Digital Art History Grants
The Digital Art History Grants program is intended to foster new forms of research and collaboration as well as new approaches to teaching and learning. Support may also be offered for the digitization of important visual resources (especially essential art history photographic archives) in the area of pre-modern European art history; of primary textual sources (especially the literary and documentary sources of European art history); for promising initiatives in online publishing; and for innovative experiments in the field of digital art history.
Digital Art History Grant Guidelines
Eligibility
Grants are awarded to non-profit institutions that have 501(c)3 status in the United States, which includes supporting foundations of European institutions and foreign institutions that have obtained recognition of exemption from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The project being pursued can be the work of a single individual or a team affiliated with the organization applying for support, but the Foundation does not pay grants directly to individuals.
This grant program does not typically support the digitization of museum object collections.
These are competitive grants. Please see the Past Grants page and our Annual Reports for past awards and typical levels of funding and review our Grants FAQs for answers to common application questions about project eligibility.
Deadlines
Digital Art History grant applications are reviewed and awarded in two of the Foundation’s three grant cycles. Each grant application begins with the submission of a Letter of Inquiry (LOI). Institutions must submit an LOI by the deadlines below in order to apply for a Digital Art History Grant in that cycle:
Grant Cycle | Portal Opens | LOI Submission Deadline |
Spring | February 15 | March 1, 5:00pm EST |
Fall | August 15 | September 1, 5:00pm EST |
How to Apply
Registration
Organizational representatives who will create a grant application on behalf of their organization can register for access to the Foundation’s online grantmaking portal (Fluxx) here: https://kressfoundation.fluxx.io.
If an organization is eligible to apply for support from the Foundation, their representatives will receive an email notification with portal login credentials. Once login credentials are granted, representatives will have access to all active LOI and application forms in the portal.
Letter of Inquiry
The first step in the Digital Art History grant application process is the submission of a Letter of Inquiry (LOI). Organizations submitting an LOI through the portal will be asked to provide:
- a brief summary of the proposed project
- the total budget of the project
- the amount requested from the Foundation
The Kress grantmaking portal will accept Digital Art History LOIs for 15 days at the beginning of two of the Foundation’s grant cycles. Institutions must submit an LOI by the deadlines below in order to apply for a Digital Art History grant in that cycle:
Grant Cycle | Portal Opens | LOI Submission Deadline |
Spring | February 15 | March 1, 5:00pm EST |
Fall | August 15 | September 1, 5:00pm EST |
For step-by-step instructions on how to use the portal to submit an LOI to the Foundation, please review the LOI Portal Guide.
Grant Application
Organizations invited to apply for a grant from the Kress Foundation will be notified via email within 7 business days of the LOI submission deadline.
Organizations submitting a grant application through the portal will be asked to describe:
- the project's main goals
- the project history to date (if applicable)
- the key activities to be carried out
- personnel overseeing the project
- the anticipated outcomes of the project
Applicants will also be required to upload the following documents:
- a detailed project budget in MS Excel
- the IRS determination letter of 501(c)3 status for the organization that will receive and administer the funds
Additional supporting documents, as necessary, may also be uploaded, including:
- curriculum vitae for principal investigator(s)
- conference, workshop, exhibition, or publication schedules
- images or illustrations
- letters of support
After a grantee has been invited to submit a full application for a Digital Art History grant they will have approximately three weeks to do so. Organizations must submit their grant application by the deadlines below in order to be eligible for an award from the Kress Foundation:
Grant Cycle | Portal Opens | Grant Application Deadline |
Spring | After applicant recieves invitation via email from Kress |
April 1, 5:00pm EST |
Fall | After applicant recieves invitation via email from Kress |
October 1, 5:00pm EST |
For step-by-step instructions on how to use the portal to submit a grant application to the Foundation, please review the Grant Application Portal Guide.