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SUPPORT GRANTS

CAA Annual Conference Support Grants

CAA offers Annual Conference grants supporting international members, students, emerging scholars, practitioners, and artists. Individuals may apply for more than one grant but can only receive a single award.

Annual Conference Registration Grants

Each year CAA will award a limited number of grants to cover Annual Conference Registration for members in need. When registering for the conference, members have the option to “Pay it Forward,” providing a donation in excess of their registration fees that will go directly to supporting members. Annual Conference registration grants will be supported by funds raised by the Presidents Council of CAA and the “Pay it Forward” initiative.

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Annual Conference Member Support Grants

Each year CAA awards a limited number of grants to CAA members participating in the Annual Conference. Support includes but is not limited to offsetting technology, childcare, family care, travel, and other expenses beyond what is normally necessary for participation in the conference.

Terra Foundation Travel Grants for Underrepresented Scholars of American Art

For AC2025, CAA will award a limited number of travel grants to historically underrepresented scholars of American art. This travel support, funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art, encourages participation by those whose work contributes meaningfully to expanding or transforming understanding of American art narratives, practices, and presentations.

CAA-GETTY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM

The CAA-Getty International Program, generously supported by the Getty Foundation, provides funding to fifteen art historians, museum curators, and artists who teach art history to attend CAA’s  annual conferences, held every February in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, or other major U.S. cities. The goal of the project is to increase international participation in CAA, to diversify the organization’s membership, and to foster collaborations between American art historians, artists, and curators and their international colleagues.

Edwards Memorial Support Grants

Established by Mary D. Edwards, the Edwards Memorial Support Grants, in memory of Archibald Cason Edwards Sr. and Sarah Stanley Gordon Edwards, support registration fees and travel or technology expenses related to participation in the CAA Annual Conference for women who are emerging scholars at either an advanced stage of pursuing a doctoral degree or who have received their PhD within two years prior to the submission of the application.

Royal Talens North America - CAA Conference Registration Grant 

Since 2021, the Royal Talens CAA Cultural Equity Grant annually provides support for studio art educators of color residing in the US or Canada to attend the CAA Annual Conference.

TRAVEL GRANTS

Art History Travel Fund

The Art History Travel Fund, established to provide students with opportunities to gain first-hand knowledge of original works of art, grants instructors of qualifying undergraduate and graduate art history classes up to $10,000 to cover student and instructor travel, accommodations, and admission fees to special exhibitions in the US and around the world.

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KRESS FOUNDATION CONFERENCE TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS

The Samuel H. Kress Foundation offers support for scholars presenting on European art before 1830 at the CAA Annual Conference, in recognition of the value of first-hand exchanges of ideas and experiences among art historians. Awarded travel fellowships will cover conference registration fees and a portion of related travel expenses. International applications will be prioritized.

Contact

Questions? Please contact Cali Buckley, Manager of Grants and Awards & Director of the CAA-Getty International Program, at cbuckley@collegeart.org.