Proposals require decanal endorsement before they can be submitted. Above deadline is for submission to Dean; the Women's Board deadline is 3/2/15. Funding contingent upon presentation to WB on 4/29 or 4/30, 2015.
The Women’s Board invites your proposals for projects to be funded in the 2015–2016 academic year. Below please find information on the format and content of submissions, deadlines, and other pertinent information. This information may also be found online at http://womensboard.uchicago.edu/page/information-grant-applicants.
The Terra Foundation for American Art actively supports projects that encourage international scholarship on American art topics, as well as scholarly projects with focused theses that explore American art in an international context.
Eligibility: The foundation only accepts proposals from institutions with United States 501(c)(3) status or the international equivalent. Grants are not made to individuals.
Academic funding is available for symposia, colloquia, and scholarly convenings on American art that take place:
In Chicago or outside the United States
In the United States that examine American art within an international context and/or include a significant number of international participants
Above deadline is for Dramatic Arts grants; the deadline is 2/1/14 for Museum/Literary Arts grants and 4/1/14 for Music grants. (Applications for Dance grants are due 10/1/14.)
The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation is a private independent foundation. Its principal focus is to support the arts and cultural organizations. Organizations supported include, but are not limited to, musical performance organizations, theatre and dance companies, historical societies and museums. The overall grant making focus of the foundation is on artistic achievement in presentation or performance rather than educational enrichment or outreach.
Grants are not typically given to help meet operating budgets, and the Foundation does not generally make unrestricted grants. Rather, grants are project-oriented with the goal of funding worthwhile projects which otherwise might not receive necessary funding.
Unsolicited grant requests will be considered only for organizations in the Chicago Metropolitan area.
The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation accepts both letters of inquiry (via post or email) and phone inquiries. This communication should include a brief description of the proposed project, a project budget and other projected sources of support. Grants are made only to tax-exempt organizations.
Grants for Activities Aimed at Introducing and Promoting Catalan Literature and Scholarly Works Abroad
The Institut Ramon Llull awards grants for activities aimed at introducing and promoting Catalan literature abroad and taking place during the grant-award year.
The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities offers residential fellowships to scholars and writers in the humanities. We seek applications that are intellectually stimulating, imaginative, and accessible to the public. There are no restrictions on topic, and applications are invited from across the broad spectrum of the humanities.
Application deadlines are as follows: January 15, 2014, for the fall-winter semester beginning in September 2014, and April 15, 2014, for the winter-spring semester beginning in February 2015.
Bogliasco Fellowships are awarded, without regard to nationality, to qualified persons doing advanced creative work or scholarly research in the following disciplines:
The Loeb Classical Library Foundation will award grants to qualified scholars to support research, publication, and other projects in the area of classical studies during the academic year 2012-2013. Grants will normally range from $1,000 to $35,000 and may occasionally exceed that limit in the case of unusually interesting and promising projects. Three years must elapse after receiving an LCLF grant for sabbatical replacement before applying again for one. From time to time a much larger grant may be available, as funding permits, to support a major project. Applicants must have faculty or faculty emeritus status at the time of application and during the entire time covered by the grant.
PROJECTED DEADLINE; will be updated when new date is released. Applications may be submitted electronically or by mail; three letters of recommendation required.
The Loeb Classical Library Foundation will award grants to qualified scholars to support research, publication, and other projects in the area of classical studies during the academic year 2012-2013. Grants will normally range from $1,000 to $35,000 and may occasionally exceed that limit in the case of unusually interesting and promising projects. Three years must elapse after receiving an LCLF grant for sabbatical replacement before applying again for one.
PROJECTED DEADLINE; will be updated when new date is posted. A second round of applications is due December 1st. Preference given to junior scholars; application includes two letters of support.
Since 1933, the American Philosophical Society has awarded small grants to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. In 2012–2013 the Franklin Research Grants program awarded $435,000 to 85 scholars, and the Society expects to make a similar number of awards in this year’s competition.
