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NEW UNDERGRADUATE ACTION RESEARCH GRANTS
Deadline March 15 for Fall 2008/Winter 2009 projects
The University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA) is pleased to announce a new funding program dedicated to supporting undergraduate student-led initiatives in the arts. The undergraduate Action Research grants are aimed at supporting arts and cultural projects with the capacity to have a significant impact on campus/community life. Projects may include, but are not limited to: exhibitions, performances, concerts, guest-artist visits, site-specific art, workshops, festivals and publications that foster innovation and campus engagement through the arts.
The undergraduate Action Research awards, which range from $500-$2000, support student-led arts initiatives. Funds are available for any currently enrolled UC student or student group on a competitive basis. Applications are due December 15th of each year for projects taking place during the following Spring or Fall quarters, and March 15th for projects taking place during the following Fall or Winter quarters.
All proposals must:
- Demonstrate art’s potential to foster understanding, encourage the intersection of communities, and transform experience
- Employ peer-to-peer leadership and expertise to promote undergraduate student learning through the arts
In Addition, proposals should meet one or more of the following criteria:
- Expose students and the public to innovative and experimental art forms
- Facilitate new ways of thinking about how the University can more effectively and imaginatively engage its students and their attendant communities
- Utilize the arts as a means of addressing challenging topics
- Facilitate collaborations between new and diverse communities
- Increase understanding of or proficiency in the arts
+ Application Information
+ Cover Sheet
+ Host Venue Form
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2009 Open Classroom Challenge or
What Would You Do With $5000?
Application Deadline: November 3, 2008
Applications are due November 3 for the 2009 Open Classroom Challenge.
UCIRA Open Classroom grants facilitate active research experiments at all campuses. We are interested in projects that engage creatively with real world issues in the classroom that expand and transform the teaching/learning environment.
Of particular interest are projects that do some of the following: design, test, and implement innovative curricular initiatives; recognize critical thinking as the source and opening of the art work and not merely the place of a post-mortem evaluation, appreciation, or interpretation of the completed work; promote 'action research' and 'research-in-action' models of collaborative interdisciplinary arts practice capable of working transitively in and on real-world settings outside conventional studio, gallery, and performance contexts.
This year UCIRA poses the open, system-wide 5K challenge: What could you (and your students) do with $5000?
Three grants of $5000 each will be available for projects taking place in Spring or Fall 2009. Application Deadline: November 3, 2008.
Application Information
Cover Sheet
Host Venue Form
+ Learn how to apply
+ Download Flyer
+ See past awarded grants
Please note the forms are different for the $5000 grants. Be sure you have the correct ones before submitting.
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Application deadline for the following grants is March 1, 2009:
- Innovative Residencies (up to $5,000, matching component required)
- Demonstration Projects – Individual (up to $5000) or Collaborative(up to $25,000, matching component required)
- Action Research Projects (up to $25,000)
+ Learn how to apply
+ See past awarded grants
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