JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
ARTS INNOVATION GRANTS

Faculty grants

The Arts Innovation Program is designed to help Homewood faculty develop interdisciplinary (cross-departmental, cross-divisional, or cross-institutional) undergraduate courses that create new credit courses in the arts for Homewood students.  Priority will be given to those courses that include two divisions of the University, or one division and a community partner, such as the Maryland Institute College of Art.  While the Arts Innovation grants provide funding for courses that could not otherwise be offered, the authorization to offer a course must come, as always, from the appropriate academic unit.

Eligibility:  Full-time faculty from all divisions of the Johns Hopkins University are eligible to apply, but all funded courses must be offered on the Homewood campus. 

Grant proposals are reviewed in October for courses that will be offered the following intersession, spring 2010 semester, and fall 2010 semester.

Grant proposals may request up to $8,000 in funding.  Proposals should be no more than three pages in length and should include the following:

Course Description: Title and summary of course content including proposed readings, required materials and grading criteria, as well as the  departments/divisions that will list the course

Faculty: Departmental/divisional affiliation of faculty and any staff or community partner who will help teach the proposed course, and relevant areas of expertise

Dates offered:  Intersession 2010, Spring 2010, and Fall 2010

Relevance: How will the proposed course strengthen arts/cultural opportunities for undergraduates?

Budget:  Specific purpose and amounts for which funds are requested

Student grants

The Arts Innovation Program is designed to help Homewood undergraduates create new co-curricular activities or to significantly increase the impact of already-existing co-curricular activities in the arts within both the University and the greater Baltimore communities.

Eligibility:  Full-time Homewood students are eligible for apply for Arts Innovation grants.

Grant proposals will be reviewed in October for the following intersession, spring 2010 semester, and fall 2010 semester. 

Funding of up to $2,000 may be requested.  Proposals should be no more than four pages in length including one page specifying in complete detail the budget and proposed allocation of the funds requested. All grant proposals should be accompanied by at least one letter from a faculty or staff sponsor who is familiar with the student(s) making the proposal. Grant proposals should include the following:

Project Description: Summary of proposed project

Participant(s):  Name and contact information for applicant(s).

Relevance: How will the proposed project strengthen art/cultural opportunities for undergraduates at JHU and/or in the greater Baltimore community?

Background: What prior experiences have the student or students making the proposal had that makes them likely to be successful?

Date:  Beginning/ending dates of proposed activity.

Budget:  Applicants should submit a detailed budget to support their funding request.

Deadline

Please submit your application, including all required supporting documentation by 5:00 p.m., Friday, October 16, 2009 to Winston Tabb, Vice Provost for the Arts via email at wtabb@jhu.edu.  If you wish to submit supplementary material in hard-copy, please bring it to Leslie Wiggins in the Dean’s Office, MSEL Q level.   Applicants will be notified no later than November 2, 2009.