RCI Block Grants for Arts and Humanities
RCI Block Grants are intended to enhance and support OVPR partnerships with schools/colleges in strategic planning and accountability for advancing their own research and scholarship goals.
Learn More and Apply
RCI Block Grants provide support for funding categories determined to be of high need for certain units’ faculty/researchers (especially in the arts and humanities), such as small preliminary/seed grants (typical size <$2K), publication subvention, performances, and art and humanity discipline/field-specific research development activities.
Award Information
- RCI Block Grants are $100K/year for each eligible unit, awarded to unit RADs
- The program will run for three years and then be reassessed.
Eligibility
- College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (Humanities and Social Sciences)
- Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
- Stamps School of Art & Design
- School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Proposal Requirements
RADs will submit a 2-page request for justification and also engage in discussion with OVPR.
Proposal Submissions
- A formal request is submitted once a year (May 1) to OVPR by the RAD of the eligible unit for the upcoming fiscal year.
- For more information and to submit proposals, please visit InfoReady Review.
Questions?
If you have any further questions, please contact [email protected].