Major Project Grants
Individual: $2,000-$10,000; Collaborative: $2,000-$20,000
Deadline: Applications must be received electronically by ARI Administrator Christina Waters by 5 p.m. on February 10, 2012
- A. Purpose.
- B. Types of Grants and Eligibility.
- C. Individual major project grants.
- D. Collaborative major project grants.
- E. Multiple applications.
- F. Application deadline and award notification.
These highly competitive grants support specific projects that will enhance the national and international prominence of the arts at UCSC and increase the quality and vitality of research or creative work in theory, scholarship, and/or practice in the arts. These criteria will form the basis for the Committee's award decisions.
Applications will be accepted in two categories: (a) Individual major project grants, and (b) Collaborative major project grants. Funding levels differ (see below). All Arts Division ladder faculty may apply as individuals and/or part of a collaborative project.
Individual ladder faculty members in the Arts Division may apply for a major project grant. Levels of support in this category are $2,000-$10,000 . In order to maximize support for worthy projects, few applications will be funded at the $10,000 level; therefore applicants should apply only for the funding needed and carefully justify all expenses. NOTE: Individuals who receive a major project grant will not be awarded a Faculty Mini-grant in the same academic year.
Groups of faculty (which may include lecturers) may apply for grants of $2,000-$20,000. Collaborators from other divisions, and other institutions, must seek additional funding. Collaborators must supply a letter or email of commitment to the project, which must accompany the application. Awards will normally be less than the $20,000 maximum; funding at the highest level permitted by these guidelines will be reserved for extraordinary proposals. Therefore, applicants should apply only for the funds needed and should carefully justify all expenses. Please note these specific requirements: (1) each application must detail a unified, coherent project (not a diverse set of projects by various members of the group; a lecture series based on a unified theme or a mini-conference or inter-related series of seminars fulfills this requirement); (2) One faculty member must serve as PI (principal investigator) for the project; that person must be the leading creative participant and/or organizer. Individuals awarded a collaborative grant remain eligible for a Faculty Mini-grant in the same year.
Faculty may submit a maximum of one individual grant and one collaborative grant on which s/he is PI in any single academic year.
Applications for Major Project Grants must be received by Feb.10, 2012 at 5 p.m. for projects taking place between July of the application year and the following August. Decisions will be rendered by April 1. Late or incomplete applications will not be forwarded to the committee.
