UChicago Arts Council Grants

UChicago Arts Grants

Awards: $1,500 to $7,500 

Fall Quarter Deadline: November 2, 2012

Winter Quarter Deadline: Friday, January 25, 2013

Spring Quarter Deadline: Friday, April 26, 2013

The Arts Council solicits original ideas for the creation and presentation of arts in all genres. Proposals are accepted only from university-based or -affiliated organizations or units: faculty, departments or centers, recognized student organizations (RSO), campus cultural institutions, and other organizations involved in campus life. 

More grants for faculty and full time lecturers

Curricular Innovation Grants

Awards: $1,000 to $3,500

Fall Quarter Deadline: Friday, November 2, 2012

Winter Quarter Deadline: Friday, January 25, 2013

Spring Quarter Deadline: Friday, April 26, 2013

Grant support is available for individual or groups of faculty and full-time lecturers who wish to develop new undergraduate or graduate courses in the arts, or revise and renew existing arts courses. The Arts Council encourages the creation of cross-divisional and cross-departmental courses, intra-departmental courses that stretch the usual boundaries, and projects that combine rigorous scholarly and theoretical approaches with creative and performative practice and study. 

Course Arts Resource Fund

Awards: Small grants up to $500 

Deadline: Proposals may be submitted anytime during academic quarters

This special fund cover arts-related expenses for undergraduate and graduate courses. The grants are available to defray the costs related to such activities as: inviting a visiting artist to a class; organizing a class visit to a performance or exhibition; or providing arts materials for classroom use such as recordings, videos, or web pages, etc. The Arts Council particularly encourages requests from instructors who may not routinely integrate the arts into their courses.