According to the National Endowment for the Arts guidelines, the University of Massachusetts is limited in the number of applications it may submit. Therefore, the Office of Research Affairs requests that interested applicants should notify Beverly Strakose, Office of Research Affairs, Research Administration Bldg, 70 Butterfield Terrace, by email strakose@ora.umass.edu or by calling 545-5283 no later than March 10, 2008 if they plan on submitting an application.
Within each field or discipline, organizations may apply through one of the following categories:
Fields include: Arts Education, Dance, Design, Folk & Traditional Arts, Literature,
Local Arts Agencies, Media Arts: Film/Radio/Television, Museums, Music, Musical Theater, Opera, Presenting, State & Regional, Theater, and Visual Arts.
Within each field or discipline above, organizations may apply through one of the following categories:
Access to Artistic Excellence: To encourage and support artistic excellence, preserve our cultural heritage, and provide access to the arts for all Americans. This category supports projects that provide short-term arts exposure or arts appreciation for children and youth as well as intergenerational education projects.. (Deadlines: March 10 and August 11, 2008)
Challenge America: Reaching Every Community Fast-Track Review Grants: For support, primarily to small and mid-sized organizations, of projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations. Grants are for $10,000. (Deadline: June 2, 2008)
Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth: To advance arts education for children and youth in school-based or
community-based settings. This category supports in-depth, curriculum-based arts education experiences that occur over an extended period. Projects must provide participatory learning nd engage students with skilled artists, teachers, and excellent art. All projects must include the following components: 1. the opportunity for students and their teachers to experience exemplary works of art, in live form wherever possible; 2. study of the art experienced including the acquisition of skills for practicing the art form where appropriate; 3. the performance/making of art within the discipline(s) studied; and 4. assessment of student learning according to national or state arts education standards.. (Deadline: June 9, 2008)
NEA guidelines and deadline information can be found at: http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/index.html