduct research in the museum collection, which includes artifacts made or used in America to 1860. Fellows reside in a furnished stone farmhouse. For information and to apply visit www.winterthur.org/research/fellowship.asp or e-mail Rosemary T. Krill at rkrill@winterthur.org. Deadline is January 15, 2010.
(PERFORMING ARTISTS) Travel Grants
The Theatre Communications Group is accepting applications to the New Generations — Future Collaborations program, which awards unrestricted travel grants of up to $6,000 to theaters and individual theater professionals to enable them to collaborate and share ideas with their colleagues abroad. Applications will be accepted from theater professionals and theater companies wishing to share ideas and techniques and/or collaborate with colleagues from around the world. Grants will support unrestricted international travel by theater professionals working in all aspects of theater. November and February deadlines. http://www.tcg.org/grants/newgen/international_deadline.cfm
The Italian Cultural Association MoCA, in cooperation with Arte Laguna, organizes the Fourth International Art Prize “Arte Laguna”. The Prize is subdivided in three sections: painting, photographic art, sculpture.The Prize is open to all artists, without any limits of age, sex, nationality or other qualification. The selection of the artworks will be carried out by 3 Juries composed by experts of Contemporary Art: Viviana Siviero, Alessandro Trabucco (art critic), Igor Zanti (art critic), Stefano Coletto (Curator of the Bevilaqua La Masa Foundation Venice), Rossella Bertolazzi (Director of the European Institute of Design), Lorenzo Respi (Curator of the Arnaldo Pomodoro Foundation, Milan). The prizes are an amount of 5.000 euro for each section. Moreover for the selected artists in planned a exhibition in Arsenale at Venice, other collective exhibitions. You can find more information on the website at: www.artelagunaprize.com. Deadline November 15, 2009.
SCHOLARSHIP SITE FOR U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Good morning all...so I just got this great link from my friend Sticker Kitty: http://www.eastchance.com/index.asp . It's a site called East Chance and it's for those of you seeking funding for undergraduate and graduate school in the U.S. and abroad. It's for both American and international students. I have only just skimmed through it a bit but already found some useful things so hopefully, for those of you seeking academic funding, you'll find it helpful too. I have more announcements coming later today or tomorrow so come back and visit. In the meantime, don't forget to check out my google ad links on this site. A lot of them are for academic funding, government grants, other grant programs, etc. and every time you check them out with a little click, it helps out Mira's List a tiny bit. Don't go crazy clicking them just to help me though! But do check them out. Thanks and I'll talk to you all later....Mira
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOOL LOAN REPAYMENT INFO AND MORE
Today, I'll start with a quote by Martin Luther King Jr.: "Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better." On that note, here are a few tidbits for you recent grads, for women, scholars and others in the arts....coming soon will be some new FAQs! Oh, by the way, my book is going out today to publishers! Wish me luck and best to thee, Mirabee.
(RECENT GRADUATES) I originally got this announcement from artbistro.com about the new program in the U.S. for reducing student debt:
Income-Based Repayment Program:
Income-Based Repayment (IBR) is a new payment option for federal student loans. Starting July 1, 2009, it will help borrowers keep their loan payments affordable with payment caps based on their income and family size. For most eligible borrowers, IBR loan payments will be less than 10 percent of their income - and even smaller for borrowers with low earnings. IBR will also forgive remaining debt, if any, after 25 years of qualifying payments.
Who can use IBR? IBR is available to federal student loan borrowers in both the Direct and Guaranteed (or FFEL) loan programs, and covers most types of federal loans made to students, but not those made to parents. To enter IBR, you have to have enough debt relative to your income to qualify for a reduced payment. That means it would take more than 15 percent of whatever you earn above 150% of poverty level to pay off your loans on a standard 10-year payment plan. Click here for more information: http://www.ibrinfo.org/what.vp.html
(WOMEN) Career Development Grants
American Association of University Women, Career Development Grants: Career Development Grants offer up to $12,000 to women who hold a bachelor's degree and are preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the work force. Special consideration is given to women of color, and women pursuing their first advanced degree or credentials in nontraditional fields. Write to: American Association of University Women, Career Development Grants, 301 Act Drive, Iowa City, IA 52243-4030 or e-Mail: aavw@act.org See web site for more details: www.aauw.org/education/fga/fellowships_grants/career_development.cfm. Application Deadline: December 15, 2009.
