PROJECT SUPPORT, FUNDING, & FELLOWSHIPS
All inquiries regarding funding for events, programs, facilities, or technology should be directed to the appropriate Logan Center team. If you’re unsure where to direct your inquiry, please email Jessica Musselwhite, Administrative Manager, UChicago Arts.
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This fund is set up to provide maximum flexibility for immediate needs and to allow for instructors to seize special opportunities related to local arts events and performances. Requests for the funds can thus be made during the quarter in which the course is taught; a decision will be reached by the review committee on the proposal within 15-30 days after receipt. Any application for summer support must be submitted before the end of Spring Quarter. The Course Arts Resource Fund does not fund more than one project per applicant per year, and funds proposals for the current academic year only.
Instructors are encouraged to seek some co-funding elsewhere (with department, collegiate divisions, etc). Due to the limited funds available through this program, the Course Arts Resource Fund will only be able to offer partial support for events where ticket prices are unusually high -- or when there is a large number of tickets to be subsidized. We also ask instructors to consider charging students a nominal fee for ticketed events. Applicants should not plan their courses under the assumption that their requests will be approved.
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Application should include:
• Name, rank, and department of applicant, and contact information
• Name of course, number, and brief description
• Enrollment (number of students, specify whether graduate or undergraduate)
• Budget for the event, including the amount requested from the Course Arts Resource Fund
• University Account number that should be used to transfer funds, if awarded
• Indication of other sources of support
• One paragraph description of what funds would be used for and how this supports the goals for the course
• Bios for artists who have confirmed involvement in the event, if any
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Submit applications via email (in one PDF attachment) to:
Jessica Musselwhite
Administrative Manager, UChicago Arts
musselwhite@uchicago.edu | 773.702.1237Please put “Course Arts Resource Fund” and your name in the subject line.
Faculty Funding Opportunity
In partnership with the UChicago Arts Pass Program, the Course Arts Resource Fund helps cover arts-related expenses for undergraduate and graduate courses at The University of Chicago. Instructors are invited to apply for small grants (up to $500) to defray the costs related to such arts activities as inviting a visiting artist to class, organizing a class visit to a performance or exhibition, or providing arts materials for classroom use (recordings, videos, web page designs for arts materials, etc.).
While proposals may be submitted at any time during the academic quarter, applications for support should ideally be submitted before the end of the previous quarter. For example, submit an application before the end of Summer Quarter for support during the subsequent Fall Quarter. View sample proposal >>
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• Undergraduate students and undergraduate student groups are eligible to participate
• Collaborative projects (between two or more students)
• Creation of new work -OR- a work in progress
• Final work/project must be completed, or a work-in-progress shared, during Spring Quarter 2023
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• $300 to $500
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• January 23, 2023, 11:59pm CT
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• Applications will be evaluated based on the following priorities:
• Supports a collaborative project with a diverse range of creative practices across artistic disciplines.
• Contribution to the overall mission of the Logan Center.
• Proposes use of resources at the Logan Center that are thoughtful and impactful, and will not interfere with classes.
• Have potential to involve other students in making or observing the finished work
• Clearly outlines the intended outcome for the arts-base project and how it could facilitate dialogue or conversation.
• Builds community with other students and potential partners.
• Promotes experimentation and innovation.
• Kindle increased interaction between students, the UChicago Arts community, relevant academic departments or relevant art partners.
• Can be displayed/shown/shared in spring quarter with help from University Arts Engagement (an exhibition, discussion, performance, show, virtual event, etc)
• Only one grant project per applicant per academic year will be funded.
• Applicants should demonstrate an ability to manage time well and to complete the project by its due date.
• All projects must be open and accessible to the UChicago community. We will not fund projects that exclusively cater to a select group of individuals or only to your members.
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Phase 1: Project Proposal
• Submit an application by January 30, 2023Phase 2: Project Creation
• Final project description
• Short bios of team
• Final shows/exhibits/performances will be held in the during spring quarter. UAE office will help in distributing marketing materials. Projects can be shared as works-in-progress, in presentation form, and may include virtual and/or in-person components as appropriate.Phase 3: Project Documentation
• Provide 500 word description of the event that took place, including attendance• Photos/video documentation of the work that was supported by the grant
• A list of all students, faculty, partners, and staff that were part of making the work possible
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What will NOT be funded:
• Food, beverages, reception materials• Curricular activities (classwork, thesis projects)
• Purchases of equipment for personal use (laptops, tablets, phones, or cameras)
• Stipends for the applicant’s own time or work in creating the project
• Fundraising efforts
• Travel and/or accommodation expenses for the applicant(s)
• Photography or videography of your project unless the documentation is integral to the project itself.
• Retroactive projects
Student Funding Opportunities
The Logan Center University Arts Engagement Office is committed to funding collaborative, student-driven projects across diverse artistic disciplines. As a multi-disciplinary home for the arts on campus, the Logan Center is a hub for the creative life of the University of Chicago and a partner, resource, and catalyst for UChicago students seeking to develop artistic projects. The Logan Center Co-Creation Grant aims to incentivize projects between two or more undergraduate students looking to demonstrate ways their individual creative explorations can impact one another's work. By providing intentional access to Logan Center spaces, staff, partners, and expertise, we hope to make possible student projects that can benefit from the unique resources that the Logan Center has to offer.
Additional Student Funding Opportunities
Organizations across the University of Chicago offer a variety of resources designed to support creative endeavors, arts practice and research, exhibition and performance, and professional development across the campus. A variety of grants, fellowships, funds, and prizes are available for individual students or Recognized Student Organizations (RSOs). To learn more and explore funding, visit the Student Arts Resources page here >>