1) Program: Institutional Grants; Film Festival Grants; Academy Film Scholars Program
Agency:
Next Deadline: Oct 01, 2008
Institutional Grants provide modest funding for film-oriented projects, including college-based internship programs, to college film departments & organizations providing service or info related to motion pictures. Awards between $5-15K (deadline 1/15). Film Festival Grants are to make festival events more accessible to the general public. Awards between $5K-$30K (deadline 7/1). The Scholars Program seeks to explore theatrical motion picture art, science, commerce, history or theory. Awards are $25K (deadline 10/1). See http://www.oscars.org/grants/index.html for details. E-mail: grants@oscars.org
Contact: Grants Department
Academy Foundation
310/247-3031
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2) Program: Franklin Research Grants
Agency: American Philosophical Society
Next Deadline: Oct 01, 2008
Supports travel to libraries and archives for research purposes, the purchase of microfilm, the cost of photocopies or equivalent research materials, and the costs associated with fieldwork and laboratory research expenses. Applicants must hold a doctorate or have published work of doctoral character and quality. Awards are up to $6,000 each. Deadlines: 10/1/08 and 12/1/08. APS also offers John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship, deadline is 4/1/09. See http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/ or details.
E-mail: Lmusumeci@amphilsoc.org
Contact: Linda Musumeci, Research Administrator
215-440-3429
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3) Program: Asian Studies Grants and Fellowships
Agency: Association for Asian Studies
Next Deadline: Oct 01, 2008 (target date)
Supports several grants to support the research of North American scholars to improve the quality of teaching about Asian cultures at the college & precollege levels. Grant amounts and details vary according to program. Deadlines vary according to program. See http://www.aasianst.org/grants/main.htm for details.
Contact: Program Staff
734/665-2490
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4) Program: Millard Meiss Publication Grants
Agency: College Art Association
Next Deadline: Oct 01, 2008
Supports book-length scholarly manuscripts that have been accepted by a commercial or university publisher but that cannot be published in the most desirable form without a subsidy. Works must focus on art history or related subjects. Museum catalogues, excavation reports, articles, collections of previously published essays, or multi-author volumes are ineligible. Applicants must hold CAA membership. See http://www.collegeart.org/meiss/guidelines.html for details.
E-mail: publications@collegeart.org
Contact: Eve Sinaiko, Director of Publications
18th Floor
212/691-1051 (ext. 208 or 217)
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5) Program: Fulbright Worldwide Scholar-in-Residence Program
Agency: Council for International Exchange of Scholars
Next Deadline: Oct 15, 2008
Supports proposals to bring scholars & professionals from abroad to
Contact: Karen Watts, Senior Program Officer
202/686-4004
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6) Program: Scientific Research and Archiving and Preservation Projects
Agency: Grammy Foundation
Next Deadline: Oct 01, 2008
Foundation supports the preservation, appreciation & advancement of the contribution of recorded music on American culture, from the artistic & technical legends of the past to the still unimagined musical breakthroughs of the future generations of music professionals. Awards grants to organizations & individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving & preservation of the music & recorded sound heritage of the
E-mail: grant@grammy.com
Contact: Sami Bradley, Program Officer
310/392-3777
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7) Program: American Masterpieces: Chamber Music
Agency: National Endowment for the Arts
Next Deadline: Oct 10, 2008
NEA will provide grants to organizations to host regional chamber music festivals that will highlight repertoire by American composers and include the participation of choral directors, composers, and other choruses. Awards will range from $5,000 to $75,000. American Masterpiece applications do not count against the one app per institution limit for NEA's general grant program. In each case, the request must be for a distinctly different project. See http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/AMChamber.html for details.
E-mail: burnsc@arts.endow.gov
Contact: Court Burns, Program Manager
202/682-5590
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8) Program: American Masterpieces: Dance
Agency: National Endowment for the Arts
Next Deadline: Oct 24, 2008
For the exclusively college- and university-focused component support is available for restaging, performance, and documentation of significant dance choreography in order to provide dance students with access to the legacy of American dance history. While faculty can assist with a project, the primary reconstructor/artist must be someone from outside the campus. For colleges and universities, all grants will be for $15K. American Masterpiece applications do not count against the one app per institution limit for NEA's general grant program. See http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/AMDance.html for details.
E-mail: ottlongj@arts.gov
Contact: Janelle Ott Long, Specialist, Dance
202/682-5739
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9) Program: Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants
Agency: National Endowment for the Humanities
Next Deadline: Oct 08, 2008
Supports planning or initial stages of digital initiatives in all areas of the humanities. Start- Up Grants may involve: research that brings new digital approaches to the study of the humanities; new digital modes of publication; exploration of digital approaches to preserve, archive, & make accessible traditional & "new media" resources in the humanities; planning new digital tools; & programs addressing the use of emerging digital technologies in formal & informal education settings. Can choose between Level I awards of up to $25K & Level II awards of up to $50K.
See http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/digitalhumanitiesstartup.html
E-mail:
Contact: Program Staff, NEH Digital Humanities Initiative
National Endowment for the Humanities
Room 203
202/606-8401
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10) Program: Unsolicited Grant Initiative
Agency: U.S. Institute of Peace
Next Deadline: Oct 01, 2008
Supports any project that fits within the institute's general mandate of international conflict resolution. Provides awards of up to $120,000 across a broad range of disciplines, skills, & approaches. Areas of interest include: conflict analysis and prevention; mediation and conflict resolution; postconflict peace and stability operations; and religion and peacemaking, among others. Deadline is 10/1 annually. See http://www.usip.org/grants/unsolicited.html for details. E-mail: grants@usip.org
Contact: Judy Barsalou, Director, Grants Program
202/429-3842