Greetings all! I’m back from the conference in New York and it was great! It was also great to see a couple Mira’s List fans there. Thanks for attending, those of you who went to the CLMP Conference and I hope you learned some enlightening things about the publishing industry. So upward and onward! We have a couple interviews coming soon but in the meantime, here are a few grants and fellowships for you to take a look at! Cheers,Mirabee(ARTISTS) Emergency Assistance Program—The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation: The Emergency Assistance Program
provides interim financial assistance to qualified artists whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation. Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medical need. The program does not consider requests for dental work, chronic situations, capital improvements, or projects of any kind; nor can it consider situations resulting from general indebtedness or lack of employment.
The maximum amount of this grant is $10,000; an award of $4,000 is typical. To be eligible, an artist must be able to demonstrate a minimum involvement of ten years in a mature phase of his or her work. Artists must work in the disciplines of
painting, sculpture, or printmaking. Please visit
http://gottliebfoundation.org/grants/emergency-grant for more information.
Deadline: 12/31/12. (ARTISTS) Individual Support Grants—Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation:The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation wishes to encourage artists who have dedicated their lives to developing their art, regardless of their level of commercial success. This program was conceived in order to recognize and support the serious, fully committed artist, and we hope these individuals will consider applying. Twelve grants are awarded each year. Applications are reviewed by a panel of five professionals in the arts who have no affiliation with the foundation. Please visit
http://gottliebfoundation.org/grants/individual-grants for more information and to request an application by mail.
Deadline: 12/15/10(ALL & SCHOLARS) New England Regional Fellowship Consortium Grant: Massachusetts Historical Society: The New England Regional Fellowship Consortium, a collaboration of 18 major cultural agencies, will offer at least 11 awards in 2011–2012. Each grant will provide a stipend of $5,000 for a minimum of eight weeks of research at participating institutions. Each itinerary must include at least three different member institutions, and include at least two weeks at each of these. For more information about the Consortium’s research grants, please check the NERFC web site: www.nerfc.org, or contact Kate Viens, Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02215 (fellowships@masshist.org) or 617-646-0568. NERFC application deadline: February 1, 2011.
(ART HISTORIANS & SCHOLARS) Hamad bin Khalifa Travel Fellowships—Virginia Commonwealth University: The Hamad bin Khalifa Travel Fellowships are awarded to up to 20 individuals who wish to attend the 4th biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art, "God is Beautiful; He Loves Beauty: The Object in Islamic Art and Culture," October 29-31, 2011 at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. Fellowships cover the cost of roundtrip travel to Doha, lodging and meals during the symposium, and special events and excursions. The fellowships are intended to enable junior and senior scholars at all levels to attend the symposium; preference will be given to applicants from diverse backgrounds with long-standing research interests in Islamic art and architecture. To apply, please submit an application form, a one-paragraph statement of interest and a current CV on the website,
www.islamicartdoha.org by February 1, 2011. Fellows will be notified by May 1, 2011. Please direct any questions to mabrown@vcu.edu. Deadline: 02/02/11
(GRAD. STUDENTS & SCHOLARS) Residential Research Grant—University of Wisconsin--Madison: The Friends of the University of Wisconsin—Madison Libraries (FOL) is pleased to offer several
one month residential grants-in-aid, for research in the humanities in the university’s Memorial Library. The Library’s collections include (among other fields): History of science from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment. Pseudo science and medical and scientific quackery. The largest American collection of avant-garde “Little Magazines.” Scandinavian and Germanic history and literature. Dutch post-Reformation theology and church history. French political pamphlets of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Applicants should have Ph.D. Foreign scholars or graduate students who are ABD are also eligible. For more information, see
http://giving.library.wisc.edu/friends/grant-in-aid.shtml, or FOL, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Rm. 990, 728 State St., Madison, WI 53706, or 608-265-2505; E-mail: friends@library.wisc.edu.
Deadline: 02/01/11 (MUSICIANS & ARTISTS) The Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship for study in Paris: The Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship is
a private grant awarded annually to up to four graduate and post-graduate American students in the visual fine arts (painting, graphic design, print-making, sculpture, photography) and music (composition, instrumental or vocal performance). The scholarship is not intended for research in art history, or musicology, nor for dance or theatre.
Successful candidates propose a unique and detailed project related to their study which requires a
one-year residency in Paris. As this project should include enrollment in a recognized French art school or music conservatory, it is strongly suggested that the candidate establish a significant contact with a teacher or institution prior to arriving in France and to show evidence of this contact in his/her application dossier. For more info, go to:
http://www.feusa.org/en/culture/harriet-hale-woolley-scholarship
