December 2021 - Upcoming Arts and Humanities Funding Opportunities
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INTERNAL LIMITED SUBMISSION 2022 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Grants for Arts Projects
Internal Deadline: January 19, 2022
Previously the Art Works category, the Grants for Arts Projects is the NEA's principal grants program. Through project-based funding, the program supports public engagement with, and access to, various forms of excellent art across the nation, the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, learning in the arts at all stages of life, and the integration of the arts into the fabric of community life. Projects may be large or small, existing or new, and may take place in any part of the nation’s 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. $10-100K; 1:1 cost share required.
INTERNAL Engaged Humanities Network Call for Proposals
Deadline: February 1, 2022 (online application)
Engaged Communities Mini Grants are designed to support publicly engaged research and teaching through mutually beneficial projects created between Syracuse University faculty, staff, and students and community partners. College of Arts & Sciences faculty are eligible to apply for $5,000 to develop and implement publicly engaged projects designed in collaboration with community partners. These projects should seek to co-create public goods based on community assets, needs and interests. Contact Brice Nordquist (banordqu@syr.edu) for more information.
Humanities New York Action Grants
Deadline: February 1, 2022
Action Grants offer up to $5,000 to implement humanities projects that encourage public audiences to reflect on their values, explore new ideas, and engage with others in their community. All subjects and themes relevant to the communities served are welcome. These grants aim to:
- Connect audiences more deeply to the communities where they live and work.
- Solidify community partnerships and diversify audiences.
- Creatively employ the tools of the humanities to respond to issues and ideas capturing the imagination and passion of New Yorkers today.
Deadline: February 15, 2022
Designed to promote and provide resources for projects at various stages of development that diversify the digital domain, advance justice and equity in digital scholarly practice, and/or contribute to public understanding of racial and social justice issues. This program especially supports projects that engage with the interests and histories of people of color and other historically marginalized communities, including (but not limited to) Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities; people with disabilities; and queer, trans, and gender nonconforming people. In this way, the program seeks to address the inequities in the distribution of access to tools and support for digital work among scholars across various fields, those working with under-utilized or understudied source materials, and those in institutions with less support for digital projects. The program offers two kinds of grants: Digital Justice Seed Grants for projects at early stages of development ($10-25K); and Digital Justice Development Grants ($50-100K)for projects that have advanced beyond the start-up or early phases of development. All grantees have the opportunity to receive tailored coaching from the Nonprofit Financing Fund in order to plan for the long-term stewardship and sustainability of their projects.
Deadline: February 15, 2022
This program is for visiting faculty and/or director-level staff from any colleges and universities nationally. Each faculty/staff member can submit an application where they will nominate one graduate student from their institution to travel with them to Johns Hopkins for this residential and fully immersed training program. Your two-person team will gain hands-on training in the new pedagogical model for humanities summer research, observe the Humanities Collaboratory, participate in webinars and info sessions both pre- and post-program, and have hands-on support from post-Collaboratory mentoring to program design as you launch similar programs at your institutions. Faculty/staff stipends will be $10,000 for 2022. Accompanying Graduate Students will receive $4,000. Contact Kate Hanson (khanso01@syr.edu) for more information.
NEH Institutes for Higher Education Faculty
Deadline: February 22, 2022 (optional draft due January 19, 2022)
NEH-funded institutes are professional development programs that convene higher education faculty from across the nation to deepen and enrich their understanding of significant topics in the humanities and enrich their capacity for effective scholarship and teaching. Up to $235K.