(RESEARCH) American Antiquarian Society: Research Fellowships
Long-Term Visiting Academic Research Fellowships: Long-Term Visiting Academic Research Fellowships provide support for four-to-twelve-month residences in the Society's library and carry stipends of up to $35,000. See web site for more details and deadlines. American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609-1634. E-Mail: academicfellowships@mwa.org, Website: www.americanantiquarian.org/longterm.htm. Application Deadline: October 15, 2009.
(PERF. ART/DANCERS) Call for Proposals
STREB is pleased to request proposals for its Emerging Artists Commissioning Program, funded by the Ford Foundation, the Jerome Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts. The Commissioning Program, housed at the company’s Williamsburg home, SLAM, will accept proposals from artists whose work is movement-based, including choreographers, aerialists and circus artists. The goal of the program is to create a pool of artists who can capitalize on the resources distinct to SLAM. Either literally or conceptually, the space’s special and unusual characteristics and qualities should inform and inspire new and exciting creative experiments. Commissioning program artists will have various opportunities to showcase work throughout its development and to receive feedback from both STREB and audiences. Selected artists will receive a $2,000.00 grant plus a specific amount of time, space and resources tailored to the nature and scope of each particular project. For more info and application guidelines, go to: http://www.streb.org/V2/vision/commissions.html. All proposals must be received by July 13, 2009, 5:00pm.
(RECENT GRADUATES) I originally got this announcement from artbistro.com about the new program in the U.S. for reducing student debt:
Income-Based Repayment Program:
Income-Based Repayment (IBR) is a new payment option for federal student loans. Starting July 1, 2009, it will help borrowers keep their loan payments affordable with payment caps based on their income and family size. For most eligible borrowers, IBR loan payments will be less than 10 percent of their income - and even smaller for borrowers with low earnings. IBR will also forgive remaining debt, if any, after 25 years of qualifying payments.
Who can use IBR? IBR is available to federal student loan borrowers in both the Direct and Guaranteed (or FFEL) loan programs, and covers most types of federal loans made to students, but not those made to parents. To enter IBR, you have to have enough debt relative to your income to qualify for a reduced payment. That means it would take more than 15 percent of whatever you earn above 150% of poverty level to pay off your loans on a standard 10-year payment plan. Click here for more information: http://www.ibrinfo.org/what.vp.html
(WOMEN) Career Development Grants
American Association of University Women, Career Development Grants: Career Development Grants offer up to $12,000 to women who hold a bachelor's degree and are preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the work force. Special consideration is given to women of color, and women pursuing their first advanced degree or credentials in nontraditional fields. Write to: American Association of University Women, Career Development Grants, 301 Act Drive, Iowa City, IA 52243-4030 or e-Mail: aavw@act.org See web site for more details: www.aauw.org/education/fga/fellowships_grants/career_development.cfm. Application Deadline: December 15, 2009.
(RESEARCH) American Antiquarian Society: Research Fellowships
Long-Term Visiting Academic Research Fellowships: Long-Term Visiting Academic Research Fellowships provide support for four-to-twelve-month residences in the Society's library and carry stipends of up to $35,000. See web site for more details and deadlines. American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609-1634. E-Mail: academicfellowships@mwa.org, Website: www.americanantiquarian.org/longterm.htm. Application Deadline: October 15, 2009.
