Foundation and Government Grant Opportunities

The Office of Foundation, Corporate and Government Relations is pleased to help UR faculty with a search for funding opportunities, so feel free to call, e-mail or visit.  University of Richmond faculty may access two subscription services to search for grant opportunities, with all deadlines and contact information provided.  These must be accessed from your campus computer.

• The Grant Advisor: http://www.grantadvisor.com/tgaplus
• Sponsored Programs Information Network (SPIN): http://www.infoed.org/new_spin/spinmain.asp 

You may find sources of funding in more than one of these categories:

• Arts & Humanities
• Colonies for Artists & Other Scholars
• Humanities, Social Sciences, and Law
• Business
• Education
• International
• Multidisciplinary
• Sciences

Arts & Humanities

International Center for Jefferson Studies - Short-term Fellowships for Jefferson-related Projects: Residential fellowships at the Center, located in Charlottesville, are awarded for up to 4 months for scholars working on projects related to Thomas Jefferson. Travel Grants: The grants are available for short-term visits to Monticello or the Center. DEADLINES - November 1, April 1. See http://www.monticello.org/research/fellowships/shortterm.html

St. Louis University/Vatican Film Library - Mellon Fellowship: The Vatican Film Library supports the research of scholars using its manuscript collections through a fellowship program made available by the generosity of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Projects may involve any subject supported by the collections of the Vatican Library manuscripts or Jesuit archival material on microfilm held in the Vatican Film Library. Topics may include paleography, codicology, illumination, textual criticism, history, literature, music, science, philosophy, theology, liturgy, scriptural and patristic studies, Roman and canon law, political theory, etc. DEADLINE – October 1, March 1, June 1. See http://www.slu.edu/libraries/vfl/fllwshp.htm

National Endowment for the Arts: Grants for Arts Projects: The GAP program supports exemplary projects in dance, design, folk and traditional arts, literature, media arts (film/radio/television), museums, music, musical theater, theater, visual arts and multidisciplinary art forms. Each discipline offers granting opportunities in the following categories: Access to Artistic Excellence - the grants are for projects that foster and preserve excellence in the arts and provide access to the arts for all Americans; Challenge America Fast-Track Review Grants - Support is for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations. DEADLINES - various. See http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/index.html

The Organization of American Historians - Awards, Prizes, Fellowships, and Grants: Support is given in recognition of scholarly and professional achievements in the field of American history. DEADLINES- various. See http://www.oah.org/ (click - Awards and Prizes)

Dactyl Foundation for the Arts & Humanities - Grants to Writers: A $1,000 award for essays on literary, aesthetic, or cultural theory is available. An essay may be submitted by the author or nominated by another individual at anytime. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. See http://www.dactyl.org/thought/thought.html#essays

Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation - Humanities Program: The Foundation intends to further the humanities along a broad front, supporting institutional projects which address the concerns of the historical studia humanitatis: a humanistic education rooted in the great traditions of the past; the formation of human beings according to cultural, moral, and aesthetic ideals derived from that past; and the ongoing debate over how these ideals may best be conceived and realized. Programs in the following areas are eligible: history; archaeology; literature; languages, both classical and modern; philosophy, ethics; comparative religion; the history, criticism, and theory of the arts; and those aspects of the social sciences which share the content and methods of humanistic disciplines. The Foundation welcomes projects that cross the boundaries between humanistic disciplines and explore the connection between the humanities and other areas of scholarship. Research Library Program: The grants to libraries seek to promote cooperative cataloguing projects, with an emphasis on access to archival, manuscript and other unique sources; some elements of interpretation and exhibition; scholarly library publications; bibliographical and publishing projects of interest to research libraries; and preservation/conservation work and research. The geographical concentration is primarily but not exclusively directed toward European and American history and letters, broadly defined. DEADLINE - Continuous. See http://www.delmas.org/programs/humanities.html

Louisville Institute for the Study of Protestantism and American Culture - General Grant Program: The program supports a limited number of individual and collaborative research and leadership education projects related to the priorities of the Institute. The primary goals of the Institute are to enhance understanding of American religion and to encourage the vitality of American religious institutions. Particular attention is paid to Protestantism, Catholicism, the historic African-American churches, and the Hispanic religious experience. DEADLINE - continuous. See http://www.louisville-institute.org/secondary/generalgrant.asp

Nathan Cummings Foundation - Grants in Arts & Culture: The core programs include arts and culture; the environment; health; interprogram initiatives for social and economic justice; and the Jewish life and values/contemplative practice programs. Several basic themes run through all of these programs and inform the Foundation's approach to grantmaking: (a) concern for the poor, disadvantaged, and underserved; (b) respect for diversity; (c) promotion of understanding across cultures; and (d) empowerment of communities in need. DEADLINE - continuous. See http://www.nathancummings.org/

Samuel H. Kress Foundation - The Practice of Art History and Conservation: the Kress Foundation offers grants that develop and utilize the skills and experience of trained professionals. Emphasis is placed on two program areas: (1) ESSENTIAL RESOURCES - Grants that support the means by which specialized knowledge is created and disseminated, including publications, archives, photography, documentation, databases, catalogues, technical and scientific studies and other materials that relate to art historical research and art conservation. (2) SHARING EXPERTISE - Grants for activities that permit art historians and conservators to share their expertise through international exchanges, professional meetings, conferences, symposia, consultations, the presentation of research, and other structured events. DEADLINE – continuous. See http://www.kressfoundation.org/conserve.html

Truman Capote Literary Trust - Fellowships: The fellowships support creative writing and literary criticism. DEADLINE - continuous. There is no website - application information is available in the Office of Foundation, Corporate and Government Relations.

Ford Foundation - Knowledge, Creativity & Freedom: The program works globally to advance achievement in the arts, education and scholarship and to advance a positive understanding of sexuality. It also seeks to promote the media and religion as forces for democracy in a range of cultural contexts. DEADLINE - continuous. See http://www.fordfound.org/ (follow link for 'Our Program Interests' - Knowledge, Creativity & Freedom ).

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List updated on August 28, 2008