Website: https://www.arts.gov/
Funding Opportunity Number: 2026NEA01GAP1
Submission Limitation per Institution: One (1)
Notre Dame Limited Submissions Listing: https://research.nd.
Internal Expression of Interest Deadline: 2026-01-08
Sponsor Application Deadline: 2026-02-12
Program Goals and Objectives
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is committed to supporting excellent arts projects for the benefit of all Americans. Activities funded through Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) enable Americans throughout the nation to experience the arts, foster and celebrate America’s artistic heritage and cultural legacy, and benefit from arts education at all stages of life. We also support arts and health programs, including creative arts therapies, that advance the well-being of people and communities. The NEA strongly encourages applications for arts projects that focus on one or more agency funding priorities.
Program Priorities
The NEA strongly encourages applications for arts projects that focus on one or more Administration priorities, as identified below.
- Spotlight America’s rich artistic and cultural traditions as they may intersect with activities celebrating the 2028 Olympic Games (LA 2028).
- Make America healthy again, including support for arts and health programs, including creative arts therapies, that advance the well-being of people and communities, with a special interest in supporting:
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- Military service members, veterans, their families, and caregivers.
- Patients in treatment facilities for pediatric cancer care and other childhood diseases.
- Opioid use prevention, treatment, and recovery.
- Learning for people with autism spectrum disorder or intellectual disabilities.
- Care of older adults experiencing cognitive or neurodegenerative declines.
- Advance or sustain the creative work or careers of people with disabilities through employment, industry training, technical assistance, and organizational capacity building.
- Disaster relief and emergency response and preparedness for artists and arts organizations.
- Empower houses of worship to serve communities through the arts.
- Foster artificial intelligence (AI) competency for adults, youth, and educators in ways that are consistent with valuing human artistry.
- Foster skilled trade jobs at the intersection of arts and non-arts sectors and industries.
- Make the District of Columbia safe and beautiful.
Artistic Disciplines: Arts Education, Challenge America, Dance, Design & Our Town, Folk & Traditional Arts, Literary Arts, Local Arts Agencies, Museums, Music, Opera, Our Town, Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works, Theater & Musical Theater, and Visual & Media Arts.
Required Internal Application
Upload the following information to the Google Form at https://forms.gle/
- Name of the Principal Investigator (PI)
- Project Title
- Names of ND collaborators
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For each ND Collaborator listed, include name, department or unit, and specific role for this project in three sentences (maximum).
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- Project Summary: Three (3) pages (maximum) addressing the following Review Criteria outlined in the NOFO, on page 22.
- Artistic Excellence
- Artistic Merit
Questions? Contact Notre Dame Research Limited Submissions at limited@nd.edu.
Unless otherwise noted, all internal applications are due by 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time on the internal expression of interest deadline.
Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.