(PERF. ART/DANCERS) Call for Proposals
STREB is pleased to request proposals for its Emerging Artists Commissioning Program, funded by the Ford Foundation, the Jerome Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts. The Commissioning Program, housed at the company’s Williamsburg home, SLAM, will accept proposals from artists whose work is movement-based, including choreographers, aerialists and circus artists. The goal of the program is to create a pool of artists who can capitalize on the resources distinct to SLAM. Either literally or conceptually, the space’s special and unusual characteristics and qualities should inform and inspire new and exciting creative experiments. Commissioning program artists will have various opportunities to showcase work throughout its development and to receive feedback from both STREB and audiences. Selected artists will receive a $2,000.00 grant plus a specific amount of time, space and resources tailored to the nature and scope of each particular project. For more info and application guidelines, go to: http://www.streb.org/V2/vision/commissions.html. All proposals must be received by July 13, 2009, 5:00pm.
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MORE TRAVEL & RESEARCH GRANTS
Greetings all...The theme this week is obviously travel grants. So many people have written me over the last couple months, saying that that is the main thing they are looking for, I just had to throw out a few things. More residency announcements to come, a new poll, and more of everything....just have patience my friends. Cheers, Mira
(MUSICIANS/COMPOSERS) Travel Research Grant
Columbia College Chicago, Center for Black Music Research: CBMR Travel Grants. The CBMR will award travel grants up to $1,000 to assist with transportation costs and daily subsistence expenses for a five-day research residency at the CBMR Library and Archives. The travel grants support research in the study and performance of black music repertoire and help scholars and musicians visit the CBMR Library and Archives to examine and use its archival collection of scores and sound recordings. Scholars, musicians, composers and conductors, educators, graduate students, and independent researchers are eligible to apply. Deadline: 9/1/2009. For more information, go to: http://www.colum.edu/CBMR/Library_and_Archives/CBMR_Travel_Grants.php
(SCHOLARS/HUMANITIES) Hayek Fund for Scholars
George Mason University, Institute for Humane Studies (IHS):
The Hayek Fund for Scholars makes strategic awards for career-enhancing activities such as presentations at academic or professional conferences, travel to academic job interviews (on campus or at professional or academic conferences), travel to and research at archives or libraries, participation in career development or enhancing seminars, distribution of a published article to colleagues in his or her field, and submission of unpublished manuscripts to journals or book publishers. For more information, go to: http://www.theihs.org/grants_and_contest/id.712/default.asp Awards are given up to $1,000. Applications accepted all year-round. Graduate students and un-tenured faculty members are eligible to apply.
(PERF. ARTS) Performing Arts Fund, French Embassy
The Visual and Performing Arts Department offers a variety of project, research travel, residency, and academic cooperation grants to American non-profit institutions and presenters for significant bilateral collaborations and for projects involving living French artists. Awards focus on contemporary work, but may also support the presentation of older works that play an important contextual role. Applications may be made through any of the regional Cultural Services’ offices. Deadline: September 15, 2009. For more information, go to: http://www.frenchculture.org/spip.php?article428&tout=ok.
(MUSICIANS/COMPOSERS) Travel Research Grant
Columbia College Chicago, Center for Black Music Research: CBMR Travel Grants. The CBMR will award travel grants up to $1,000 to assist with transportation costs and daily subsistence expenses for a five-day research residency at the CBMR Library and Archives. The travel grants support research in the study and performance of black music repertoire and help scholars and musicians visit the CBMR Library and Archives to examine and use its archival collection of scores and sound recordings. Scholars, musicians, composers and conductors, educators, graduate students, and independent researchers are eligible to apply. Deadline: 9/1/2009. For more information, go to: http://www.colum.edu/CBMR/Library_and_Archives/CBMR_Travel_Grants.php
(SCHOLARS/HUMANITIES) Hayek Fund for Scholars
George Mason University, Institute for Humane Studies (IHS):
The Hayek Fund for Scholars makes strategic awards for career-enhancing activities such as presentations at academic or professional conferences, travel to academic job interviews (on campus or at professional or academic conferences), travel to and research at archives or libraries, participation in career development or enhancing seminars, distribution of a published article to colleagues in his or her field, and submission of unpublished manuscripts to journals or book publishers. For more information, go to: http://www.theihs.org/grants_and_contest/id.712/default.asp Awards are given up to $1,000. Applications accepted all year-round. Graduate students and un-tenured faculty members are eligible to apply.
