Spring 2025 Faculty ArtsAMP Grants

The following grants are open to all University of Maryland (College Park) instructional faculty, research faculty and library faculty.

As you prepare proposals for these funding opportunities, please remember that Arts for All is a campus-wide initiative that seeks to: 1) make the arts at the University of Maryland increasingly accessible to—and representative of—all students, 2) connect the arts to technology and other disciplines, especially the sciences and 3) ensure that the arts are meaningfully engaged with issues of social justice and the grand challenges of our time. Proposals that center these priorities have the highest chance of success.

ArtsAMP Collaborative Faculty Grants

ArtsAMP Collaborative Faculty Grants are designed to support collaboration between faculty in the arts and faculty in other disciplines as they work to advance the goals of Arts for All by creating new artistic work, new arts scholarship and research and new classes that further the creative experiences of our students. While all forms of interdisciplinary arts integrated collaboration will be considered for funding, those that connect the arts to the sciences and/or technology will be prioritized.

ArtsAMP Collaborative Faculty Grants are open to all University of Maryland (College Park) instructional faculty, research faculty and library faculty. Grants will be awarded to teams of two or more instructional, research or library faculty that include at least one investigator from an arts discipline and at least one investigator whose primary appointment is outside of the arts (preference is given to teams that represent two or more colleges). A primary goal of this program is to bring together faculty whose disciplines approach knowledge generation in fundamentally different ways.

To be successful, project proposals must:

be interdisciplinary in nature and scope
center artistic creativity, demonstrate the potential to advance the practices, perceptions or capabilities of the represented disciplines beyond the project
articulate a coherent rationale for conducting the project
articulate how the team members bring together the skills, qualifications and expertise to execute the project in ways one discipline could not.

While artistic creativity must be central to the project, proposals in which multiple disciplines act as equal partners will be prioritized, as will projects that connect the arts to technology, use the collaborative artistic process to address social justice or have a positive impact on the community.

Grant applications are due March 28, 2025 at 5 p.m.

Funding:

Up to $5,000 per project. Grant applicants will be asked to designate a single department that will manage the funds. Requests for funding to be split between departments will be considered on a case by case basis. Funds must be used within one year of award receipt.

Apply:

Please complete the ArtsAMP Collaborative Faculty Grant Application and combine and upload the following documents as a single PDF. All materials should be single-spaced, with one-inch margins and 12-point font.

Project Description: Summarize the proposed project’s objectives, outcomes and connections to Arts for All. Explain how two or more disciplines will interact to create new creative experiences, knowledge or pedagogies. Please also include an anticipated timeline (three pages maximum).
Collaborator Profiles: Provide a summary of the credentials, skills, talents and approaches of each collaborator (two pages maximum).
Project Budget and Justification: Provide an itemized budget and justify planned expenditures. Include any other sources of funding and whether those funds are committed or pending. Allowable expenses include (but are not limited to) programming and research expenses, conference fees, supplies, rentals, travel, software and equipment related to the project. Unallowable expenses are food, alcohol, summer salary and course releases.
Department Business Manager: Provide the name and contact information of your department business manager. Arts for All will transfer the funds for disbursement into your faculty research account.

ArtsAMP Impact Faculty Grants

ArtsAMP Impact Faculty Grants are designed to support arts-based team or individual projects and research that center on community impact.

ArtsAMP Impact Faculty Grants are open to all University of Maryland (College Park) instructional faculty, research faculty and library faculty. Grants may be awarded to individual faculty or teams. Projects must have a goal of positive community impact.

To be successful, project proposals must:

center artistic creativity or scholarship
be designed to have a positive impact on communities either on or off campus
articulate a coherent rationale for conducting the project
articulate how the grantee will design and measure community impact

Grant applications are due March 28, 2025 at 5 p.m.

Funding:

Up to $3,000 per project. In most cases the award will be placed into the faculty research account of the principal investigator. Funds must be used within one year of award receipt.

Apply:

Please complete the ArtsAMP Impact Faculty Grant Application and upload the following as a single PDF (single-spaced, with one-inch margins and 12-point font).

Project Description: Summarize the proposed project’s objectives, outcomes and connections to Arts for All. Detail how communities will be consulted and assisted through the arts (three pages maximum).
Individual or Team Profiles: Provide a summary of the credentials, skills, talents and approaches of each individual or team member (two pages maximum)
Project Budget and Justification: Provide an itemized budget and justify planned expenditures. Include any other sources of funding and whether those funds are committed or pending. Allowable expenses include (but are not limited to) programming and research expenses, conference fees, supplies, rentals, travel, software and equipment related to the project. Unallowable expenses are food, alcohol, summer salary and course releases.
Department Business Manager: Provide the name and contact information of your department business manager. Arts for All will transfer the funds for disbursement into your faculty research account.