(CA ARTISTS) Artadia Awards 2009 San Francisco
Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue is now accepting applications for the Artadia Awards 2009 San Francisco from all visual artists living and working in the 5-county San Francisco Bay Area. 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 fall of 2009 through Artadia’s two-tiered jury process. This is Artadia’s seventh awards cycle in the San Francisco Bay Area. For eligibility requirements and to access the web-based application, please visit: www.artadia.org. Application deadline: October 15, 2009 at 11:59pm (PST)
(ALL) Border Crosser Grant
Whoever wants to discover Central, Eastern and Southern Europe or China, whoever plans on a
publication in German and wants to start for research trips in the East, can apply for funding. The publications should be able to reach a broader audience and help to bring about a greater understanding for the countries of Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, and China. Literary prose and essays, photo (text) books, child and youth books, but also scripts for documentaries and sound radio contributions are welcome. One can apply for all-inclusive research grants varying from 2.000 to 10.000 €. For more information, call Inga Niemann via telephone (+49 30-816996-64) E-mail (niemann@lcb.de) or visit these websites: www.bosch-stiftung.de/grenzgaenger and www.lcb.de/grenzgaenger. Deadline October 31, 2009.
(SCHOLARS & WRITERS) Research Fellowships
Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies: The Carter G. Woodson Institute Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Residential Research Fellowships are awarded to eligible scholars whose work focuses on race, ethnicity, and society in Africa and the Atlantic world (broadly defined as the African Diaspora). Predoctoral fellowships, covering two years, carry an annual stipend of $20,000 and begin August 15. Postdoctoral fellowships, covering one year, carry a stipend of $45,000 and begin September 1. Fellows must be in residence at the university for the duration of the award period and are expected to make periodic presentations of their work to the Woodson fellows and the larger academic community. Write to Selection Committee, Residential Research Fellowships, at the following address or see web site for more details and latest deadline. Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies, University of Virginia, 108 Minor Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4162 or E-Mail: woodson@virginia.edu. Website: www.virginia.edu/woodson/programs/fellowships.html. Deadline: December 1, 2009.
(FILMMAKERS) New Filmmaker Equipment Grant Program
Supports new filmmakers in producing their first serious film project. The grant awards the use of their Grant Program Arriflex 16SR camera package to senior and graduate thesis students and to independent filmmakers for a scheduled period of time. Proposed projects may be of any non-commercial nature: dramatic, narrative, documentary, experimental, etc. Phone: (206) 467-8666, Fax: (206) 467-9165, Email: filmgrant@oppcam.com. For more info, go to: http://oppenheimercamera.com/grant.html