Planning Grant Application
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Applicants must contact RICH staff to discuss the appropriateness of their project idea before submission. RICH may be able to offer some assistance in pairing scholars and institutions. Applicants requiring assistance in finding a partner must approach RICH with a project idea no later than March 1, 2003. Applications are due by April 1, 2003.

Please address the following items in the order listed, numbering your responses and using our questions as headings. This application is divided into two-parts; one part to be completed by a humanist and one part to be completed by a representative of the organization who will assume responsibilities of co-project director. RICH asks for the co-applicants/co-project directors to submit their respective application sections jointly. The standard RICH cover sheet and budget must also be completed and submitted with the application.

We anticipate this deadline to be extremely competitive. A strong proposal will describe a program that is clearly conceived, free, feasible, and likely to have a public impact. RICH hopes the final selection of grantees will represent a range of humanities disciplines and organizations from across the state. Applicants are encouraged to be innovative.

Scholar Application

1. What is your humanities field of study?
2. Describe your interest in the subject of freedom from the point of view of your discipline. What are some of the specific humanities concerns or subjects you would incorporate into a public program about freedom?
3. Briefly describe the kind of public product or program you will develop and plan.
4. How will the project imaginatively represent your humanities discipline to the public?
5. Name the organization with which you are partnering and briefly say why you are working together. How will you jointly or separately develop program content and materials? Describe your active role in the partnership.
6. Briefly describe your qualifications to undertake this project.
7. Program planning must be completed by August 1, 2003 for execution by March 1, 2004. In addition, you are also asked to prepare a public talk by September 15th, 2003, and present it during Arts and Humanities Month in October, 2003. Do you accept this requirement and what is the idea or tentative title for your talk?
8. Please submit one copy of your cv.

Institution Application

1. What kind of public product or program will you develop and plan?
2. Name your partnering scholar/humanist and briefly say why your are working together.
3. What are your plans for working with a scholar?
4. Where will your project take place? (Optional)
5. What is your project timeline? Project planning must occur by August 1, 2003, and execution by March 1, 2004.
6. How will the project enlist wide participation by the general public?
7. What are your plans for publicity?
8. Briefly tell us about your experience planning public programs.
9. How does this project intersect with your organization’s goals and mission?
10. What are the estimated overall project costs and how much money do you need from RICH?
11. How will you provide the balance of funds needed for your project and match RICH funds? Projects must match RICH funds with an equivalent amount of cash and/or in-kind contributions from non-federal sources.
12. Please identify and describe your organization and its mission.
13. Please attach completed cover sheet and budget to institution and scholar application and submit 15 copies. Please submit only one copy of non-profit tax-exempt letter and scholar’s cv.

Note: Funds are limited. However, an institution may submit an application to both this initiative and the major grants program at RICH provided the funds are sought for different programs.

The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities is a non-profit independent affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.