Foundations & Others

Slots: An organization may submit only one application to the FY 2026 Grants for Arts Projects program (i.e., one application per calendar year), with limited exceptions.

Exceptions to the one-application rule are made only for parent organizations that have separately identifiable and independent components (e.g., a university campus that has a presenting organization and a radio station).

A parent organization may apply for each eligible component. In addition, a parent organization also may submit one application on its own behalf for a project that is different from any project submitted in an application by its independent component(s).

The application for the independent component must be for a project of the component. For example, if a university campus applies for its art museum as an independent component, the project must be for the art museum. The art museum cannot be used as a passthrough entity for projects from other areas of the university, nor can the university’s own application be a submission to support a second art museum project.

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Monday, January 13th, 2025, 5pm PT

Grants.gov Submission: February 13, 2025, 11:59pm ET

External Deadline: February 26th, 2025, 11:59pm ET

Award Information

Award Type: Grant

Award Amount: Applicants may request an amount between $10,000-$100,000.

Local Arts Agencies only: Designated local arts agencies that are eligible to subgrant may request $30,000 to $150,000 for subgranting programs. See the Local Arts Agencies Application Instructions at the link to award below for more information on subgranting eligibility.

1:1 Cost-share/match required. Sources may include both cash and in-kind.

Link to Award: https://www.arts.gov/grants/grants-for-arts-projects

Who May Serve as PI: To be eligible, the applicant organization must:

• Meet the NEA’s Legal Requirements including non-profit, tax-exempt status at the time of application.
• Have an active registration with the System for Award Management (SAM), and have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), at the time of application. Applicants must maintain an active SAM registration until the application process is complete and throughout the life of an award.

• Have completed a three-year history of arts programming prior to the application deadline.
  • Programming may have taken place prior to when the organization incorporated or received non-profit, tax-exempt status.
  • Applicants will provide examples of previous programming in the application.
    • For applicants to the February 2025 GAP1 cycle, programming must have started in or before February 2022.
    • For applicants to the July 2025 GAP2 cycle, programming must have started in or before July 2022.
  • Programming is not required to have taken place during consecutive years.

Organizations that previously operated as a program of another institution may include arts programming it carried out while part of that institution for its three- year history.

Process for Limited Submissions

PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template

Materials to submit include:

• (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
• (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)

Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

We fund arts projects in the following disciplines: Artist Communities, Arts Education, Dance, Design, Film & Media Arts, Folk & Traditional Arts, Literary Arts, Local Arts Agencies, Museums, Music, Musical Theater, Opera, Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works, Theater, and Visual Arts.

Projects may be small, medium, or large, and may take place in any part of the nation’s 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. jurisdictions. A project may consist of one or more specific events or activities; it may be a new initiative or part of your organization’s regular season or activities. Organizations that undertake a single short-term program in a year may apply for that event, or may choose to identify certain components of that program as their project. Organizations may apply for any or all phases of a project, from planning through implementation. A project should not encompass all of an organization’s activities or costs in a given year. The NEA does not fund general operating support or a full season of programming. We welcome applications from first-time and returning applicants; from organizations serving rural, urban, suburban, and tribal communities of all sizes; and from organizations with small, medium, or large operating budgets.

Slots: 3

Deadlines

Internal Deadline: Monday, December 16th, 2024, 5pm PT Contact RII.

LOI: N/A

External Deadline: January 31, 2025

Award Information

Award Type: Grant

Estimated Number of Awards: 20

Anticipated Award Amount: up to $500,000

Who May Serve as PI: Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the PI is invited to work with their organization to develop an application for support. The application may also include Co-Principal Investigators (CoPIs), who are individuals with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to make a significant contribution to the project. Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply for NRC support.
University Nuclear Leadership Program (UNLP) – Research and Development 31310025K0001 More than one PI (i.e., multiple PIs), may be designated on the application for projects that require a “team science” approach and therefore clearly do not fit the single-PI model.
The decision of whether to apply for a grant with a single-PI or multiple PIs is the responsibility of the investigators and applicant organizations and should be determined by the scientific goals of the project. Applications for grants with multiple PIs will require additional information. When considering the multiple PI option, please be aware that the structure and governance of the PI leadership team as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the individual PIs will be factored into the assessment of the overall scientific merit of the application. Multiple PIs on a project share the authority and responsibility for leading and directing the project, intellectually and logistically. Each PI is responsible and accountable to the grantee organization for the proper conduct of the project or program, including the submission of required reports and documents.
If a proposed PI or Co-PI has a professional relationship with a non-educational entity (e.g., a national lab, an NRC licensee, or a corporation), then the PI/Co-PI must clearly state this relationship on their resume. [Refer to Section IV.B.10 Organizational Conflict

