Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts: Production & Presentation and Research & Development Grants
Deadline: September 15, 2024
Category: Fine Arts,
Founded in 1956, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts fosters the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society.
The foundation invites applications for its individual grants program. Through the program, the foundation awards grants to individuals to provide opportunities to create, develop, and communicate challenging ideas about architecture and the designed environment; support efforts to take positions, develop new forms of expression, engage debate around architecture and related fields, and reach new and broader audiences; contribute to an applicant’s creative, intellectual, and professional growth at a crucial or potentially transformative career stage; and amplify emerging and underrecognized perspectives in architecture and design by giving priority to first-time applicants.
Through this program, two types of grants will be awarded:
Production and Presentation: Grants will be awarded to assist individuals with the production-related expenses necessary to take a project from conceptualization to realization and public presentation. Projects may include but are not limited to exhibitions, installations; film/video/new media web initiatives; public programs; and publications. Those applying should have a committed producer(s) for the project, an entity committed to producing and/or presenting the project with the individual, such as a publisher, museum, etc. Grants of up to $20,000 over two years will be awarded and will likely be less.
Research and Development: Grants will be awarded to assist individuals with seed money for research-related expenses such as travel, documentation, materials, supplies, and other development costs. Grants of up to $10,000 over one year will be awarded and will likely be less.
The Graham Foundation does not require individuals to have a fiscal agent. However, individuals working on independent projects their organizations require to apply for and receive funding under the aegis of the organization (e.g., a faculty member of an academic institution) may use a fiscal agent.