Posted on August 7, 2012
Deadline: September 19, 2012

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Accepting 2013 Fellowship Applications From Artists and Scholars in the United States and Canada

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation provides fellowships for advanced professionals in all fields - including the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and creative arts — except the performing arts. Last year, the program awarded fellowships to one hundred and eighty-one scholars, artists, and scientists in the United States and Canada.

Often characterized as "midcareer" awards, the fellowships are intended for individuals who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. The program seeks to further the development of scholars and artists by helping them engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions.

For this year's program, the foundation is only offering fellowships to citizens and permanent residents of the U.S. and Canada. The annual competition for citizens and permanent residents of Latin America and the Caribbean has been suspended for 2013 while the foundation reviews the workings and efficacy of the program.

Fellowships provide grants to selected individuals over a time period between six and twelve months. Since the purpose of the program is to help provide fellows with blocks of time in which they can work with as much creative freedom as possible, grants are made freely. Fellows may spend their grant funds in any manner they deem necessary to their work.

Support is only available to individuals. Fellowships are not available for the creation of residencies, curriculum development, or any type of educational program, nor are they available to support the development of Web sites or blogs.

The foundation understands the performing arts to be those in which an individual interprets work created by others. Accordingly, the foundation will provide fellowships to composers but not conductors, singers, or instrumentalists; choreographers but not dancers; filmmakers, playwrights, and performance artists who create their own work but not actors or theater directors.

Grant amounts vary, and the foundation does not guarantee it will fully fund any project.

Contact:
Link to Complete RFP

Primary Subject: Philanthropy and Voluntarism
Geographic Funding Area: National

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