The Artist/Scholar in Residence program invites projects on Black, Indigenous, Hispanic or Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and/or other communities of color in the 50 U.S. states. Two 12-month grants of up to $90,000 each will be awarded. Applications are open May 17, 2023 through 2:00 PM EDT on August 7, 2023.
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The American Folklife Center is now soliciting applications for an oral history award for researchers to document the experiences of frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The deadline for applications is June 20, 2023.
Apply for the 2023 Scandinavian Folk Arts & Cultural Traditions in the Upper Midwest competition for fellowships and grants. The deadline for the application is Septmeber 1, 2023.
In These Mountains: Project Grants support $10,000 in funding for organizations to conduct projects that promote the sharing, teaching, learning, preserving, and documenting folk arts and traditional culture of Central Appalachia. The deadline to apply is May 1, 2023.
The Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grant supports a milestone opportunity in an individual artist’s career that is likely to lead to substantial and significant career advancement with up to $2,000 in funds. Applications opened on February 17, 2023 and the deadline to apply is March 17, 2023.
The Rosenberg Bluegrass Scholar Award is an annual cash award, presented to the developing academic scholar who presents the best paper accepted by a juried academic conference on an aspect of bluegrass music. The recipient will receive a $500 honorarium plus admission to the next IBMA Business Conference and Awards Show. The annual deadline to apply is June 30.
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress invites applications for three competitive awards in 2023. The awards support ethnographic fieldwork with occupational groups; work with ethnographic collection materials at the Library of Congress; and ethnographic field research and documentation in the United States, especially by young scholars and documentarians. All three share the same deadline: March 1, 2023.
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is now accepting applications for ARSC Conference Grants for its Annual Conference, to be held May 17-20, 2023, in Pittsburgh, PA. All applications and supporting materials must be received by January 6, 2023.
The Jazz & Heritage Archive is now accepting Applications for their Competitive Two-year Fellowship. The deadline to apply is December 20, 2022.
The Institute for Citizens & Scholars, formerly the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, is still accepting applications for a number of programs for the month of November. Apply now.