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WYETH FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN ART PUBLICATION GRANT

The Wyeth Foundation for American Art Publication Grant supports the publication of books on the art of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.


Eligibility

Applications are considered for book-length scholarly manuscripts that are under contract for publication by publishers who are institutional members of CAA. 

High scholarly and intellectual merit is the primary criterion. Museum exhibition or collection catalogs containing substantial scholarship can be considered.  

The jury is also attentive to the following: 

  • Topics with an inherently small market  
  • Projects carrying unusually high expenses 
  • Works by early-career scholars or curators 
  • Works issued by smaller museums  
  • Works by or about underserved constituencies 
  • Research that breaks new ground, contributes new scholarship, or publishes important primary source material 
  • Books with high aesthetic appeal that might increase the audience for American art 

Technical reports, articles, previously published works (including collections of previously published essays), congress proceedings, and self-published manuscripts are not eligible for submission. Projects that have been previously rejected for a Wyeth grant may not be resubmitted without substantial revision. 


Application Requirements

Application materials must be submitted by the publisher through the application portal, as follows:  

  • Publisher’s cover letter describing the importance of the work and detailing for what purpose the grant is needed, including a basic budget or cost estimate.  
  • Partial manuscript: table of contents, introduction, sample chapter or partial chapters, list of illustrations (complete or representative), sample images including figure numbers and captions, and sample bibliography (five pages minimum).  
  • Manuscript reviews: Two or more substantive, analytical peer reviews or readers’ reports of the manuscript, addressing originality, significance of the scholarly contribution, and quality of the research and prose, written by reviewers who are authorities on the subject.  
  • Author’s curriculum vitae  
  • Narrative description or abstract of the book (two pages maximum)  
  • Author’s response to peer reviews  

Application Portal Information

  • A CAA individual member ID or non-member ID is required to apply. Create an account here or contact the CAA membership department if you need assistance. 
  • Institutional Member IDs cannot be used to create a submission.   
  • Use Google Chrome as your browser to submit to avoid technical difficulties.   
  • Please begin your application in advance of the deadline to avoid last-minute technical issues.   

The 2024 application cycle is now closed.


Questions? Contact Cali Buckley, Manager, Grants and Awards & Director, CAA-Getty International Program.