(PERF. ARTS) Performing Arts Fund, French Embassy
The Visual and Performing Arts Department offers a variety of project, research travel, residency, and academic cooperation grants to American non-profit institutions and presenters for significant bilateral collaborations and for projects involving living French artists. Awards focus on contemporary work, but may also support the presentation of older works that play an important contextual role. Applications may be made through any of the regional Cultural Services’ offices. Deadline: September 15, 2009. For more information, go to: http://www.frenchculture.org/spip.php?article428&tout=ok.
RESEARCH AND TRAVEL GRANTS FOR WRITERS AND SCHOLARS
HISTORICAL RESEARCH: Hodson-Brown Fellowship
The Hodson-Brown fellowship supports work by scholars and writers working on significant projects relating to the literature, history, culture, or art of the Americas before 1830. It is also open to filmmakers, novelists, creative and performing artists, and others working on projects that draw on this period of history. The fellowship award supports two months of research (in Providence, R.I.) and two months of writing (at Washington College in Chestertown, Md). Housing and university privileges will be provided. The fellowship includes a stipend of $5,000 per month for a total of $20,000. Deadline for applications for the 2010 fellowship year is July 15, 2009. For more information, go to: http://starrcenter.washcoll.edu
JOURNALISTS: Ochberg Fellowship
Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, Department of Communications, 102 Communications Building, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-3740 E-Mail: info@dartcenter.org
Six or more expense-paid fellowships are available to mid-career journalists who want to apply knowledge of emotional trauma to improving coverage of violent events. Fellowships are open to print and broadcast reporters, photographers, editors and producers with at least five years of journalism experience. Fellows will attend a two-day seminar on the role emotional trauma plays in coverage of violent events, then will have access to all events and speakers in the annual conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (www.istss.org). See web site for guidelines and application form. For more info, go to: http://www.dartcenter.org/fellowships/index.php Deadline: July 30.
FULBRIGHT GRANTS: Council for International Exchange of Scholars
3007 Tilden Street, NW, Suite 5L, Washington, D.C. 20008-3009 www.cies.org/us_scholars
The Council administers the Department of State-sponsored Fulbright Scholar Program for advanced research and university lecturing in more than 1,400 countries around the world. Some 800 grants are awarded annually to faculty and professionals in virtually all academic disciplines, including creative writing. Grant benefits vary by country, but usually include international travel, a monthly stipend, and other allowances. A similar program for scholars from abroad for university lecturing and advanced research in the U.S. is administered in this country by the Council. Interested non-U.S. citizens should inquire at the U.S. embassy or Fulbright agency in their home country. Deadline: August 1. See web site for more details. Also, please see my article "Fulbrights: The Inside Scoop" here: http://miraslist.blogspot.com/2009/04/fubright-grants-inside-scoop.html for more information on applying for this amazing grant.
KENNEDY LIBRARY RESEARCH GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS:
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston, MA 02125-3313 E-Mail: kennedy.library@nara.gov Website: www.jfklibrary.org Kennedy Library Research Grants, ranging from $500 to $1,500, are offered to scholars and students, fifteen to twenty in number, to help defray living, travel, and related costs incurred while doing research at the library. Applications are evaluated on the basis of expected use of available library holdings, the degree to which projects address research needs in Kennedy-related studies, and qualifications of applicants. Write to William Johnson, Chief Archivist, at above address for more details. The Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Research Fellowship, carrying a stipend of up to $7,000, is intended to support scholars in the preparation of substantial works on the foreign policy of the Kennedy years, especially with regard to the Western Hemisphere, or on Kennedy domestic policy, especially with regard to racial justice and to the conservation of natural resources. The fellowship may be awarded to a single individual or divided between two recipients. Write to William Johnson, Chief Archivist, at above address for more details. Deadline for Fellowships and Grants is August 15.
