NEA Offers Research Grants

For the first time in the 47-year history of the National Endowment for the Arts, the agency's Office of Research & Analysis will award grants to 15 research projects to investigate the value and impact of the arts in the United States. These grants, totaling $250,000, support projects designed to use existing, high-quality datasets to examine novel and significant research questions about the arts. The grantees are from 11 states and their awards range from $10,000 to $30,000.

The recommended projects explore three different areas:

• the impact of the arts on local and/or national economic development,
• the health and viability of arts and cultural organizations,
• the links between arts engagement and cognitive, social, civic, and behavioral outcomes.

At the conclusion of each project, the researchers will submit a report of their findings, methods, and data sources for posting on the NEA's website, arts.gov.

Read the full announcement.