Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts

DEADLINE:  April 2, 2012.  Awards are announced in late Spring quarter.

OVERVIEW:   CIRA provides grants to support innovative projects in the arts at Northwestern. CIRA has been  committed to cutting-edge, interdisciplinary arts research since its inception in 1986.

CIRA's first priority is to encourage bordercrossings:
-across the fields of written, visual and performing arts;
-across disciplines and schools;
-between faculty, staff, and students;
-and between Northwestern and outside communities.

CIRA's second priority is to fund innovative individual artistic projects. Since 1996, CIRA's focus has been to promote and fund art works that are interdisciplinary and/or collaborative in their creation, production, or dissemination. As of 2009, CIRA has expanded its commitment to include individual innovative artistic projects. Traditionally the arts have been an area in which new ideas are tested, norms are challenged, and  possibilities are entertained. CIRA supports such innovative work.

The maximum award for a single faculty/staff project is $16,000.

ELIGIBILITY:  All Northwestern University faculty and staff are eligible to apply. For full eligibility information, please see the detailed award information and application instructions. 

INSTRUCTIONS: Application materials must be submitted via the online fellowship application tool by the departmental nominator.  For specific instructions, please see the detailed award information and application instructions.

For grant recipients: Download the CIRA Awardees' Contract