Deadline: 29-Mar-21
The National Endowment for the Arts is inviting applications for 2022 NEA Research Labs to fund transdisciplinary research teams grounded in the social and behavioral sciences, yielding empirical insights about the arts for the benefit of arts and non-arts sectors alike.
NEA Research Labs will define their own related agendas; conduct project activities to implement that agenda, and prepare reports and other products or services that will contribute substantively to a wider understanding of one of three areas of special interest to the Arts Endowment:
- The Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation;
- The Arts, Creativity, Cognition, and Learning;
- The Arts, Health, and Social/Emotional Well-Being.
NEA Research Labs serve as “hubs” or centers of excellence in the domain of interest. Each NEA Research Lab will develop a pipeline of projects or products, including a website, while conducting at least one major study. In addition, NEA Research Labs may be required to provide ad hoc analyses or fulfill information requests from the Arts Endowment concerning the research agenda. Such requests will not involve new data collection and will take place only during the Arts Endowment’s period of performance.
Funding Information
- Matching/cost-share cooperative agreements of up to $150,000 will be awarded.
- The support of a project may start on or after March 1, 2022. The period of performance is a minimum of 12 months and a maximum of 24 months.
Activities
Each NEA Research Lab must include these activities:
- The design and publication of an evidence-based research agenda;
- The planning and implementation of a keystone study, or a series of studies;
- The production of at least one research report for each research study;
- The fulfillment of ad hoc analyses or information requests concerning the NEA Research Lab’s research agenda; and
- The dissemination of research projects, study findings, data, tools, or services to other researchers, arts practitioners, and the general public.
Eligibility Criteria
- The official applicant must be an organization with research and policy as a principal focus for its core components, either as the primary work or as part of a transdisciplinary mission. Eligible official applicants are:
- U.S. institutions of higher education, or
- Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), U.S. organizations with a three-year history of commissioning and conducting research in the behavioral or social sciences, and communicating research findings and policy implications through reports and/or convenings, at the time of application.
- NEA Research Labs require a partnership that involves multiple organizations. One organization that meets the eligibility requirements below must act as the official applicant, submit the application, and assume full responsibility for the cooperative agreement. Partnering organizations are not required to meet the same eligibility requirements as the official applicant organization.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=331219
