Deadline: 29-Mar-21
The National Endowment for the Arts is seeking proposals for the 2022 Research Grants in the Arts to support research studies that investigate the value and/or impact of the arts, either as individual components of the U.S. arts ecology or as they interact with each other and/or with other domains of American life.
Projects may include, but are not limited to:
- Primary and/or secondary data analyses
- Economic impact studies
- Organizational research
- Psychological, physical health-related, or therapeutic studies
- Education studies in a variety of contexts (e.g., classrooms, informal venues, distance learning, or home-school environments)
- Dosage studies
- Third-party summative evaluations of an arts program’s effectiveness and impact, such as applied evaluation studies/analyses that measure the impact or effectiveness of an organization’s arts program or project
- Comparison studies of arts interventions
- Statistically-driven meta-analyses of existing research that can yield a fresh understanding of the value and/or impact of the arts
- Translational research that moves scientific evidence toward the development, testing, and standardization of new arts-related programs, practices, models, or tools that can be used easily by other practitioners and researchers
Funding Information
- Matching/cost share grants of $10,000 to $100,000 will be awarded.
- The support of a project may start on or after January 1, 2022. Grants generally may cover a period of performance of up to two years, with an exception for projects that include primary data collection as part of the proposed activity.
Eligibility Criteria
Official applicant organizations must be nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), U.S. organizations; units of state or local government; or federally recognized tribal communities or tribes. This may include, but is not limited to, colleges and universities.
For projects that involve 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 grant. Partnering organizations are not required to meet the same eligibility requirements as the official applicant organization.
To be eligible, the official applicant organization must:
- Meet the National Endowment for the Arts’ “Legal Requirements,” including nonprofit, tax-exempt status at the time of application. (All organizations must apply directly on their own behalf. Applications through a fiscal sponsor/agent are not allowed.
- Have completed a three-year history of operations prior to the application deadline.
- Have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all National Endowment for the Arts award(s) previously received.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=331217