GUGGENHEIM RESEARCH GRANTS: The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
25 West 53rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10019-5401 Website: www.hfg.org/rg/guidelines.htm
Research Grants, ranging from $15,000 to $30,000 a year for periods of one or two years, are available to postdoctoral scholars working on projects in any of the natural or social sciences or the humanities that "promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance." Requests will be considered for salaries, employee benefits, research assistantships, computer time, supplies and equipment, fieldwork, secretarial and technical help, and other essentials for the completion of the project. Write or see web site for additional information and application procedures. Deadline: August 1.
RESEARCH IN INDIA: American Institute of Indian Studies Fellowships
University of Chicago, 1130 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 E-Mail: aiis@uchicago.edu Website: www.indiastudies.org/fellow.htm Application Deadline: July 1, 2009.
The American Institute of Indian Studies annually offers a variety of fellowships, including Performing and Creative Arts Fellowships for study and research in India. Award funds are made available in foreign currency only. Requirements vary; query the Institute before applying. Available to U.S. citizens at the doctoral or postdoctoral level and foreign nationals enrolled at the doctoral level or teaching full-time (postdoctoral) at American colleges or universities.
For those of you who didn't see this one that I previously posted:
HISTORICAL RESEARCH: Dianne Woest Fellowship
Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130-2179
email: wrc@hnoc.org Website: www.hnoc.org/programs/fellowship.php The Dianne Woest Fellowship in the Arts and Humanities offers a stipend of $4,000/month, to be disbursed on a monthly basis for a minimum of one and a maximum of three months to doctoral candidates, academic and museum professionals, or independent scholars who will be based at the Williams Research Center. While THNOC resources should play a central role in the proposed research agenda, fellows will also be encouraged to explore other research facilities in the Greater New Orleans area. Deadline: August 1.
The Hodson-Brown fellowship supports work by scholars and writers working on significant projects relating to the literature, history, culture, or art of the Americas before 1830. It is also open to filmmakers, novelists, creative and performing artists, and others working on projects that draw on this period of history. The fellowship award supports two months of research (in Providence, R.I.) and two months of writing (at Washington College in Chestertown, Md). Housing and university privileges will be provided. The fellowship includes a stipend of $5,000 per month for a total of $20,000. Deadline for applications for the 2010 fellowship year is July 15, 2009. For more information, go to: http://starrcenter.washcoll.edu
JOURNALISTS: Ochberg Fellowship
Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, Department of Communications, 102 Communications Building, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-3740 E-Mail: info@dartcenter.org
Six or more expense-paid fellowships are available to mid-career journalists who want to apply knowledge of emotional trauma to improving coverage of violent events. Fellowships are open to print and broadcast reporters, photographers, editors and producers with at least five years of journalism experience. Fellows will attend a two-day seminar on the role emotional trauma plays in coverage of violent events, then will have access to all events and speakers in the annual conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (www.istss.org). See web site for guidelines and application form. For more info, go to: http://www.dartcenter.org/fellowships/index.php Deadline: July 30.
FULBRIGHT GRANTS: Council for International Exchange of Scholars
3007 Tilden Street, NW, Suite 5L, Washington, D.C. 20008-3009 www.cies.org/us_scholars
The Council administers the Department of State-sponsored Fulbright Scholar Program for advanced research and university lecturing in more than 1,400 countries around the world. Some 800 grants are awarded annually to faculty and professionals in virtually all academic disciplines, including creative writing. Grant benefits vary by country, but usually include international travel, a monthly stipend, and other allowances. A similar program for scholars from abroad for university lecturing and advanced research in the U.S. is administered in this country by the Council. Interested non-U.S. citizens should inquire at the U.S. embassy or Fulbright agency in their home country. Deadline: August 1. See web site for more details. Also, please see my article "Fulbrights: The Inside Scoop" here: http://miraslist.blogspot.com/2009/04/fubright-grants-inside-scoop.html for more information on applying for this amazing grant.
