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CAA-Getty International Program

The CAA-Getty International Program, supported by Getty, provides funding to art historians, museum curators, and other visual arts professionals from around the globe, enabling them to attend CAA Annual Conferences. The program was established to diversify CAA membership, increase international presence at CAA conferences, and foster greater cross-cultural understanding of different contexts and methodologies of art scholarship and practice. Rigorous dialogue between international scholars and their North American peers has yielded collaboration, community, and lasting connections: CAA-Getty alumni have worked together on publications, exhibitions, convenings, and many other projects. The program—now in its fifteenth year—has gathered 179 scholars from sixty-one countries and continues to have significant global impact on the field. Many participants become CAA ambassadors in their respective countries by sharing knowledge acquired during the program with their colleagues at home.

Read more about the program and its history in our 2021 10-year anniversary publication.

Visit our website for information about past CAA-Getty events including Global Conversations, as well as to view program alumni biographies and contact information:

| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025

Grant Details

The CAA-Getty International Program features a preconference colloquium on international issues in art history, followed by a week of sessions, workshops, events, museum visits, and professional development opportunities.

CAA-Getty grantees receive a one-year CAA membership, conference registration, travel expenses, hotel accommodations, and per diems for meals and incidentals. International art historians, curators, and other visual arts professionals are encouraged to apply!

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must be practicing art historians, curators, or visual arts professionals who work outside of North America. Applicants do not need to be CAA members.

Command of the English language is required, as is the ability to obtain a visa to travel to the United States for the CAA Annual Conference.

Because only professionals who are from countries underrepresented in CAA membership are eligible to apply, this grant excludes scholars from the United States, Western Europe, Israel, and Australia, as well as scholars who have received significant funding from American foundations or research institutes to participate in conferences and/or residencies in the United States.

Application Requirements

Applicants–both new scholars and alumni–must apply by submitting their paper via the CAA 114th Annual Conference submission form (individual presentation proposal), indicating their interest in participating in the CAA-Getty International Program.  

To begin the application process, you must first create a temporary CAA account number here; once you’ve done this, click the APPLY NOW button below by April 25. 

Answers to frequently asked questions can be found  here. For further questions not addressed on this list, please contact Cali Buckley, Director, CAA-Getty International Program.   

Deadline: April 25, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time