Non-Federal Limited Deadlines

Curator-led initiatives in contemporary visual art

Tieger Foundation

For exhibitions, commissions, performances, public program series, related publications, and other curator-led initiatives that involve contemporary visual art. Projects must be open to the public between September 1, 2025, and August 31, 2027.

Programs:
Single project ($150,000)
Three years of programming ($150,000) For organizations with annual budgets under $3.5 million, including university galleries.
Hosting ($75,000)
Curatorial research and development ($50,000)

Dartmouth may submit one proposal.

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu: one-page description of your project idea; total amount of your funding request; current CV. Use "Tieger application" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

November 19 - internal application deadline

External Deadline:  January 28, 2025

Clinical Investigator Award

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

For independent young physician-scientists to conduct cancer-oriented research that demonstrates a high level of innovation and creativity. Applicant must commit to minimum of 80% of time on research. Requires a mentor in the field of clinical translational cancer research, cancer prevention, or epidemiology. One applicant per mentor. No other physician-scientist mentored career development award from a private source (non-federal government) may be held concurrently, but federal awards are allowed. Award includes payment of up to $100,000 in medical school debt. Must be assistant professor within first five years of initial full faculty appointment.

Geisel/DCCC/DH may nominate a total of five candidates.

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu: one-page description of your project idea; total amount of your funding request; current CV.
Use "Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator" as the email subject line.

Deadlines:

November 29 - internal application deadline

External Deadline:  February 03, 2025

Recordings at Risk

Council on Library and Information Resources

For the preservation of rare and unique audio, audiovisual, and other time-based media of high scholarly value through digital reformatting. Eligible media include but are not limited to: magnetic audio and video tape, grooved discs, wax cylinders, wire recordings, and film (with or without sound). Projects will be evaluated on potential scholarly public significance, urgency, viability of long-term preservation plans, and approach to accessibility. 

Collections proposed for preservation must be located in the United States or its territories. All work must occur between September 1, 2025, and August 31, 2026. Applicants must create descriptive and technical metadata for all digitized content, and must dedicate this metadata to the public domain.

Register for webinars offered February 12 and 26.

Dartmouth may submit one proposal.

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to LimitedFunding@dartmouth.edu:
one-page description of your proposed project, including your funding request
current CV use "Recordings at Risk" as the subject line

Deadlines:

February 10 - internal application deadline

External Deadline:  April 14, 2025

Exhibition Competition

Henry Luce Foundation

For scholarly loan exhibitions that contribute significantly to the study and understanding of art of the United States, including all facets of Native American art. The loan exhibition grants advance the Program’s efforts to empower art museums to reconsider accepted histories, foreground the voices and experiences of underrepresented artists and cultures, and welcome diverse collaborators and communities into dialogue.

Dartmouth may submit one exhibition per year.

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu: one-page description of your project idea; total amount of your funding request; current CV. Use "Luce Exhibition Competition" as the email subject line.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to work with Dartmouth's Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations, which has a strong relationship with the Henry Luce Foundation.

Deadlines:

February 10 - internal application deadline

External Deadline:  April 26, 2025

William T. Grant Scholars Program

William T. Grant Foundation

For early-career scholars in any discipline who have the potential to become influential researchers. Support for five-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand the recipients' expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas. Research plans must address questions of theory, policy and practice for youth ages 5–25 in the United States, in one of these two focus areas:
1) Programs, policies, and practices that reduce inequality in youth outcomes;
2) Strategies to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth.
Eligibility: tenure-track; no more than seven years since completion of terminal degree or first residency.

2025 deadlines:
- March 1 for internal submission
- June 11 for external submission of mentor and letter of reference
- July 1 for external application

Arts & Sciences, Thayer, Geisel, Guarini and Tuck may each submit one application. 

To apply for this opportunity, email the following to limitedfunding@dartmouth.edu: one-page description of your project idea; current CV. Use "William T. Grant Scholars Program" as the email subject line.