Research at Brandeis

Creative Arts and Humanities Application

2020 Provost Research Grant Application Form

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Contact Information
Name(s) of applicant(s) and current position(s) at Brandeis:
Academic unit(s):
Phone number(s):
Email address(es):

Attach a CV for each applicant
Project description
  1. Title:
  2. Total amount requested:
  3. Proposed start and end dates:
  4. In a brief paragraph, summarize the proposal. (50 words)
  5. What is the main objective or theme of your project? (200 words)
  6. What inspired you to pursue this particular project? (200 words)
  7. If applying for a creative arts grant, please describe your work in context, providing some examples of influences upon your work as an artist from other content creators inside or outside your field. How does this project grow from your current practice and/or enhance it? Humanities applicants may skip and proceed to question 8. (200 words)
  8. Does your project introduce new or underexplored themes and content, or an original approach to familiar material? Please explain. (200 words)
  9. What artistic, academic, social, or civic impact do you envision for your project and how will these be achieved? (200 words)
  10. In what ways will your project facilitate your growth as an artist and/or scholar? (200 words)
  11. If this is a multidisciplinary project, please describe its collaborative nature and the role of each applicant (200 words).
  12. If this project engages with students, kindly explain how this will be achieved and what you hope the students will gain from their participation in the project. (200 words)
  13. What audiences do you hope to engage and how? (200 words)
  14. How will you evaluate the success of the project? (200 words)
  15. Please explain and justify the proposed budget. (200 words)
  16. What additional information, background or context, would you like to share about this project? (200 words)
  17. After the Grant period is over, how do you plan to continue your project? (200 words)
Proposed budget
Please organize your proposed project budget into the following categories:

Personnel
Faculty/artist summer salary (including fringe benefits)
Student stipends
Musician, technician, studio assistant fees
Non-personnel
Supplies and materials (please describe)
Marketing/promotion (please describe)
Travel
Purchased services (please detail)
Other expenses (please detail)
Total request