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A TO Z GRANTWRITING ARTS AND EDUCATION NEWSLETTER

JANUARY 2016

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Arts and Culture

Stamps School of Art and Design Residency Program, Deadline: Jan 15. An honorarium of $20K will be awarded for up to twelve weeks in residence served over the course of an academic year. http://stamps.umich.edu/witt

Indian Arts Research Center Residency Fellowships, Deadline: Jan 15. Grants of up to $3K will be awarded to Native artists in the United States and Canada to explore new avenues of creativity, grapple with ideas that have the potential to further advance their work, and strengthen their existing talents. http://sarweb.org/index.php?artists

First Nations Development Institute Grants for Native-Arts Capacity Building, Deadline: Jan 15. Capacity-building grants of up to $30K will be awarded to Native organizations and tribal programs serving the field of Native American arts. http://www.firstnations.org/grantmaking/2016NACBI

Terra Summer Residency Fellowships in Giverny, France, Deadline: Jan 15. Artists and arts scholars will be lodged in the village of Giverny and be given office/studio space, lunches, and a $5K stipend as part of a nine-week residency involving independent work, seminars, and mentoring. http://www.terraamericanart.org/what-we-offer/grant-fellowship-opportuni...

American Music Abroad’s International Exchange Program, Deadline: Jan 24. Each year, approximately ten ensembles are selected to conduct regional cultural exchange tours in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Central and South America, and the Middle East. http://amvoices.org/ama/

Cal Humanities Community Stories Grants Program, Deadline: Feb 1. Matching grants of up to $10K are available for story-based public humanities projects that collect, preserve, interpret, and share the stories of California communities, past and present. http://calhum.org/grants/community-stories-grant

Arts Midwest’s Shakespeare in American Communities Program, Deadline: Feb 4. The Shakespeare for a New Generation program supports nonprofit theater companies that present works by Shakespeare to underserved middle- and high-school students. http://shakespeareinamericancommunities.org/about/application-process/20...

Ucross Foundation’s Fall 2016 Artist Residency Program, Deadline: Mar 1. Located in Sheridan, Wyoming, the residency program provides uninterrupted time, work space, and living accommodations to competitively selected visual artists, writers, and composers. http://www.ucrossfoundation.org/residency-program/

Terra Foundation Funding for American Art Exhibitions, Deadline: Mar 1. The foundation supports exhibitions designed to enlarge public understanding and appreciation of American art made between 1500 and 1980. http://www.terraamericanart.org/what-we-offer/grant-fellowship-opportuni...

University at Buffalo Creative Arts’ Residency Programs, Deadline: Mar 1. Short-or long-term residencies that include a grant of up to $60K will be awarded to artists working in any artistic discipline. http://www.buffalo.edu/content/dam/www/cai/RFP%20with%20Form.pdf

National Endowment for the Arts - http://www.nea.gov/

State Arts Agencies - http://www.nasaa-arts.org/new/nasaa/aoa/aoa_contents.shtml

Artdeadline - http://artdeadline.com/

Art Deadlines List - http://artdeadlineslist.com

Cultural Funding: Federal Opportunities - http://arts.endow.gov/federal.html

Target Arts in Education Program - http://target.com/schools/grants.asp

FundsNets – Arts and Humanities - http://www.fundsnetservices.com/arts2.htm

Education

Spencer Foundation Education Conference Grants, Deadline: Jan 11. Grants of up to $50K will be awarded in support of conferences that bring together scholars to tackle problems in education research, particularly those related to the area of teaching and learning. http://www.spencer.org/conference-grants-0

AACR Grants for Neuroendocrine Cancer Research, Deadline: Jan 12. A single grant of $250K will be awarded over two years to support a project in basic, translational, clinical, or epidemiological cancer research. http://www.aacr.org/Newsroom/Pages/News-Release-Detail.aspx?ItemID=801#....

