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CBAA Project Assistance Grants
Description:
The CBAA Board invites members to submit proposals for project assistance grants. These grants are intended to provide financial assistance to members for existing research and creative projects. Proposals will be accepted through June 1, 2013, and grants will be awarded in amounts up to $500 from the CBAA. Grants, while not large, are intended to help support existing projects with modest extra funding that allows progress to continue or projects to be completed. Funds are awarded until the budgeted allocation is exhausted. Grant-funded members may be asked to contribute a brief report to the CBAA newsletter, and/or present informally on their projects if in attendance at the biennial conference.
Eligibility:
All current members of CBAA are eligible to apply for Project Assistance Grants. Current members of the Board of Directors and Awards Committee are ineligible. Members may apply for individual or collaborative projects. The jury reserves the right to limit a member to one CBAA award per year. Possible grant assistance proposals may include, but are not limited to:
• travel for research that is applicable to a specific project (including airfare, lodging, local transportation, admission fees, etc.)
• travel for a collaborator (e.g.: writer, artist) to work in person at your institution
• research costs (article access costs, copying costs, translation fees, postage, etc.)
• project materials costs (paper, type, ink, plates, cloth, board, etc.)
• project production costs (outside services, film or plate production, copy services, binding, etc.)
• design software necessary for a project (CS5 update, etc.)
• digital hardware necessary for a project (scanner, printer, hard drive update, etc.)
• costs for assistants
Selection:
Proposals are reviewed by the CBAA Awards Committee in consultation with the President and members of the Executive Committee, and are evaluated on the basis of merit, opportunity for personal growth, and importance to the field. Proposals for projects already in progress, projects that are compelling and/or urgent, or projects that have a strong likelihood of obtaining matching money may be ranked more highly. Exploratory efforts may be less highly ranked. Additionally, projects must demonstrate a high likelihood of completion.
Proposal requirements:
1. A 1-page cover letter briefly describing the project and use of funds. The cover letter should contain complete contact information; mailing address, email address, and phone contacts.
2. A detailed project description. In no more than three pages, describe clearly what you hope to accomplish; how you will accomplish it; who, if anyone, you will work with; when you will do the work; when the final results will be available; where the final results will be submitted, seen, shown, collected, or otherwise disseminated; and, why the proposed work has importance to you and significance to the culture of book art.
3. A detailed budget. This should include the larger project budget with the portion to be funded by the award identified as well as citation of any other funding source.
4. The Principal Investigator’s abbreviated curriculum vita (no more than 4 pages).
5. Budget justifications; an explanation of the expenditures to be funded.
Submission:
The proposal should be emailed as a single, pdf attachment, labeled with the applicantʼs last name (lastname.pdf), to the Awards Committee Vice-chair for Project and Research Grants, Karen Zimmerman at kzim@email.arizona.edu. Unfunded proposals are not carried over to the next year, but may be resubmitted. Likewise, proposals received after all funds have been allocated will not be held or carried over.
Questions may be directed to Mare Blocker, Chair, Awards Committee, mare@mkimberlypress.com
Notification: The Awards Committee will notify applicants of the funding decisions approximately 6 weeks from the June 1 submission date.
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