FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 1: ARTS IN ACTION ANNUAL GRANTS

Overview

USC faculty and students working with community partners are invited to submit project proposals to the Arts in Action grants program annually. Through these grants, Arts in Action activates community-based projects that address social issues, bring people together, facilitate dialogue, and create spaces to imagine and design future change.

Submissions are now closed. Please check back in August.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 2: USC ARTS & CLIMATE COLLECTIVE

Overview

Calling all students! Are you passionate about using the arts, media and culture to address climate justice and sustainability?

The USC Arts & Climate Collective is a new initiative that offers support and awards funding of $1,350 (pretax) to students who are deploying their creativity to build and imagine sustainable futures.

How do I apply?

Submissions are now closed. Please check back in September.

You can also check out ACC’s inaugural awardees for some inspiration!

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 3: MOBILIZE! MINI-GRANTS FOR STUDENTS

Overview

Spark your creativity and use art as an agent of change for the society you want to live in! Arts in Action’s Mobilize! program offers awards of up to $500 for USC students looking to channel their creativity and art into activism. Facilitate a songwriting workshop, create protest art, present a spoken-word event, or organize a community mural­. Encourage health and wellness, promote housing justice, address systemic racism, or support gender equality. These outlets and ideas are only the beginning. How will you use your passion to help change the world?

How to Apply

We offer two deadlines for applying to Mobilize! each year— one in March and another in October. Mobilize! is open to all USC students.

To see our guidelines click HERE.

Submit your proposal to artsinaction@usc.edu by 11 pm Sunday, March 24.

Take
Action

    Read our Request for Proposals for our Annual Grants Program?
    Upload the following in a single
    Word or .pdf document.


    • 1

      A preliminary proposal (in 500 words or less) that clearly describes the project, its objectives and anticipated outcomes, and its relationship to the Program’s mission
    • 2

      A 100-word abstract that clearly describes the project's workings
    • 3

      One-page biography including contact details for each USC team member. Lead authors for proposals must be current USC faculty or students.

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