Call for Proposals: Arts in Academics Grants (US)

Successful Arts in Academics projects create collaborations among artists and educators and promote the arts as an integral part of the learning process. This fund is not intended to support performances where students are passive participants. Literacy projects are generally not funded unless they are exceptionally creative and include other core academic subjects. Potential projects might include:

• Collaboration between artist and educator: An architect and a math teacher help students learn about scale by reading and using rulers when building a scale model.
• Field trips: Students take a trip to the zoo to study symmetrical patterns as they relate to mathematics. (Trips may not be for entertainment purposes, but must serve an academic need.)
• Professional training: A teacher attends a workshop or other course in critical/creative problem-solving to expand arts literacy skills and incorporate its principles into other core academic areas.

Funding Information

• Grant amounts typically range from $500 to $1,000.

Eligible Expenses

• Grants may be used for stipends, materials, equipment, honorariums, and other costs associated with implementing the project. (Funds may only be used to support performances or exhibitions that are the result of the grant project.)

Eligibility Criteria

• Any K-12 public school teacher, including public charter school teachers, artist, or nonprofit organization is eligible to apply as long as the proposed project benefits Rhode Island public school children.

Review Criteria

• Proposals will be reviewed using the following criteria:
  • Level of arts integration into core academic subject matter
  • Innovativeness, creativeness and practicality of the project
  • Educational merit and academic excellence
  • Group size and impact on participating children and school
  • Access to other funding sources.

For more information, visit Rhode Island Foundation.