National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Research Grant: Art Works, FY 2013

See “How to Prepare and Submit an Application” for the documentation that is required to demonstrate eligibility. Ineligible applications will be returned.

For projects that involve multiple organizations, one organization that meets the eligibility requirements below must act as the official applicant, submit the application, and assume full responsibility for the grant.

To be eligible, the applicant organization must:

• Meet the Arts Endowment’s “Legal Requirements,” including nonprofit, tax-exempt status, as detailed in the FY 2013 Grants for Arts Projects guidelines LINK, at the time of application.
• Have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all Arts Endowment awards(s) previously received.

All applicants must have a DUNS number (www.dnb.com) and be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR, www.ccr.gov) and maintain an active CCR registration until the application process is complete, and should a grant be made, throughout the life of the award.

The new deadline is November 20, 2012, at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time. If you have already successfully submitted an application, you do not need to submit it again.

NOTICE: Due to Hurricane Sandy, the National Endowment for the Arts is extending the deadline for the Research: Art Works category for all applicants.

The new deadline is November 20, 2012, at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time. If you have already successfully submitted an application, you do not need to submit it again.

The Arts Endowment’s support of a project may start on May 1, 2013, or any time thereafter. A grant period is not expected to exceed one year.Increasingly, the NEA has aimed to explore the factors and conditions affecting arts participation and art-making, and also illuminate the impact of the arts on American lives and communities. Arts workers and arts industries depend on timely information and analyses to monitor patterns of employment, fiscal health, and public demand for their goods and services. The greater public, on the other hand, needs to know whether and how the arts should factor into such questions as where to live, how to spend one’s discretionary time, and what kind of education to provide for one’s children. The NEA’s strategic plan identifies research as a mission-critical goal — specifically, “to promote public knowledge and understanding about the contribution of the arts.” Through high-quality research, the NEA will expand opportunities for rigorous research that investigates the value of the U.S. arts ecosystem and the impact of the arts on other domains of American life. The NEA’s Office of Research & Analysis (ORA) has identified priorities in support of this overarching research goal, including: 1. Identifying and cultivating new and existing data sources in the arts. 2. Investigating the value of the U.S. arts ecosystem and the impact of the arts on other domains of American life.3. Elevating the public profile of arts-related research.To help achieve these goals, the ORA has implemented a grants program for research in and about the arts.