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Research Opportunities
Federal Grants:
National Endowment for the Arts www.arts.gov/
The National Endowment for the Arts exists to foster, preserve, and promote excellence in the arts, to bring art to all Americans, and to provide leadership in arts education. The Endowment is the nations largest annual funder of the arts.
Cultural Funding:
Federal Opportunities www.arts.gov:591/federal.html
This is a great index site of all federal grants, produced by the NEA. It provides links to all other federal agencies that offer arts/cultural related grants.
Private Corporate & Foundation Grants:
Typically, a Google search using keywords like foundation & grant or corporate & grant will bring up many options. However, below are some agencies specializing in private funding opportunities
The Foundation Center fdncenter.org/
The Foundation Center also offers a searchable database for a monthly fee.
Philanthropy News Digest fdncenter.org/pnd/index.jhtml
RFP Bulletin fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/index.jhtml
Grantmaker fdncenter.org/funders/grantmaker/index.html
The Council of Foundations www.cof.org/
This site connects users to all sorts of foundation and grant writing information.
Regional/State Funding
Utah State Resources ucgi.scs.tec.ut.us/ucgi/UTAHRSRC.HTM
Sponsored by the Utah Center for Grant Information and Training
ucgi.scs.tec.ut.us/ucgi/index.htm
Utah Arts Council arts.utah.gov/index.html
Utah Foundations and Grants
arts.utah.gov/csp/foundations.html
Internal funding
University Funding:
VP for Research: Funding Opportunitieswww.research.utah.edu/funding/index.html
This updated site includes university research funding for faculty, and links and indexes for external funding resources.
Community of Science (COS): Funding Opportunities
www.cos.com/
The most comprehensive source of funding information available on the Web, with more than 23,000 records, representing over 400,000 funding opportunities. Access requires a log-in, so contact OSP (http://www.osp.utah.edu/) for your log-in name. Features include auto-notification if any grants appear using your chosen keywords.
Faculty Computing Funds
Provides 50% matching grants for faculty computers. For details, contact the Fine Arts Assistant Dean for Technology directly. Annual grant requests are usually due in January for the next academic year. Faculty proposals must be approved by the Chair of the department and the Dean of the College.
Student Computing Funding Provides capital funding for student computing facilities. For details, contact the Fine Arts Assistant Dean for Technology directly. Annual grant requests are usually due in January for the next academic year. All proposals must be approved by the Chair of the department and the Dean of the College.
Additional information
How to apply for grants:
Contact the Fine Arts Assistant Dean for Research for consultation. Please note that ALL external grant proposals need to be approved by the Universitys Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) www.osp.utah.edu/ prior to submission.
Research Involving Human Subjects:
Any use of human subjects is subject to IRB (Institutional Review Board) oversight. Some uses are exempt from review, but most are not. IRB approval is necessary before a grant proposal is submitted. For more information, contact the Assistant Dean for Research or the IRB office www.utah.edu/irb/.
Office of Sponsored Projects
Submission Process and Procedure:
OSP must receive a proposal for approval at least 2 days in advance of the deadline. Proposals can be submitted to them electronically. A proposal must be accompanied by two documents (unless advised otherwise):
Document Summary Sheet, Non-Clinical, available on OSPs web site: www.osp.utah.edu/forms/index.html#index
Detailed Budget Summary
For assistance with these documents, contact the Assistant Dean for Research and/or the OSP Grants & Contracts Officer assigned to Fine Arts. Note that all external grants are subject to ?Facilities and Administrative? indirect cost reimbursement rates. These fixed rates vary depending on the kind project, but on-campus rates range from 27.5% to 49% of the total grant amount. For details, contact the Assistant Dean for Research and/or the OSP Grants & Contracts Officer assigned to Fine Arts. The rate agreement (PDF document) can be downloaded here:
2003-2006 F&A Rate Agreement
Creative/Scholarly Research Awards
Mission: To promote and encourage creative/scholarly research in the arts. "Research" is broadly defined and includes, but is not limited to: creation of new art works the interpretation, analysis, history and criticism of the arts pedagogical studies the development of new art forms or new performances and exhibitions The College of Fine Arts Creative/Scholarly Research Awards are awarded on a competitive basis in order to stimulate and encourage creative and scholarly research in the arts. Intra/interdisciplinary group submissions are welcomed.
Proposals will be reviewed by the College of Fine Arts Research Award Committee and will be evaluated on the basis of; quality of proposal, merit, and importance to the field. The Committee will review, prioritize, and recommend levels of funding to the Dean of the College of Fine Arts, who will make the final decision on awards.
For additional information and application materials, please download the complete application.
Dean's Travel Fund
The Dean's Office is happy to announce that the Travel Fund will continue this year for all tenured/tenure track faculty. Faculty may apply to receive these funds by first approaching their Chairs/Directors to outline the planned travel, which must include the faculty member presenting or performing. The Chairs/Directors must be willing to match the funds provided from the College Office.
In an effort to streamline the application process, we will use a Word application form
The faculty member will complete the first page and forward it to their Chair/Director, who will then fill out and attach the second page of the form and forward the completed hard copy to the Associate Dean.
Completed applications may be submitted throughout the academic year for travel activities that occur during the same academic year.
Please feel free to contact Associate Dean Brent Schneider directly if you have any questions about a specific project.
