The Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts (CIRA) promotes and funds interdisciplinary, innovative work in the arts at Northwestern.

CRITERIA: Faculty, students, and staff with art projects that are interdisciplinary in creation, production, or dissemination, and meet one or more of the following criteria, are urged to apply. Projects in this round can start February 15, 1999.

• Projects may be in any of the arts or in a combination of arts.
• They may be oriented either toward the creation of art or the dissemination of art in new ways.
• Participants may include scholars, and some aspects of the project may be scholarly, but projects dedicated to scholarship alone will not be funded.
• Proposals that include students, or that enrich the greater Northwestern community, are especially welcome.

• Presentations that bring together different parts of the Northwestern community (exchanges among artists and scholars in different disciplines or schools; events that provide a chance for dialogue among faculty, staff, and students, or that invite response from people outside the specialized fields of the presenters) are encouraged.

ELIGIBILITY: All faculty, staff, and students who are formally affiliated with Northwestern and will be on campus for the full duration of their grant are eligible to apply.

AWARDS: The maximum award for any single faculty/staff project is $20,000; the maximum award for a student project is $5,000.

APPLICATION: The application can be found on the back of this announcement. For further information, please visit the CIRA website at: http…., or email us at

CIRA@nwu.edu.

DEADLINE: January 15, 1999

Projects funded previously included: an exploration of rhythm and time in music and dance; the creation of an interactive CD-ROM about the meanings of "home"; a multi-media presentation involving lighting, music, and prose poetry; a student printmaking workshop in response to a faculty member's poetry; a stage adaptation and performance of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past; a student undergraduate film project on the representation of women; the creation of an interactive, virtual orchestra; a bi-lingual performance, with students, of Italian Futurist Theatre; an art exhibit and monologue about the changing nature of human habitat.

APPLICATION

The application includes four items:

1. a two page statement which must include the following:

1. Description of the project;
2. The interdisciplinary/collaborative nature of the project;
3. Personnel/collaborators;
4. How the project is innovative for the arts at Northwestern;
5. Schedule;

1. a one page budget;
1. C.V.s of the main collaborators;
2. an application cover page which can be picked up at:

• the Performance Studies Department, Theatre and Interpretation Building, 1979 S. Campus Drive, Room 200, Evanston Campus,
• the Department of Radio/Television/Film, Annie May Swift, 1905 Sheridan Rd, Room 212, Evanston Campus,
• will be sent to you if you Email your name and address to: CIRA@nuw.edu
• or can be downloaded from: http:….

You must submit 13 copies of the application packet. All applications must be typed.

DEADLINE: Applications are due Friday, January 15, 1998, by 5:00 PM. They should mailed or delivered to: CIRA, Department of Radio/Television/Film, Room 212 Annie May Swift, 1905 Sheridan Rd, Evanston Campus. Awards will be announced at the beginning of Februrary.

Please post this notice, distribute to possible applicants, and announce in appropriate classes!

Any questions concerning CIRA or this granting process should be directed to:

CIRA@nwu.edu

CIRA is funded by The School of Music, The School of Speech, the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, and the Office of the Provost and the Office of the President

CIRA Interdisciplinary Arts Grants

for 1998-99

APPLICATION COVER SHEET:

NAME (S):_____________________________________

ADDRESS (of contact person):
___________________________________

PHONE NUMBER (where you can be easily reach): __________________________

EMAIL ADDRESS:______________________

DEPARTMENT/UNIVERSITY AFFILIATION: _________________

POSITION/TITLE:______________________________________

PROJECT TITLE:___________________________________________________

PROJECT SUMMARY (1-2 sentence description):

AMOUNT REQUESTED:___________________________________

STARTING DATE:____________ ENDING DATE:____________

____________________________________________________

signature of department chair or supervisor department

___________________________________________________

type name phone number date