Link to Award: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/357425

Process for Limited Submissions

PIs must submit their application as a Limited Submission through the Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) Application Portal: https://rii.usc.edu/oor-portal/. Use the template provided here: RII Limited Submission Applicant Template

Materials to submit include:

• (1) Two-Page Proposal Summary (1” margins; single-spaced; standard font type, e.g. Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, or Georgia typeface; font size: 11 pt). Page limit includes references and illustrations. Pages that exceed the 2-page limit will be excluded from review. You must use the template linked above.
• (2) CV – (5 pages maximum)

Note: The portal requires information about the PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.

Purpose

The program provides funding to support research and development (R&D) for nuclear science, engineering, technology, and related disciplines to develop a workforce capable of supporting the design, construction, operation, and regulation of nuclear facilities and the safe handling of nuclear materials. University R&D activities provide an opportunity to complement current, ongoing NRC-led research. More specifically, the program shall be used to provide financial assistance for R&D projects relevant to the programmatic mission of the NRC referenced above, with an emphasis on providing federal financial assistance with respect to research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of new and advanced nuclear technologies. Social science research will be considered under this announcement (for example, projects that would foster the development of innovative community engagement strategies, including incorporation of principles of equity and environmental justice).

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: 

• Application of wireless communications, drones, robotics for the purpose of remote monitoring, and autonomous/remote control in operations and maintenance activities; 

• Digital instrumentation/controls (I&C), data analytics, and advanced sensors/instrumentation, at nuclear facilities; 

• Cybersecurity associated with digital instrumentation and controls, remote monitoring/control, wireless communications at high-consequence facilities; 

• Evaluation of methods, approaches and major uncertainties in assessing risk for operating, new and advanced reactors and other type of licensed nuclear facilities or medical applications (e.g., modeling of complex dependencies, advanced calculation techniques, multi-unit and multi-moule risk, application of risk techniques to radiological consequence analysis, development of improved risk metrics); 

• Human and organizational factors and human reliability analysis for advanced nuclear applications, (e.g., improved models for dependency, consideration of organizational factors, dynamic methods, human-system integration and risk analysis); 

• Characterization of fire hazards in new reactor designs (e.g., sodium, molten salt reactors (MSRs), high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs), lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR)) and post-fire safe shutdown capability; 

• Characterization of natural hazards including but not limited to flooding, high winds, hurricanes, wildfires, climate change; 

• Analysis models and methods for fuel and cladding performance; 

• Advanced technology approaches (e.g., data and text analytics, data visualization techniques, and artificial intelligence) and applications (e.g., data mining, autonomous control) in nuclear power-related applications; 

• Evaluation of the radiological releases and offsite consequences for fusion reactor accidents; 

• Application of innovative and advanced technologies for space nuclear launches; 

• Application of innovative and advanced technologies for decommissioning and remediation of radiologically contaminated sites; 

• Evaluation of the technical gaps and uncertainties in licensing new veterinary and medical uses of byproduct materials; 

• Analytical approaches that combine probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) risk quantification methods with reactor systems sensitivity or uncertainty analysis methods to quantify the risk significance of safety analysis errors or uncertainties; 

• Performance-based, technology-neutral safety assurance; 

• Evaluation of technical gaps and major uncertainties in assessing risk for decommissioning and waste management; 

• Comparative analysis, consistencies, and harmonization in application of dosimetry and dose coefficients by the NRC and national and international regulatory agencies; 

• Activities in the areas of neutronics, thermal hydraulics, and severe accident analysis that will help validate the NRC’s scientific computer codes; 

• Additive (advanced) manufacturing for nuclear technologies; 

• Evaluation of environmental justice in context of nuclear facilities; 

• Analytical approaches to determine a rational risk premium for high-consequence, low-probability events for use in cost-benefit analyses; 

• Performance-based regulatory review: developing technical criteria for consistent evaluation. 

Visit our Institutionally Limited Submission webpage for more updates and other announcements.