KENNEDY LIBRARY RESEARCH GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS:
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston, MA 02125-3313 E-Mail: kennedy.library@nara.gov Website: www.jfklibrary.org Kennedy Library Research Grants, ranging from $500 to $1,500, are offered to scholars and students, fifteen to twenty in number, to help defray living, travel, and related costs incurred while doing research at the library. Applications are evaluated on the basis of expected use of available library holdings, the degree to which projects address research needs in Kennedy-related studies, and qualifications of applicants. Write to William Johnson, Chief Archivist, at above address for more details. The Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Research Fellowship, carrying a stipend of up to $7,000, is intended to support scholars in the preparation of substantial works on the foreign policy of the Kennedy years, especially with regard to the Western Hemisphere, or on Kennedy domestic policy, especially with regard to racial justice and to the conservation of natural resources. The fellowship may be awarded to a single individual or divided between two recipients. Write to William Johnson, Chief Archivist, at above address for more details. Deadline for Fellowships and Grants is August 15.
GUGGENHEIM RESEARCH GRANTS: The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
25 West 53rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10019-5401 Website: www.hfg.org/rg/guidelines.htm
Research Grants, ranging from $15,000 to $30,000 a year for periods of one or two years, are available to postdoctoral scholars working on projects in any of the natural or social sciences or the humanities that "promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance." Requests will be considered for salaries, employee benefits, research assistantships, computer time, supplies and equipment, fieldwork, secretarial and technical help, and other essentials for the completion of the project. Write or see web site for additional information and application procedures. Deadline: August 1.
RESEARCH IN INDIA: American Institute of Indian Studies Fellowships
University of Chicago, 1130 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 E-Mail: aiis@uchicago.edu Website: www.indiastudies.org/fellow.htm Application Deadline: July 1, 2009.
The American Institute of Indian Studies annually offers a variety of fellowships, including Performing and Creative Arts Fellowships for study and research in India. Award funds are made available in foreign currency only. Requirements vary; query the Institute before applying. Available to U.S. citizens at the doctoral or postdoctoral level and foreign nationals enrolled at the doctoral level or teaching full-time (postdoctoral) at American colleges or universities.
For those of you who didn't see this one that I previously posted:
HISTORICAL RESEARCH: Dianne Woest Fellowship
Historic New Orleans Collection, 533 Royal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130-2179
email: wrc@hnoc.org Website: www.hnoc.org/programs/fellowship.php The Dianne Woest Fellowship in the Arts and Humanities offers a stipend of $4,000/month, to be disbursed on a monthly basis for a minimum of one and a maximum of three months to doctoral candidates, academic and museum professionals, or independent scholars who will be based at the Williams Research Center. While THNOC resources should play a central role in the proposed research agenda, fellows will also be encouraged to explore other research facilities in the Greater New Orleans area. Deadline: August 1.
ART AND MUSEUM FELLOWSHIPS IN PARIS, VENICE, AND BILBAO
VISUAL ARTISTS: Research Program La Seine/Fine Arts Postgraduate Program
Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris, France
Deadline for applications: June 8th, 2009 (Date of postage). The 2009/10 academic year starts on October 15th, 2009. For information, please contact: Vincent Gonzalvez, Coordinator of Research Program La Seine at: vincent.gonzalvez@beauxartsparis.fr or laseine@beauxartsparis.fr, Tel: + 33 (0)1 47 03 54 01, Fax: + 33 (0)1 47 03 50 80 or visit the website at: http://www.beauxartsparis.fr/laseine/indexenglish.htm The Research Program La Seine was created for young French and foreign artists alike, who have completed a diploma of Masters II (European standard) level, or equivalent. The primary aim of the Program is to provide students with the means to develop their artistic and research in an academic environment that is oriented to prepare them for the demands of the professional context of contemporary and post contemporary art. La Seine is two years program. It runs for two nine-month periods starting in October and ending in June, with four to six new participants selected each year. In order to aid the students with their projects the Program La Seine provides: A shared large renovated studio space, located in the centre of the school, access to technical support and advice from professionals in charge of the technical workshops of the School: woodwork, metalwork, photo-etching, digital imagery, photography, video and sound recording, etc. and much more. Non-French-speaking student are required to attend French course offered by the school.