Federal Grants:
National Endowment for the Arts www.arts.gov/
The National Endowment for the Arts exists to foster, preserve, and promote excellence in the arts, to bring art to all Americans, and to provide leadership in arts education. The Endowment is the nations largest annual funder of the arts.
Cultural Funding:
Federal Opportunities www.arts.gov:591/federal.html
This is a great index site of all federal grants, produced by the NEA. It provides links to all other federal agencies that offer arts/cultural related grants.
Private Corporate & Foundation Grants:
Typically, a Google search using keywords like foundation & grant or corporate & grant will bring up many options. However, below are some agencies specializing in private funding opportunities
The Foundation Center fdncenter.org/
The Foundation Center also offers a searchable database for a monthly fee.
Philanthropy News Digest fdncenter.org/pnd/index.jhtml
RFP Bulletin fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/index.jhtml
Grantmaker fdncenter.org/funders/grantmaker/index.html
The Council of Foundations www.cof.org/
This site connects users to all sorts of foundation and grant writing information.
Regional/State Funding
Utah State Resources ucgi.scs.tec.ut.us/ucgi/UTAHRSRC.HTM
Sponsored by the Utah Center for Grant Information and Training
ucgi.scs.tec.ut.us/ucgi/index.htm
Utah Arts Council arts.utah.gov/index.html
Utah Foundations and Grants
arts.utah.gov/csp/foundations.html
Internal funding
University Funding:
VP for Research: Funding Opportunitieswww.research.utah.edu/funding/index.html
This updated site includes university research funding for faculty, and links and indexes for external funding resources.
Community of Science (COS): Funding Opportunities
www.cos.com/
The most comprehensive source of funding information available on the Web, with more than 23,000 records, representing over 400,000 funding opportunities. Access requires a log-in, so contact OSP (http://www.osp.utah.edu/) for your log-in name. Features include auto-notification if any grants appear using your chosen keywords.
Faculty Computing Funds
Provides 50% matching grants for faculty computers. For details, contact the Fine Arts Assistant Dean for Technology directly. Annual grant requests are usually due in January for the next academic year. Faculty proposals must be approved by the Chair of the department and the Dean of the College.
Student Computing Funding Provides capital funding for student computing facilities. For details, contact the Fine Arts Assistant Dean for Technology directly. Annual grant requests are usually due in January for the next academic year. All proposals must be approved by the Chair of the department and the Dean of the College.
Additional information
How to apply for grants:
Contact the Fine Arts Assistant Dean for Research for consultation. Please note that ALL external grant proposals need to be approved by the Universitys Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) www.osp.utah.edu/ prior to submission.
Research Involving Human Subjects:
Any use of human subjects is subject to IRB (Institutional Review Board) oversight. Some uses are exempt from review, but most are not. IRB approval is necessary before a grant proposal is submitted. For more information, contact the Assistant Dean for Research or the IRB office www.utah.edu/irb/.
Office of Sponsored Projects
Submission Process and Procedure:
OSP must receive a proposal for approval at least 2 days in advance of the deadline. Proposals can be submitted to them electronically. A proposal must be accompanied by two documents (unless advised otherwise):
Document Summary Sheet, Non-Clinical, available on OSPs web site: www.osp.utah.edu/forms/index.html#index
Detailed Budget Summary
For assistance with these documents, contact the Assistant Dean for Research and/or the OSP Grants & Contracts Officer assigned to Fine Arts. Note that all external grants are subject to ?Facilities and Administrative? indirect cost reimbursement rates. These fixed rates vary depending on the kind project, but on-campus rates range from 27.5% to 49% of the total grant amount. For details, contact the Assistant Dean for Research and/or the OSP Grants & Contracts Officer assigned to Fine Arts. The rate agreement (PDF document) can be downloaded here:
2003-2006 F&A Rate Agreement
Creative/Scholarly Research Awards
Mission: To promote and encourage creative/scholarly research in the arts. "Research" is broadly defined and includes, but is not limited to: creation of new art works the interpretation, analysis, history and criticism of the arts pedagogical studies the development of new art forms or new performances and exhibitions The College of Fine Arts Creative/Scholarly Research Awards are awarded on a competitive basis in order to stimulate and encourage creative and scholarly research in the arts. Intra/interdisciplinary group submissions are welcomed.
Proposals will be reviewed by the College of Fine Arts Research Award Committee and will be evaluated on the basis of; quality of proposal, merit, and importance to the field. The Committee will review, prioritize, and recommend levels of funding to the Dean of the College of Fine Arts, who will make the final decision on awards.
For additional information and application materials, please download the complete application.
Dean's Travel Fund
The Dean's Office is happy to announce that the Travel Fund will continue this year for all tenured/tenure track faculty. Faculty may apply to receive these funds by first approaching their Chairs/Directors to outline the planned travel, which must include the faculty member presenting or performing. The Chairs/Directors must be willing to match the funds provided from the College Office.
In an effort to streamline the application process, we will use a Word application form
The faculty member will complete the first page and forward it to their Chair/Director, who will then fill out and attach the second page of the form and forward the completed hard copy to the Associate Dean.
Completed applications may be submitted throughout the academic year for travel activities that occur during the same academic year.
Please feel free to contact Associate Dean Brent Schneider directly if you have any questions about a specific project.