**Applications for LIFT & LOFT Arts Development Grants are closed as of Nov 1st. Awardees will be announced by Dec 15th.
For more grant and funding opportunities for Art & Humanities faculty, please visit the A&H website, here.
Open to current full-time UC Berkeley undergraduate and graduate students, and current ladder rank faculty. Application period is Sept 16 - Nov 1. Awards will be announced by December 15th and funds will be disbursed in late December 2024.
WHAT WE OFFER YOU: SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF FUNDING & PROMOTION!
WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU: SHORT REPORT SUMMARY DETAILING HOW FUNDS WERE SPENT & HOW IT FURTHERED YOUR ARTS RESEARCH
TIME FRAME ON FUND EXPENDITURE: FUNDS AWARDED LATE DEC 2024, MUST BY USED BY MAY 15, 2025
Please note: you must use your berkeley.edu email to complete the forms. Applicants are allowed one submission, and responses may not be changed once submitted. We suggest you write your answers in another document and copy/paste them into the form. Questions? Please write to ARC Associate Director Laurie Macfee, macfee@berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail).
LIFT and LOFT grants are supported by the Dean's Office of the Division of Arts & Humanities
LIFT Arts Development Grants for Students
ARC will support 8-12 LIFT awards to fund specific creative arts projects or arts research, including workshops, conferences, performance costs, collaborations, materials, publication, or exhibition costs. Students may request up to $500. LIFT grants are open to undergraduate and graduate students.
LIFT grants are available to current fulltime students only. If you receive aid, please check with the Financial Aid office to see if you would need to do a COLA adjustment if you receive the award.
LOFT Arts Development Grants for Faculty
ARC will fund three $2,000 awards for faculty to support developmental phases of arts creation, including activities such as manuscript workshops, staged readings, composition performances, or other activities to advance work in creative writing, visual arts, music, theater, performance, film, or other arts practices.
LOFT awards are only available to current ladder rank faculty and funds will be deposited in research accounts. During our pilot year, the grants are not open to adjunct, lecturer, emeritus, or teaching professors.