Francine Massey, senior research administrator for the Office of Sponsored Programs, notes that the relatively small number of yearly applications for NEA grants made by Emory faculty declined by half after the massive cuts of the NEA's budget in 1996.
Times are lean for the arts at state and local levels, as well.
To learn more about external funding opportunities, contact the Office of Sponsored Programs. In addition to offering classes on the grants process and publishing a newsletter on grant opportunities, this office provides tailored funding searches of federal and non-federal funding agencies. For all grants that will flow through the university to faculty, the office also provides the necessary sponsored programs approval form.