Deadline: 03-Sep-21
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is seeking applications for the 2022 National Heritage Fellowship Awards Program to create a virtual celebration of the awardees due to public health and travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The purpose of this Program Solicitation is to select an organization (“Cooperator”) to manage events related to the 2022 NEA National Heritage Fellowship Awards Program scheduled to take place in Washington, DC, in fall 2022. In brief, the Cooperator will facilitate and coordinate: Activities related to the 2022 NEA National Heritage Fellowship Awards Program:
- An Awards Ceremony & Reception,
- An Awardee Dinner,
- An Awards Concert,
- Production of a live webcast of the Awards Concert,
- Video Vignettes,
- A documentary film about the 2022 Fellowships recipients, and
- Associated activities.
Activities
Pending the availability of funds, additional activities related to the 40th anniversary celebration of the National Heritage Fellowship Awards program to coincide with the 2022 award program activities:
- A separate event honoring the Heritage Fellows that prominently recognizes and includes all living Heritage Fellows,
- An in-person symposium with the living Heritage Fellows covering key issues in folklife and cultural heritage, and
- A yearlong series of virtual events focusing on individual topics related to folklife and cultural heritage.
Funding Information
- They expect to award one Cooperative Agreement of up to $1,281,150, contingent upon the availability of funds. This award will cover costs associated with the 2022 Award Ceremony and 40th-anniversary events. Note: In subsequent years, the cooperative agreement amount for this program will not include funds related to the 40th-anniversary events.
- This Cooperative Agreement will begin no earlier than January 1, 2022, and may extend for up to 24 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), U.S. organizations; units of state or local government; or federally recognized tribal communities or tribes may apply. To be eligible, the applicant organization must:
- Meet the Arts Endowment’s “Legal Requirements” at the time of application.
- Have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all Arts Endowment award(s) previously received.
- An organization may submit only one proposal under this program solicitation.
- You may apply to other Arts Endowment funding opportunities, for which you are eligible, in addition to this program solicitation. In each case, the request must be for a distinctly different project.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=335033