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Like an Assistantship proposal, this is the first part reviewers will see and serves as an introduction to the project. Your goal is also to capture your reviewer鈥檚 attention and get them excited about your work.
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100 word maximum: State the specific objectives/purpose of your project and, if applicable, of the larger project within which yours is embedded. Explain the project's relevance and who stands to benefit.
Creative/Performance Projects: Tell us the objectives, points of curiosity from which you're starting, hypothesis or question you're exploring and the guiding principles of the work. Discuss where and when the final project will be exhibited, displayed or performed.
100 word maximum: Situate your project within other work in the field by providing a summary of the work done and discuss the theoretical traditions influencing your project.听 Note what is original about your project and what contribution it makes to the field.
Creative/Performance Projects: Discuss what theoretical, aesthetic, and/or creative traditions influence your project. Include what contributions you're making to the field. Include your own creative/performance history and talk about how it's prepared you for this project.
100 words maximum: Comment on the development of this proposal, noting the origin of the idea and its potential impact in the field.
Unlike an Assistantship proposal, Individual Grants have two prompts for the 鈥渃ontext and objectives鈥 section.听 You have more space for background information, but still avoid spending too much time introducing the topic.听Focus the first prompt on the project鈥檚 goals and fill in the context in the second prompt.听 If your project is part of a bigger project, be sure to highlight your contribution.
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