Apply for Arts Education Grants: Schools across India | Deadline: August 31, 2019 (CLOSED)

India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) invites proposals for Arts Education from Government aided or non-profit schools across India for projects that seek to integrate the arts into classroom teaching and learning.

IFA’s Arts Education programme titled Kali Kalisu (meaning ‘learn’ and ‘teach’ in Kannada), has endeavored to make the arts an integral part of learning and the joy of exploration. Over the past 10 years, it has enabled teachers in Karnataka to connect the lived experiences of their students to the syllabus in their text books through engagements with local art forms and cultural practices. While building application skills that bring about cohesive intellectual and emotional development in children, the programme also hopes that the school becomes a centre for learning and sharing among students, teachers, administrators and the larger community. It attempts to inspire students to become critical citizens of the country.

IFA now opens this programme nationally.

Schools from across the country can apply to IFA with projects that seek to develop effective and sustainable arts education models. These projects could address one or more of the following objectives:

  • Connect local art forms and cultural practices with classroom learning and teaching
  • Integrate arts processes into learning and teaching of all subjects
  • Include lived experiences of the students to classroom learning
  • Work with local artists and resources from the community

Who Can Apply

Government aided schools or non-profit schools can apply for this grant. We encourage schools in non-metropolitan areas working in local languages to apply.

Grant Amount: Rs 5,00,000 (Rupees Five lakh)

Grant Duration: Minimum of twelve months to a maximum of eighteen months

How to Apply

Your final proposal must contain the following:

1. Applicant information

  • Mission / Vision of the school
  • Overview of the school and its location
  • Legal status of the school
  • School’s view on Arts Education and past engagements with it, if any

2. Project details

  • Objectives of the proposed project
  • Methodology and detailed work plan
  • Stakeholders involved
  • Proposed Outcomes of the project
  • Possible Impact of the project

3. Detailed break-up of the Budget

Deadline:

The final proposal should reach us in hard copy on or before August 31, 2019.
Online applications will not be accepted.

Grant awards will be announced by October 30, 2019

Languages:

Proposals can be submitted in any Indian language including English

Contact:

For any questions or enquiries, please write to krishna@indiaifa.org

Please address and send the hard copy of your final proposal to:

Krishnamurthy TN
Programme Officer - Arts Education
India Foundation for the Arts,
'Apurva', Ground Floor, No 259, 4th Cross,
Raj Mahal Vilas 2nd Stage, 2nd Block,
Bangalore - 560 094
Phone: 080 2341 4681 / 82