What Can Be Funded
- Conference attendance related to one’s research, scholarship, or artistic practice
- Costs to support opportunities that advance one’s scholarship or artistic practice such as attendance/organization of specific workshops, colloquia, or residencies related to one’s research, scholarship, or artistic practice
- Tuition costs for certification or recertification and/or training
- Books and materials for courses or creative practices
What Cannot Be Funded
- The grant does not fund rental fees such as studios, offices, and other work spaces.
- The grant cannot be used for contracted labor, such as hiring individual editors, photographers, videographers, or assistants.
Eligibility
- Full-time and Part-time staff are eligible to apply
- Awardees must be current MICA employees at the time of the award
- All funds will be awarded to an individual MICA staff member; but the funds can
- be used to support collaborative or group projects.
- Previous Awardees cannot apply for two (2) rounds.
PLEASE NOTE: Faculty, student employees, casual employees, and staff on temporary or seasonal appointments are not eligible for this grant.
Application Process
Applications will be accepted December 16, 2019-January 13, 2020 via Submittable. Awards will be announced in early February.
- Application Materials
- Name
- Amount Requested (cannot exceed $500)
- Project Description (750 words)
- Detailed Budget
- Projected time frame for expenditure of funds
- Resume/CV (3 page max)
- Supporting Documents if applicable (eg: images, acceptance letters, etc; 5 image maximum; 7 page maximum for acceptance letters or other supporting documents)
Evaluation Process
SEC will nominate five people to review the grant applications for FY ‘20. Beginning in FY ‘21 previous awardees will serve as reviewers on the round following their award.
Applications will be scored using the criteria outlined in this rubric. Once applications are scored, reviewers will meet to finalize the number of grants awarded based on the available budget. In the event that two or more proposals are considered to be of equal merit by the committee, priority will be given to applications that strongly align with MICA’s DEIG priorities.
Award Information
All funds are granted on a reimbursement basis only. Itemized receipts or invoices must be kept for all expenditures tied to the grant activity. Funds must be spent in the same fiscal year of the award.
If your work changes drastically from your original proposal you must notify the SEC before taking on any expenditures. The SEC reserves the right to review any deviations from the original proposal to confirm they are still within the terms of the grant program.
Awardees must submit a summary of the project within 30 days of the close of project OR close of the fiscal year, whichever arrives first. Awardees also must serve as reviewers for the next round of Staff Professional and Creative Practice Grants.
This grant is organized by the Staff Empowerment Council with support from the Office of Alumni Relations and the Office of Research.