Research in Arts Funding

National Endowment for the Arts

Research: Art Works funding opportunity

The NEA encourages applications from diverse research fields (e.g., sociology, economics, anthropology, psychology, medicine and health, education, communications, and urban and regional planning) in addition to projects that address topics concerning the value and/or impact of the arts.

The NEA is interested in supporting projects that can be described as value-oriented research, that examines one or more characteristics or conditions of the U.S. arts ecosystem, or research on impact, that investigates the direct and indirect benefits of arts participation on health and well-being, cognitive capacity, learning, creativity, community livability, or economic prosperity.

The NEA anticipates awarding up to 25 grants in the range of $10,000 to $30,000. The deadline for application submission is November 5, 2013 for projects that can begin as early as May 1, 2014. For grant application information and guidelines, click here.

Webinar

How to join the webinar

Please register in advance on the NEA website here. You may listen using your computer’s speakers or dial-in to 1-877-685-5350 and use participant code: 739587. Attendees will be muted but able to type in questions and comments through a Q & A text box.

In case you can’t attend

An archive of the webinar will be available on the NEA’s website in the webinar section shortly after the event.

Resources

To see the grants awarded in 2013 for Research: ArtWorks, click here.

For those interested in the Taking Note: Research series on the ArtWorks blog, please click here.