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INNOVATION GRANT FOR FACULTY
Deadline for Proposals: Monday, October 9!
Funding Available: $6,000 maximum
Contact: Alain Barker | Director, Office of Entrepreneurship & Career Development
abarker@indiana.edu
The Jacobs School of Music is pleased to announce the Music Innovation Grant, available to one full-time faculty (tenured and non-tenured) for the 2023-2024 academic year. At a time in which music performance and production are taking on new practices, the grant can be used to support an innovative project, designed to be completed by June 30, 2024. Collaborative projects that include creatives from departments across the IU Bloomington campus and/or projects that are embedded in community are strongly encouraged.
Eligibility
All Jacobs School of Music full-time faculty are invited to apply. Applicants will need to demonstrate how their project involves innovative practices, entrepreneurial thinking, interdisciplinarity, and objectives that are attainable by June 30, 2024. A complete project proposal can be uploaded to the link below by October 9, 2023.
Funding
Funding for this initiative will go toward the development of the project and can support performance costs (e.g. hiring performers, sound equipment); exhibit costs; sound, video editing and production; printing and design; and logistics.
Application Requirements
All proposals must include:
- Project description written in clear language accessible to a panel of reviewers, comprised of the following:
- Background and significance of the project: please give context for the project and articulate its significance within the wider context of the music world.
- Potential impact of the project on the field, including expected audiences and sphere of engagement, including JSoM, campus, and community groups.
- How the project engages in innovative practices
- Goals of the project
- The work plan and timeline to accomplish the goals
- Budget Justification for funds requested
- Identify each category of expense
- Include any additional funding or support available for this project
- A complete Income and Expense Budget is required
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