Research Awards: Research Grants in the Arts and NEA Research Labs
National Endowment for the Arts
Research Grants in the Arts fund research studies that investigate the value and/or impact of the arts in American life; NEA Research Labs fund transdisciplinary research teams pursuing a long-term research agenda through multiple empirical studies.
- Indicative award
- $20k–$300k (total award)Research Grants in the Arts $20,000-$100,000; Research Labs $100,000-$300,000; a 1:1 cost share is required for both.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Mar, AprNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Most recent cycle: Grants.gov Part 1 due March 23, 2026 and Part 2 in the NEA portal due April 2, 2026; notifications November 2026.
- Who can apply
- Any faculty rank, Community organisation
- Eligibility
- Research Grants in the Arts: U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofits, units of state or local government, and federally recognized tribal communities or tribes, with at least 5 years of operating history. NEA Research Labs: U.S. institutions of higher education or U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofits with a five-year history of commissioning and conducting research in the behavioral or social sciences and communicating findings. Individuals, applications through a fiscal sponsor, for-profits, State Arts Agencies and Regional Arts Organizations are ineligible.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- arts and health · arts impact · well-being · community research · interdisciplinary research
- Apply at
- https://www.arts.gov/grants/research-awards
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-09-23. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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