National Endowment for the Arts: Research Resources and Funding Opportunities

• In Event: Federal Agency Poster Session

Abstract

This poster will provide a brief overview of the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) Office of Research and Analysis, our research funding opportunities, and additional research and evaluation resources that focus on the value and impact of the arts for child and adolescent development. We will also include a listing of relevant sessions at the SRCD conference.

Much of the NEA’s Office of Research and Analysis’ research and the research that we support is drawn from the arts field itself, but also many other fields that tie into the arts, such as child development, education, psychology, organizational research, economics, urban planning, neuroscience, sociology, anthropology, medicine and health, and philanthropy, to name a few. Our office is particularly interested in four overarching research questions: 1) What are measurable impacts of the arts?; 2) In what ways do the arts contribute to the healing and revitalization of communities?; 3) What is the state of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the arts?; and 4) How is the U.S. arts ecosystem adapting and responding to social, economic, and technological changes and challenges to the sector?

In our research funding programs, we offer two unique opportunities for funding: the Research Grants in the Arts program and the Research Labs grant program. Research Grants in the Arts funds research studies that investigate the value and/or impact of the arts, either as individual components of the U.S. arts ecology or as they interact with each other and/or with other domains of American life. NEA Research Labs funds transdisciplinary research teams grounded in the social and behavioral sciences, yielding empirical insights about the arts for the benefit of arts and non-arts sectors alike. More detail on these programs, including application guidelines, application submission deadlines, and award amounts can be found at https://www.arts.gov/grants

Information will also be provided on other NEA research resources, such as the National Archive of Data on Arts and Culture, the Interagency Task Force on the Arts and Human Development, and the Sound Health Network initiative with the National Institutes of Health and the Kennedy Center.

Author

• Melissa Menzer, National Endowment for the Arts
  Presenting Author