03/01/13

08/02/13 (If August Nominee)

03/07/13 (or later, depending on the subcategory selected)

08/08/13 (If August Nominee)

Grants for Arts Projects support exemplary projects in artist communities, arts education, dance, design, folk and traditional arts, literature, local arts agencies, media arts, museums, music, opera, presenting and multidisciplinary works, theater and musical theater, and visual arts.

Art Works

This category supports the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and the strengthening of communities through the arts. Within these areas, innovative projects are strongly encouraged. Typical projects include the commissioning and development of new work, the presentation of performances or exhibitions at home or on tour, arts education projects for pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade students, the documentation and preservation of significant artworks or cultural traditions, the publication and dissemination of work important to the field, innovative uses of new models or technology to create work or engage audiences, and the professional training of artists.

Grants generally range from $10,000 to $100,000.

Challenge America Fast-Track

Introduction

The Challenge America Fast-Track category offers support primarily to small and mid-sized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations -- those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. Age alone (e.g., youth, seniors) does not qualify a group as underserved; at least one of the underserved characteristics noted above also must be present. Grants are available for professional arts programming and for projects that emphasize the potential of the arts in community development.

This category encourages and supports the following two outcomes:

• Engagement: Public engagement with diverse and excellent art.
• Livability: The strengthening of communities through the arts.

The complete Challenge America Fast-Track solicitation is here: http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/GAP14/Challenge.html

Please see the solicitation for complete information.

One (1) application on behalf of The University per year through one of the above programs (Not through each of the above programs)

Associate Deans or Designates should submit the following materials electronically to limitedsub@austin.utexas.edu by 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 5, 2013:

1. Dean's or ORU Director's Letter of Nomination
2. Two page maximum lay abstract describing the aims/needs of the proposed research project.
3. Short bio sketch/CV of the UT PI

Each college may submit one (1) nomination.

MAJOR NOTE

Separate and identifiable components under The University (such as a presenting organization, radio station, museum, or UT Press) may submit a separate proposal for each program. An academic department is NOT an independent component. Please clear independent component proposals through the limited submission email address. If you are unsure you are a separate component, please contact me immediately at limitedsub@austin.utexas.edu or by phone at (512) 471-6424.