The School of the Arts in collaboration with the College of Arts and Sciences Research and Creative Activity Hub seeks grant applications for the 2025-2026 academic year.
These grants are available to any full-time faculty in School of the Arts programs or any team of faculty with at least one co-principal investigator who occupies a full-time post in a School of the Arts program.
Interested faculty should submit grant proposals on one of three tracks, following the school’s goals and the College of Arts and Sciences strategic plan. Those tracks are:
Cross-pollination
Collaborative engagement and/or entrepreneurship in research and creative activity (i.e. specific project development and investment, programming to get to know faculty and units from across the university, creating time and space to explore new partnerships). Faculty from at least two different disciplines who would like to collaborate may submit joint proposals of up to $10,000. Smaller grant applications are welcome.
Student success
Experiential learning and career readiness in teaching (e.g. integrating career readiness into syllabi, reviewing course activities, developing an internship program with civic organizations, incorporating community engagement into courses, exploring field schools and other types of experiential learning, creating linked learning community structures, supporting arts residency and fellowship programs for students, etc). Award amounts for single faculty projects: up to $5,000. Award amounts for projects with multiple faculty: up to $10,000. Smaller grant applications are welcome.
Project completion
This program supports performances, publications, exhibitions and other presentations that require modest additional funding to complete. The program assists with such needs as space and equipment rentals, recording fees, fabrication, shipping, book subvention, reproduction, transportation and performers’ fees. The primary evaluative criterion is that the funds will help secure a wider audience for the applicant’s work and ensure greater impact on their field. Each proposed project must be completed within one year of receiving an award. Award amounts for single faculty: up to $1000.
Interested faculty should submit an application by Friday, Dec. 19. Applications must include a project narrative of no more than 4 pages (12 pt. double-spaced), which includes:
- Project timeline that demonstrates the ability to complete the project, which includes key project milestones and anticipated points in the project’s development where the School of the Arts could document your work through video or photographs.
- Identification of the grant track you are applying to and how it connects to the School of the Arts mission.
- Description of the project, the roles of its personnel, its audience and venue and how it features the track area. If students or community partners will be part of the project, please explain the role they will play.
- An itemized budget. Funding should defray project costs; it is not a stipend. Project costs may include types of travel that are distinct or not covered from other COAS travel fund programs. If there are additional sources of funding supporting the project, please identify the sources, amount and status of the funding especially if this is an ongoing request. Please be sure to include staff time given that projects usually require some kind of important support from these valued team members, and we appreciate you notifying your chair that you may ask for this staff assistance.
- Plan for assessing outcomes and impacts of work.
The School of the Arts will announce awardees on Feb. 15, 2026.