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SUPPORT GRANTS
SUPPORT GRANTS FOR THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
CAA offers Annual Conference grants supporting international members, students, emerging scholars, practitioners, and artists. Applicants must be CAA members. Individuals may apply for more than one grant but can only receive a single award.SUPPORT GRANTS FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Each year CAA will award a limited number of grants to cover Annual Conference Registration for members in need. When registering for the conference, members have the option to “Pay it Forward,” providing a donation in excess of their registration fees that will go directly to supporting members. Annual Conference registration grants will be supported by funds raised by the Presidents Council of CAA and the “Pay it Forward” initiative.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE CAA MEMBER SUPPORT GRANTS
CAA will award a limited number of grants to international members, students, emerging scholars, practitioners, and artists who are CAA members participating in the conference to support their ability to take part in the Annual Conference. Support includes but is not limited to supporting technology, childcare, family care, travel, and other resources beyond what is normally necessary for participation in the conference.
Learn MoreCAA-GETTY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
The CAA-Getty International Program, generously supported by the Getty Foundation, provides funding to fifteen art historians, museum curators, and artists who teach art history to attend CAA’s annual conferences, held every February in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, or other major U.S. cities. The goal of the project is to increase international participation in CAA, to diversify the organization’s membership, and to foster collaborations between American art historians, artists, and curators and their international colleagues.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CAA-GETTY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMCAA Support Grant in Memory of Archibald Cason Edwards, Senior, and Sarah Stanley Gordon Edwards
Established by Mary D. Edwards with the help of others, the CAA Support Grant in Memory of Archibald Cason Edwards, Senior, and Sarah Stanley Gordon Edwards will support women who are emerging scholars at either an advanced stage of pursuing a doctoral degree (ABD) or who have received their PhD within two years prior to the submission of the application. Successful applicants will also receive a complimentary conference registration.
Learn MoreRoyal Talens North America - CAA Conference Registration Grant
Since 2021, the Royal Talens CAA Cultural Equity Grant annually provides support for studio art educators of color residing in the US or Canada to attend the CAA Annual Conference.
Learn MoreTRAVEL GRANTS
The Terra Foundation for American Art Research Travel Grants
The Terra Foundation for American Art Research Travel Grants provide support to doctoral, postdoctoral, and senior scholars from both the US and outside the US for research topics dedicated to the art and visual culture of the United States prior to 1980. The grants foster firsthand engagement with American artworks and art-historical resources; build networks for non-US-based scholars studying American art; and expand access to artworks, scholarly materials, and communities for US-based scholars studying American art in an international context.
Learn MoreArt History Fund for Travel to Special Exhibitions
The Art History Fund for Travel to Special Exhibitions is designed to award instructors of qualifying undergraduate and graduate art history classes funds to cover the costs (travel, accommodations, and admission fees) associated with students and instructors attending museum special exhibitions throughout the United States and worldwide.
SAMUEL H. KRESS FOUNDATION CAA CONFERENCE TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP
Recognizing the value of first-hand exchanges of ideas and experience among art historians, the Kress Foundation is offering support for scholars participating as speakers at the CAA Annual Conference. The scholarly focus of the papers must be European art before 1830. The Fellowships will cover a portion of airfare or other travel expenses. Successful applicants will also receive complimentary conference registration.
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