The Big Field Fund is inviting applicants for its Research/Development Grants applications.
Donor Name: Big Field Fund
State: Iowa
City: Iowa City
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/01/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Big Field Fund Research/Development Grants support artists in the early stages of an ambitious project that will fulfill one or more of the following focus areas:
- projects that manifest new and inventive models to present/nurture/deploy visuals arts in Iowa
- projects that support under-resourced artists and creative communities
- projects that engage with vulnerable or underutilized resources, structures, systems, or ecologies
- projects that would likely not otherwise be eligible for financial support due to their multidisciplinary, ephemeral, or risk-taking nature.
Research/Development proposals must:
- support progress towards a future publicly-realized project in the visual arts (painting, drawing, sculpture, social practice, performance art, film/video, photography, textiles, ceramics, cross-disciplinary, public art, etc.)
- incorporate activities that expand your ability to pursue a future project (such as learning a new technical skill, building relationships with potential collaborators/partners, conducting research through reading/ interviews/site visits, creating prototypes, etc.).
Funding Information
$3000.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must:
- be at least 18 years old
- reside and plan to produce the project within 80 miles of Iowa City and in the state of Iowa
- have an active artistic practice and be able to demonstrate recent work
- have the ability to complete work proposed within one year of the grant award (largely in the calendar year 2026).
For more information, visit BFF.