All students receive a grant for research and production, of up to 3,000 Euro a year plus a studio budget for materials. each year the students in la Seine have a subsidized trip to a foreign country for approximately one-month period. With the aid of La Seine and the school's exchange program, a collaborative project is established with a foreign institutions. The School has an arrangement with The Cité Internationale des arts: every year, two apartments are offered to students of the Program. The students are chosen by the admission jury. During the academic year, La Seine arranges meetings with visiting artists, curators, critics and key personalities in the art world and provides many other opportunities for emerging artists. Informations on the Program, applications and admission procedure available at the School or on its website: http://www.beauxartsparis.fr/laseine/indexenglish.htm
MUSEUM STUDIES: Guggenheim Museum, Solomon R./Hilla Rebay International Fellowship. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum accepts applications for the Hilla Rebay International Fellowship. This nine-month fellowship offers an opportunity for a graduate student (doctoral candidates preferred) to train in Curatorial and/or Education at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York; the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain; and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy. The fellow will spend a minimum of three months at each site as follows: September 15–December 15 (SRGM); January 15–April 15 (GMB), May 15–August 15 (PGC) and receive a stipend of $30,000 for accommodation and travel expenses. Candidates must demonstrate a speaking and writing fluency in English, Spanish, and Italian. Deadline: Jun. 1, 2009.
Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris, France
Deadline for applications: June 8th, 2009 (Date of postage). The 2009/10 academic year starts on October 15th, 2009. For information, please contact: Vincent Gonzalvez, Coordinator of Research Program La Seine at: vincent.gonzalvez@beauxartsparis.fr or laseine@beauxartsparis.fr, Tel: + 33 (0)1 47 03 54 01, Fax: + 33 (0)1 47 03 50 80 or visit the website at: http://www.beauxartsparis.fr/laseine/indexenglish.htm The Research Program La Seine was created for young French and foreign artists alike, who have completed a diploma of Masters II (European standard) level, or equivalent. The primary aim of the Program is to provide students with the means to develop their artistic and research in an academic environment that is oriented to prepare them for the demands of the professional context of contemporary and post contemporary art. La Seine is two years program. It runs for two nine-month periods starting in October and ending in June, with four to six new participants selected each year. In order to aid the students with their projects the Program La Seine provides: A shared large renovated studio space, located in the centre of the school, access to technical support and advice from professionals in charge of the technical workshops of the School: woodwork, metalwork, photo-etching, digital imagery, photography, video and sound recording, etc. and much more. Non-French-speaking student are required to attend French course offered by the school.
All students receive a grant for research and production, of up to 3,000 Euro a year plus a studio budget for materials. each year the students in la Seine have a subsidized trip to a foreign country for approximately one-month period. With the aid of La Seine and the school's exchange program, a collaborative project is established with a foreign institutions. The School has an arrangement with The Cité Internationale des arts: every year, two apartments are offered to students of the Program. The students are chosen by the admission jury. During the academic year, La Seine arranges meetings with visiting artists, curators, critics and key personalities in the art world and provides many other opportunities for emerging artists. Informations on the Program, applications and admission procedure available at the School or on its website: http://www.beauxartsparis.fr/laseine/indexenglish.htm
MUSEUM STUDIES: Guggenheim Museum, Solomon R./Hilla Rebay International Fellowship. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum accepts applications for the Hilla Rebay International Fellowship. This nine-month fellowship offers an opportunity for a graduate student (doctoral candidates preferred) to train in Curatorial and/or Education at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York; the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain; and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy. The fellow will spend a minimum of three months at each site as follows: September 15–December 15 (SRGM); January 15–April 15 (GMB), May 15–August 15 (PGC) and receive a stipend of $30,000 for accommodation and travel expenses. Candidates must demonstrate a speaking and writing fluency in English, Spanish, and Italian. Deadline: Jun. 1, 2009.
