Community Grants – Summer 2021
Call for Proposals:
When the Divided City initiative launched its new funding opportunity in 2020, we received 82 proposals in response to our call. We are humbled by the depth of creative energy so evident in those proposals and by the determination of so many to end racism, division, and inequity in the city of St. Louis.
This year, we are excited to continue this program and to continue to fund community work. As was the case last year, members of the St. Louis community can apply without Washington University affiliation.
The Divided City 2022 will offer grants of up to $10,000 to individuals and organizations in the St. Louis metro area engaged in community work or creative practice related to urban segregation. Our goal is to provide direct support for proposals in the humanities, arts, and design that engage the lived realities of the divided city.
The deadline for this application has passed. However, information about this grant opportunity, including the Call for Proposals, can be found below.
We welcome proposals from community-focused organizations and individuals that explore the cultural, political, social and/or economic landscape of the divided city, but strongly encourage work in the following areas:
CREATIVE PRACTICE AND THE DIVIDED CITY
Support for organizations and individuals engaged in different modes of creative practice centered on issues of race, public space, inequality, the celebration of diversity, etc. Projects in this category may include, but are not limited to, oral history, public history, documentaries, podcasts, exhibitions, the visual arts, performing arts, and creative writing.
DESIGN AND THE DIVIDED CITY
Support for organizations or individuals engaged in projects related to the (re)design of the city, public space and race, public memorials, equity and mobility, climate change, and spatial injustice.
Funds are for project-focused grants and cannot go toward direct-service or general operating expenses of an organization.
APPLICATIONS DUE:
AUGUST 23, 2021
NOTIFICATION OF AWARDS:
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
DOCUMENTS:
Download Call for Proposals here.
Download PDF of Application here. This document is for reference only, all applications must be submitted online at the above link.
To learn more about the Divided City initiative and our past funded grant projects, please watch our short film here.
Questions can be directed to The Divided City initiative, at artsci-divcityapp@email.wustl.edu.
To view the work of previously funded faculty collaborative grant projects, click here.