Mellon Arts and the Common Good Student Mini-Grants
Purpose:
The Mellon funded multi-year initiative The Arts and the Common Good seeks to illustrate the various ways in which the arts – in concert and dialogue with other areas of exploration and knowledge – help us understand what the common good is (and what it is not), how we can achieve this good, and what we must do to strengthen, expand, and sustain it. The mini-grants are designed to engage students in all disciplines with this endeavor and promote interdisciplinary exploration of such themes as: “the arts and invention/generation,” “the arts and public discourse,” “the arts and risk,” “the arts and imagination,” “the arts and difference,” and “the arts and the communication of ideas.” This can be achieved, for example, through conference and workshop attendance, independent research, organizing campus events (concerts, performances, exhibits, etc.), internships, and special projects.
Deadlines:
April 1, 2015 for summer 2015 (after June 30) or fall 2015
November 1, 2015 for January 2016or spring 2016 (before June 30)
Funding Amount:
A maximum of $1,000 per request. The Mellon Advisory Committee sets the funding limit and reviews it periodically. The limit may vary according to the size of the budgetary allocation and the number of applications received in a given year.
Use of Funds:
The funds are to be used to cover expenses directly incurred by the student.
Eligible expenses:
Costs for the following have been viewed as eligible: travel and other expenses related to conferences, conventions, and workshops; travel to libraries and research collections; materials for special projects; organizing a campus event, internship funding. The Committee will also consider requests outside of this description if accompanied bya full explanation of the project.
Applications:
Submit your application by filling out the form below and sending to Kimberly Rhodes, Art History Department (). Please note that students must identify a faculty sponsor who will 1. Write a recommendation for the student that speaks to both the merits of the project as related to “the arts and the common good” and the student’s ability to complete the project and 2. oversee the student’s project. Please provide all of the information requested. Incomplete applications will not be considered. An applicant may be requested to provide more details than contained in the initial application if members of the Mellon Advisory Committee deem this necessary.
Payment of Grant:
The student will be presented with the grant in full at time of the award.
Reports:
Upon completion of the grant activity and no later than the end of the semester for which the funding was granted grant recipients must submit a brief report to Kimberly Rhodes (Art History, x3757, ). Grant recipients may also be asked to participate in a public event held on campus at the end of the academic year to reflect on the progress of the initiative.
Report format:
Reports should include:
- A brief description of the activities completed
- An accounting of expenditures
- A brief description of outcomes in relation to The Arts and the Common Good initiative.
Application for Mellon Arts and the Common Good Student Mini-Grants
Deadlines: April 1, 2015 for summer ’15 or fall ‘15
November 1, 2015 for January ’16 or spring ’16
Application for: __Summer 2015 __Fall 2015 __January 2016 __Spring 2016
1. Name:
2. Faculty Sponsor and Department:
3.Describe the project and discuss how it pertains to The Arts and the Common Good initiative. (Please use more space if necessary)
4. Itemize and provide a total of the expenses of the project. Please include the full cost of the project not just the expenses that will be covered by the $1,000 grant.
5. Provide a recommendation (see “Application” section above for more specific information about this aspect of the process) from faculty sponsor (can be send via e-mail to Kimberly Rhodes, ).
Signature of Applicant ______
Signature of Faculty Sponsor ______
Date ______