Kauffman Foundation’s 2016 Junior Faculty Fellowship in Entrepreneurship Research, Deadline: Jan 19. Grants of up to $35K will be awarded to help junior-level faculty establish a record of scholarship and exhibit their potential for making significant contributions to the body of research in entrepreneurship. http://www.kauffman.org/microsites/kjff

Foundation for Infectious Disease Society of America’s Medical Scholars Program, Deadline: Feb 10. The foundation will award scholarships in the amount of $2,000 to U.S. and Canadian medical students for mentored research projects within the subspecialty of infectious diseases. http://www.idsociety.org/Medical_Scholars_Program/

Macy Foundation’s 2016 Faculty Scholars Program, Deadline: Feb 17. Grants of up to $200K over two years will be awarded to promising educational scholars to implement new educational innovations at their home institutions and participate in career development activities. http://macyfoundation.org/macy-scholars

NCTM School Training Grants for 9-12 Grade Math Teachers, Deadline: May 6. Grants of up to $4K will be awarded to 9-12 grade mathematics teachers to support their professional development, pedagogical content knowledge, and knowledge of students as learners of mathematics. http://www.nctm.org/404/?aspxerrorpath=/resources/content.aspx

US Department of Education - http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html

California Department of Education - http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/af/

The Chronicle of Higher Education - http://chronicle.com/section/Home/5

Department of State - http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=202974

Ed.gov - http://www.ed.gov/

SchoolGrants.com - http://www.schoolgrants.org/

National Education Association - http://www.nea.org/

Journalism/Media

Religion Communicators Council’s 2016 Wilbur Awards, Deadline: Feb 5. The annual award recognizes outstanding coverage and representation of faith and religion in the secular media. http://www.religioncommunicators.org/wilbur-awards

PHILANTHROPY and VOLUNTARISM

First Foundation Grants for Nonprofits for Capacity Building Grants and Services, Deadline: Jan 30. Cash grants of up to $5K and up to twenty hours of consulting services will be awarded to nonprofits located in the firm's service areas in California and Hawaii. http://www.ff-inc.com/soc/

Lilly School Grants for Research on Generosity/Philanthropy, Deadline: Feb 12. Grants of up to $40K will be awarded for research projects on life-course generosity in two distinct areas — innovation within the social sciences and within the arts/humanities. https://philanthropy.iupui.edu/research/grants-scholars.html

Start a Snowball Grants for Youth Philanthropy Projects, Deadline: Rolling. Grants of up to $100 will be awarded in support of philanthropic projects led by youth between the ages of 5 and 18. http://startasnowball.com/philanthropic-grant-for-kids/

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

APA’s Congressional Fellowship Program, Deadline: Jan 8. Fellows will receive stipends of up to $90K to spend a year working for a member of Congress or a congressional committee. http://www.apa.org/about/awards/congress-fellow.aspx

NIHCM Foundation Grants for Health Services Research Projects, Deadline: Jul 13 (Letters of Inquiry). The foundation will award grants totaling $250K to up to five projects that are designed to advance the existing knowledge base in the areas of healthcare financing, delivery, management, and/or policy. http://www.nihcm.org/grants/research-grants

FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES IN A VARIETY OF TOPICS

Federal Grants Wire - http://www.federalgrantswire.com/

Grants.gov - http://www.grants.gov/

FundsNet - http://www.fundsnetservices.com/

GrantsAlert - http://grantsalert.com/

Grants Hotline - www.grantshotline.com

IN THE NEWS

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES RECEIVES $4 MILLION FOR VISION CENTER.
Children's Hospital LA announced two gifts totaling $4 million for its Vision Center, an international center for children with complex eye diseases. The gifts include $2 million from Shanghai-based Larry & Celia Moh Foundation and A. Linn Murphree, founder of the retinoblastoma program at CHLA and professor of ophthalmology at the Eye Institute, who has pledged an additional $2 million to endow the chair. "We are very grateful for the vital funding provided by the Moh family and by Dr. Murphree," said Thomas C. Lee, division head of the Vision Center and associate professor of ophthalmology at the USC Eye Institute. "Their generosity will enable Dr. Kim and his team to carry on the legacy established by Dr. Murphree to research and develop new treatment modalities to save the eyes and lives of children with retinoblastoma." "$4 Million Contributed to Establish Chair for The Vision Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles." Children's Hospital Los Angeles Press Release 12/16/2015. Link to the press release: http://www.chla.org/press-release/4-million-contributed-establish-chair-...

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