NEA FY26 Funding Opportunities

From the National Endowment for the Arts –

Research Awards

Application Deadline: March 24, 2025

Grants to support projects that engage with the NEA’s five-year research agenda.

The National Endowment for the Arts invites applicants to engage with the agency’s five-year research agenda through two funding opportunities for research projects:

• Research Grants in the Arts funds research studies that investigate the value and/or impact of the arts, either as individual components of the U.S. arts ecosystem or as they interact with each other and/or with other domains of American life.
• NEA Research Labs funds projects that support transdisciplinary research teams grounded in the social and behavioral sciences, yielding empirical insights about the arts for the benefit of arts and non-arts sectors alike. The NEA may enter into up to one subsequent renewal award with the recipient of a NEA Research Labs grant for a project consistent with the intent of these guidelines. Any such future awards are subject to agency priorities, the availability of funds, awardee performance, and the agency’s regular review process.

Full grant program descriptions and detailed instructions on how to apply, visit: https://www.arts.gov/grants/research-awards