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**I just got this question from a reader and although I normally don't deal with MFA issues, I thought I'd post it because it's a common question that keeps popping up in my email box:
Q: Dear Mira,
Do you know of low-residency MFA programs (poetry) that offer financial aid in the form of grants, not simply loans? Or can you point me to a resource that lists these? I can't imagine there are very many such programs. I've done some searching, but "financial aid" usually seems to focus on loans, and I can't go into more debt, so I'm looking for some balance of loans and grants, if I am to pursue an MFA. I live in western MA, and something near here would be especially good, but a low cost, quality program is my priority.
A: That's a tough question, one I had to research for myself a few years back when I was applying for MFA programs in fiction. I opted out of the low-residency system because when I was looking, the programs I was interested in didn't offer funding at the time (although some might now...I'm not sure). However, the Warren Wilson program now offers some scholarship funding so others might too. You need to pick the places you are interested in and just see what they offer. Since you are in Western, MA, if it is possible for you to do a full MFA Program, you have one of the best in the country at Umass Amherst (where I went to) and they give funding via teaching fellowships, internships at literary journals, etc. For info on both low-residency and traditional MFA programs, the best site I have found is a blog: http://creative-writing-mfa-handbook.blogspot.com. There's a link regarding funding and many other helpful links. Sorry I don't know enough about this subject but if anyone else out there does, please comment below! And check out the creative-writing-mfa-handbook blog. It's excellent! And good luck!
Best Wishes, Mira
***BTW: (For those of you who do not know what a low-residency program is, it is an MFA program for working adults who cannot go to grad. school on a daily basis. You attend intensive workshops, lectures, and so on, for ten days twice a year for two to three years and send your manuscript you are working on (or images from your art portfolio) about every three weeks to your teacher/mentor for feedback. There are programs like this all over. A couple of the most famous ones are Warren Wilson in Asheville, North Carolina, and Bennington in Vermont. For more information on MFA Programs, here is a great blog I just came across: http://creative-writing-mfa-handbook.blogspot.com (and for specific low residency info: http://creative-writing-mfa-handbook.blogspot.com/2006/03/from-low-residency-queen.html).
Q: Dear Mira,
Do you know of low-residency MFA programs (poetry) that offer financial aid in the form of grants, not simply loans? Or can you point me to a resource that lists these? I can't imagine there are very many such programs. I've done some searching, but "financial aid" usually seems to focus on loans, and I can't go into more debt, so I'm looking for some balance of loans and grants, if I am to pursue an MFA. I live in western MA, and something near here would be especially good, but a low cost, quality program is my priority.
A: That's a tough question, one I had to research for myself a few years back when I was applying for MFA programs in fiction. I opted out of the low-residency system because when I was looking, the programs I was interested in didn't offer funding at the time (although some might now...I'm not sure). However, the Warren Wilson program now offers some scholarship funding so others might too. You need to pick the places you are interested in and just see what they offer. Since you are in Western, MA, if it is possible for you to do a full MFA Program, you have one of the best in the country at Umass Amherst (where I went to) and they give funding via teaching fellowships, internships at literary journals, etc. For info on both low-residency and traditional MFA programs, the best site I have found is a blog: http://creative-writing-mfa-handbook.blogspot.com. There's a link regarding funding and many other helpful links. Sorry I don't know enough about this subject but if anyone else out there does, please comment below! And check out the creative-writing-mfa-handbook blog. It's excellent! And good luck!
Best Wishes, Mira
***BTW: (For those of you who do not know what a low-residency program is, it is an MFA program for working adults who cannot go to grad. school on a daily basis. You attend intensive workshops, lectures, and so on, for ten days twice a year for two to three years and send your manuscript you are working on (or images from your art portfolio) about every three weeks to your teacher/mentor for feedback. There are programs like this all over. A couple of the most famous ones are Warren Wilson in Asheville, North Carolina, and Bennington in Vermont. For more information on MFA Programs, here is a great blog I just came across: http://creative-writing-mfa-handbook.blogspot.com (and for specific low residency info: http://creative-writing-mfa-handbook.blogspot.com/2006/03/from-low-residency-queen.html).