All Funding Opportunities

We provide a range of grant programs for individuals and organizations

Funding for College Students and Recent Graduates

Whether you're a graduate or still in school, we've got opportunities for you

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Funding for Graduate Students

Support to boost your research or build your career

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Funding for Postdocs

Residential and non-residential grants for emerging professionals

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Funding for Mid-career and Advanced Scholars

Opportunities to deepen your research or develop new ideas

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Funding for Organizations

We also make grants to cultural institutions locally and around the world through strategic initiatives

  1. Black Visual Arts Archives

    Project

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    Enhancing access and visibility of collections related to Black artists

  2. Connecting Art Histories

    Project

    A brown-tinted and hand-drawn map of the world with Africa in the center

    Increasing intellectual exchange among scholars around the world who study the visual arts

  3. Connecting Professionals/Sharing Expertise

    Project

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    Grants to professional organizations worldwide that serve art historians, conservators, and museum professionals

  4. Conserving Canvas

    Project

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    Expanding knowledge and skills for the structural care of paintings on canvas

  5. Conserving Black Modernism

    Project

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    Preserving modern architecture in the United States by Black architects and designers

  6. PST ART: Art & Science Collide

    Project

    Architectural model-style installation featuring miniature buildings in varied styles and materials, arranged around a central leaf-shape.

    Creating civic dialogue around urgent problems of our time by examining past and present connections between art and science