OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
Fellowship
and Grant Opportunities
Updated: August 2005
¯ American
Academy in Berlin – Berlin Prize Fellowships
Fellowships for 2006-07 for scholars, artists, and
professionals who wish to engage in independent study in Berlin for an entire
academic semester. Candidates must
be US citizens or permanent residents and have completed their doctorate degree
at the time of application.
DEADLINES: October 17, 2005
(receipt date in Berlin, Germany)
TELEPHONE: 212-588-1755 (New York
office)
¯ American
Music Center: Composer Assistance Program
Assists members with the expenses of copying and
reproducing parts for premiere performances.
DEADLINES: October 1, 2005
TELEPHONE: 212-366-5260
www.amc.net/resources/grants/cap.html
¯ Atlantic
Center for the Arts – Artist in Residence Program
The center, located in New Smyrna Beach, Florida
invites visual artists, writers, composers, and dancers to apply to its Artists
in Residence Program. Residencies
are for approximately 3 weeks.
DEADLINES: Vary by artistsÕ
categories
TELEPHONE: 386-427-6975
www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org
¯ Dactyl
Foundation for the Arts & Humanities – Grants to Writers
A $1,000 award for essays on literary theory,
aesthetics, or poetics, which are grounded in science, is available. An essay may be submitted by the author
or nominated by another individual at any time.
DEADLINES: none
TELEPHONE: 212-219-2344
www.dactyl.org/thought/thought.html#essay
¯ Alden
B. Dow Creativity Center
Resident summer fellowships in the arts, sciences,
and humanities at Northwood University in Midland, MI for individuals who wish
to pursue an innovative project or creative idea.
DEADLINES: December 31, 2005
TELEPHONE: 989-837-4478
¯ The
Fine Arts Work Center – Winter Fellowship Program
Residential fellowships are
offered in Provincetown, MA for Creative Writing and Visual Arts.
DEADLINES: December 1, 2005
– Creative Writing and February 1, 2006 – Visual Arts
TELEPHONE: 508-487-9960
www.fawc.org/winter/index.shtm
¯ Getty
Research Institute – Theme Year Scholars
Nine-month residential fellowships
or 1-3 month fellowships are available.
Grants are for scholars, artists, or writers working on projects related
to the 2006-07 theme of Religion and Ritual.
DEADLINES: November 1, 2005
TELEPHONE: 310-440-7374
www.getty.edu/grants/research/scholars/scholars.html
¯ John
Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation – Fellowships to Assist Research and
Artistic Creation
Fellowships for advanced professionals in natural
sciences, social sciences, humanities, and creative arts. Fellowships are awarded for 6-12
months.
DEADLINES: October 1, 2005
TELEPHONE: 212-687-4470
¯ Hambidge
Center for Creative Arts & Sciences: Residency Program
Supports creative work in literature, visual arts,
ceramics, dance, music & composition, and photography. Residential stay in Georgia is for 2-8
weeks.
DEADLINES: September 15, 2005,
January 15 and May 15, 2006
TELEPHONE: 706-746-5718
¯ Jentel
Artist Residency Program
Four-week residencies are intended as professional
development opportunities for writers in all genre and visual artists in all
media at Jentel located near Sheridan, Wyoming.
DEADLINES: September 15, 2005 and
January 15, 2006
TELEPHONE: 307-737-2311
¯ Liguria
Study Center Residencies
Located on the Italian Riviera, the Center offers
residential fellowships for artists and scholars in the arts and
humanities. Eligible disciplines
include: Archaeology, Architecture, Classics, Dance, Film or Video, History,
Landscape Architecture, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Theater, and the Visual
Arts.
DEADLINES: Check back for updated
deadline information
TELEPHONE: None available
www.liguriastudycenter.org/english/home.htm
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¯ University
of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
The University offers an international prize in
recognition of outstanding achievement by a living composer in a large musical
genre: choral, orchestral, chamber, electronic, song-cycle, dance, opera,
musical theater, extended solo work, etc.
Nomination is required, and self-nomination is not allowed.
DEADLINES: Internal Deadline:
January 5, 2005 – External Deadline: January 23, 2006
TELEPHONE: 502-852-6907
www.louisville.edu/ur/onpi/grawemeyer/music/index.html
¯ MacDowell
Colony
Residencies in Peterborough, NH support writing, composition,
visual art, photography, printmaking, filmmaking, and architecture.
DEADLINES: September 15, 2005,
January 15, 2006, and April 15, 2006
TELEPHONE: 603-924-3886
¯ Michigan
Society of Fellows
Selects applicants for three-year fellowships in the
arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Fellows are expected to be in residence
during the academic years of the fellowship and to teach for the equivalent of
one academic year. Applicants received their Ph.D. between June 1, 2003 -
September 1, 2006
DEADLINES: September 30, 2005
TELEPHONE: 734-763-1259
www.rackham.umich.edu/Faculty/society.html
¯ Montana
Artists Refuge
Artist-run residency program, located in Basin,
Montana, provides residences of 1 month to 1 year.
DEADLINES: January 15, 2006, May
15, 2006, and August 15, 2006
TELEPHONE: (406) 225-3500
www.montanaartistsrefuge.org/resprogram.htm
¯ National
Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Project Grants
Grants awarded to organizations and individuals to
support efforts that advance the research and/or broad reaching implementations
of original scientific research projects related to the impact of music on the
human condition, such as the links between music study and early childhood
development, the effects of music therapy, and the medical and occupational
well being of music professionals.
DEADLINES: October 1, 2005
TELEPHONE: 310-392-3777
¯ Radcliffe
Institute Fellowships: Harvard University
Fellowships are designed to
support scholars, scientists, artists, and writers who wish to pursue work in
academic and professional fields and in the creative arts.
DEADLINES: October 3 (humanists,
social scientists and creative artists)
TELEPHONE: 617-496-1324
http://www.radcliffe.edu/fellowships/
¯ The
Anthony Radziwill Documentary Fund
Fund provides seed/development grants for
independently produced documentary projects by U.S. resident filmmakers.
DEADLINES: March 1, 2006
TELEPHONE: 212-465-8200 x830
http://market.ifp.org/newyork/docfund/index03.html
¯ Rockefeller
Foundation – Bellagio Study and Conference Center Residencies
The Center, located on Lake Como in Northern Italy,
offers funding to scholars, artists, writers, and scientists for one-month
stays as well as for workshops, teams or researchers and individual longer-term
stays.
DEADLINES: January 2 and August 1,
2006 (postmark deadlines)
TELETELEPHONE: 212-869-8500
www.rockfound.org/display.asp?context=3&SectionTypeID=6
¯ Vermont
Studio Center – Fellowships
Offers residential fellowships at
the Center for artists and writers for 4 weeks.
DEADLINES: October 1, 2005,
February 15, 2006, and June 15, 2006
TELEPHONE: 802-635-2727
www.vermontstudiocenter.org/fullfellowship.html
¯ Virginia
Center for the Creative Arts – Residential Fellowships
Offers residential fellowships at
Mt. San Angelo for 2 weeks to 2 months for writers, visual artists, and
composers. It also offers
international residencies for VCCA Fellows at artistsÕ communities in Germany,
Austria, France, Ireland, and Malta.
DEADLINES: September 15, 2005,
January 15, 2006, and May 15, 2006
TELEPHONE: 434-946-7236