Spring 2025 Student ArtsAMP Grants

The following grants are open to all University of Maryland (College Park) degree-seeking students in good standing. Additional eligibility requirements apply.

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.

Tips for Successful Projects

Previously, several proposals were not awarded grants due to an unspecific or not clearly thought-out budget. To assist you in your proposal planning, we've provided an example of a grant project budget, along with an additional template that you are welcome (though not required) to use.
For proposal writing tips, watch a recording of last year's ArtsAMP Student Grant Webinar Training Session.

ArtsAMP Graduate Student Research Grants

ArtsAMP Graduate Student Research Grants are designed to support graduate student arts research and creative projects that integrate the arts with other disciplines or have a positive impact on the community. Individuals or teams of two graduate students can apply. While all forms of arts integration research will be considered for funding, those that connect the arts to the sciences and/or technology, or that connect the arts to issues of social justice will be prioritized.

ArtsAMP Graduate Student Research Grants are awarded to degree-seeking individuals or teams of graduate students in any graduate program on the College Park campus. Priority will be given to projects that help advance students toward degree benchmarks, including thesis and dissertation projects.

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 grantee will collaborate with others to integrate disciplines

While artistic creativity must be central to the project, proposals that include multiple disciplines will be prioritized, as will projects that connect the arts to the sciences or use the collaborative artistic process to address social justice.

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

Funding:

Up to $2,000 is available per project. Funds can be transferred directly into your student account or with agreement from your department's business office, can be transferred to your department for the management of funds. Please note: any funds paid to a student's account may be taxable and can affect any financial aid. Please consult with financial aid for additional information on how it would affect your individual situation. Funds must be used within one year of award receipt.

Apply:

Please complete the ArtsAMP Graduate Student Research Grants 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 or knowledge. Articulate how you will enhance your disciplinary skills with the expertise of others outside of your discipline. Explain how this project will advance your degree progress or professional goals. Please also include an anticipated timeline (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, software and equipment related to the project. Unallowable expenses are food, alcohol and travel. To assist you in your proposal planning, we've provided an example of a grant project budget, along with an additional template that you are welcome (though not required) to use.
Department Business Manager: Provide the name of department business manager to which Arts for All will transfer the funds for disbursement if you elect not to have funds submitted to your student account.

ArtsAMP Collaborative Student MicroGrants

ArtsAMP Collaborative Student MicroGrants are designed to support interdisciplinary student projects that have artistic, creative expression as a core component. While all forms of interdisciplinary collaboration will be considered for funding, those that connect the arts to the sciences and/or technology or that connect the arts to issues of social justice will be prioritized.

ArtsAMP Collaborative Student MicroGrants may be awarded to individual students, teams or student organizations. All current, degree-seeking undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to projects with collaborators from at least two different disciplines.

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 grantee will collaborate with others to integrate disciplines

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 the sciences or use the collaborative artistic process to address social justice.

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

Funding:

Up to $1,500 per project. Funds can be transferred directly into your student account or with agreement from your department's business office, can be transferred to your department for the management of funds. Please note: any funds paid to a student's account may be taxable and can affect any financial aid. Please consult with financial aid for additional information on how it would affect your individual situation. Funds must be used within one year of award receipt.

Apply:

Please complete the ArtsAMP Collaborative Student MicroGrant 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 or knowledge. Articulate how you will enhance your disciplinary skills with the expertise of others outside of your discipline. Explain how this project will advance your degree progress or professional goals. Please also include an anticipated timeline (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, software and equipment related to the project. Unallowable expenses are food, alcohol and travel. To assist you in your proposal planning, we've provided an example of a grant project budget, along with an additional template that you are welcome (though not required) to use.
Department Business Manager: Provide the name of department business manager to which Arts for All will transfer the funds for disbursement if you elect not to have funds submitted to your student account.

ArtsAMP Impact Student Grants

ArtsImpact Student Grants are designed to support arts-based student teams or individual projects that center community impact.

ArtsAMP Impact Student Grants may be awarded to individual students, teams or student organizations. All current, degree-seeking undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply. 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 Friday, March 28, 2025 at 5 p.m.

Funding:

Apply:

Please complete the ArtsAMP Impact Student 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. Please also include an anticipated timeline (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, software and equipment related to the project. Unallowable expenses are food, alcohol and travel. To assist you in your proposal planning, we've provided an example of a grant project budget, along with an additional template that you are welcome (though not required) to use.
Department Business Manager: Provide the name of department business manager to which Arts for All will transfer the funds for disbursement if you elect not to have funds submitted to your student account.