The Public Narrative Collaborative Global Arts & Humanities Discovery Theme
Small Grants for Public Narrative
The Public Narrative Collaborative Global Arts & Humanities Discovery Theme is offering two small grants programs for work dealing with public narrative. The first program is for undergraduate and graduate students graduating in fall 2019 or spring or summer 2020. Applicants can apply for up to $1,500. The second program is for faculty to support projects beginning in summer or fall 2019 and spring and summer 2020. Applicants can apply for up to $3,000. In both programs, collaborative projects are welcome. In both programs, projects that have a community outreach component will be especially competitive.
The Public Narrative Collaborative supports broad definitions of public and of narrative. Its work is grounded in the cultural pervasiveness and widely-acknowledged power of stories and storytelling. Once thought to reside safely in the domains of literature, history, and folklore, narrative is now recognized as significant in just about every sphere of human activity: in politics, medicine, religion, education, law, business, sports, the art world, and on and on. In addition, narratives appear in a range of media: print, radio, film, television, comics, theater, the digital, painting, sculpture, and curated art exhibitions. Furthermore, narratives have countless purposes, some of which frequently overlap: reporting, explaining, interpreting, evaluating, entertaining, socializing, persuading, and more. Narrative, in short, is a way of knowing and of doing.
PNC would like to make clear that “narrative” in this context is not limited to verbal or written language, in fact proposals working in media including but not limited to visual art, sound, performance, moving image will be welcomed.
Please submit the following as a single pdf document by April 19, 2019 by sending the following to ASC-pnc@osu.edu:
• A brief general description (350 words maximum) of your project.
• A brief description of how the interests of PNC align with the form, theme, or subject of your project.
• Amount requested (up to $1,000 for students; up to $2500 for faculty)
• General budget (how the money will be spent).
• For faculty CV (not more than 3 pages); for students cv or short narrative bio of academic and professional accomplishments.
• For students, anticipated graduation date and degree. Applicant must be anticipating graduating in fall 2019 or spring or summer 2020.
Please be sure to include your last name in the file name (example: yourlastname_pncsmallgrant)
Thank you.
The Public Narrative Collaborative Global Arts & Humanities Discovery Theme
Lisa Florman (History of Art)
Sarah Iles Johnston (Classics and Comparative Studies)
Jim Phelan (English)
George Rush (Art)