The following funding opportunities notice is being sent to department chairs and administrators in the Arts & Humanities.  Please distribute as appropriate.
FAS Research Development
Opportunities in the Arts and Humanities
January, 2013

Upcoming Workshop: 
  • Finding Funding: Tools for Administrators
Funding Opportunities: 
  • Elson Family Arts Initiative
  • Dedalus Foundation Institutional Grants
  • David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Faculty Grants 
  • Kress Foundation Digital Resources Grants Program
  • Kress Foundation Conservation Grants 
  • Kress Foundation History of Art Grants 

Finding Funding: Tools for Administrators
February 5, 2013 10:00-11:30am
Northwest Science Building, Computer Lab B127

On February 5, 2013, FAS Research Development will offer an instructional workshop to demonstrate how to use funding search databases Pivot and Foundation Directory Online.  Targeted to FAS administrators--but open to all--this workshop provides a basic working knowledge of how to perform a funding search.  Participants will learn how to (1) gather information to optimize a search, (2) find and navigate the two funding opportunity databases; and (3) set up funding alerts, save searches and share results with others.

 

Administrators interested in attending this workshop may register on the Research Administration Services iSite.  Registration is required.

 

FAS Research Development offers a number of grantsmanship tools and resources for faculty and administrators, including links to funding databases and guides, proposal development tools and resources, a funding spotlight that highlights upcoming deadlines for notable funding opportunities, and an online proposal library with samples of successful proposals by FAS faculty.  Please check out  our website for more information on the services and resources provided by FAS Research Development.
Funding Opportunities
Unless otherwise noted, full proposals must be submitted to OSP for review five business days in advance of the sponsor deadline.  For questions regarding any of the opportunities listed below, please contact Erin Cromack, Research Development Officer, at cromack@fas.harvard.edu or 617-496-5252

Elson Family Arts Initiative
Deadline: January 25, 2013 or April 5, 2013 (Review by OSP is not required for this award)
Award Amount: up to $5,000.
Target Disciplines: All 
 

This fund is intended to support undergraduate education in the arts and humanities and the integration of the arts into the curriculum within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Course proposals may (but need not) involve collaborations across departments and divisions of the FAS. The selection committee will only consider proposals that have a curricular connection and that show the prudent use of funds. Special consideration will be given to proposals with a new art-making component.  

 

For more information, see here.  

Dedalus Foundation
Institutional Grants
Deadline: March 15, 2013
Award Amount: up to $25,000
Target Disciplines: Modern Art, Arts Education
 

The Dedalus Foundation educates the public by fostering public understanding of modern art and modernism through its support of research, education, publications, and exhibitions in this field.  The Dedalus Foundation Institutional Grants support educational programs, exhibitions, and publications by museums, universities, art schools, and other educational institutions.  In addition to providing funds for short term projects, the Foundation provides seed money to facilitate long term projects that are in their initial or planning stage. 

 

For more information, see here.  

David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Faculty Grants
Deadline: March 15, 2013 (Review by OSP is not required for these awards)
Award Amount: up to $20,000
Target Disciplines: Any discipline relating to Latin American Studies

Harvard's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) works to increase knowledge of the cultures, economies, histories, environment, and contemporary affairs of past and present Latin America.  Grants are available for collaborative research, individual research, curriculum development, language study and translation, research conferences, course based field trips or courses in Latin America, workshops, working groups, and film series.  Full-time Assistant, Associate and Full Professors in any Harvard department or school may apply. Preceptors, Lecturers, or Instructors may also apply provided they hold a full-time teaching position.

For more information, see here.

Kress Foundation
Digital Resources Grants Program
Deadline: April 1, 2013
Award Amount: varies - most awards are under $100,000
Target Disciplines: History of Art and Architecture, Digital Humanities

The Digital Resources program is intended to create incentives for historians of art and architecture, as well as archivists and librarians who support their work, to convert important existing information resources to digital form.  Support will also be offered for the digitization of important visual resources (especially art history photographic archives) in the area of pre-modern European art history; of primary textual sources (especially the literary and documentary sources of European art history); for promising initiatives in online publishing; and for innovative experiments in the field of digital art history. Please note that this grant program does not typically support the digitization of museum object collections.

 

For more information, see here . 

Kress Foundation
Conservation Grants
Deadline: April 1, 2013
Award Amount: varies, most awards are under $100,000
Target Disciplines:  Art Conservation, History of Art and Architecture

The Kress Foundation Conservation program supports the professional practice of art conservation, especially as it relates to European art of the pre-modern era. Grants are awarded to projects that create and disseminate specialized knowledge, including archival projects, development and dissemination of scholarly databases, documentation projects, exhibitions and publications focusing on art conservation, scholarly publications, and technical and scientific studies.  Grants are also awarded for activities that permit conservators and conservation scientists to share their expertise with both professional colleagues and a broad audience through international exchanges, professional meetings, conferences, symposia, consultations, the presentation of research, exhibitions that include a prominent focus on materials and techniques, and other professional events.

For more information, see  here.

Kress Foundation
History of Art Grants
Deadline: April 1, 2013
Award Amount: varies - most awards are under $100,000
Target Disciplines: History of Art (European)

The Kress Foundation History of Art program supports scholarly projects that will enhance the appreciation and understanding of European art and architecture.  Grants are awarded to projects that create and disseminate specialized knowledge, including archival projects, development and dissemination of scholarly databases, documentation projects, museum exhibitions and publications, photographic campaigns, scholarly catalogues and publications, and technical and scientific studies.  Grants are also awarded for activities that permit art historians to share their expertise through international exchanges, professional meetings, conferences, symposia, consultations, the presentation of research, and other professional events.

For more information, see here.
Contact
Erin Cromack
Research Development Officer
617-496-5252
Unless otherwise noted, all applications must be submitted to OSP for review five business days in advance of the sponsor deadline.