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Equity and Diversity in the Arts (EDA)
Call for Proposals
Students Projects
for Fall 2018 and Winter 2019 Terms*
*Funds from this round must be spent by April 30 2019
Proposal deadline: Monday, October 22, 2018
The EDA Committee in the Department of Arts, Culture and Media (ACM) at University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) is looking to fund creative student-led artistic and/or research projects for students enrolled in any program within the Department of Arts, Culture and Media.
What Is EDA?
EDA is an exciting new initiative based on a long-standing endowment partnership between the Federal Government and the University of Toronto. It is an integral part of the ACM and its mandate is to promote diversity of all kinds, including diversities of race, gender, socio-economic status, sexual orientation or identity, age, ability or disability, religion and aesthetic or traditions of practice. Through various kinds of student support, EDA aims to increase understanding across difference, to challenge social and institutional barriers to equity, and to empower students to champion diversity in their professional pursuits.
Eligible projects and grant amount
Eligible projects include new individual or collaborative student projects from across the ACM Department that help to further the aims of the EDA mandate. Projects can be creative and/or research oriented and from any discipline. (EDA also funds a number of placement bursaries for Arts Management students, for which there is a separate call.) Students are eligible to receive funding if they are officially enrolled as full-time or part-time students in an ACM Program in the Fall 2018 and Winter 2019 terms. Students may submit only one application. If you are part of a collective, one person needs to be named as the lead applicant. Students can submit grant request for $500, $750, or $1,000 for Student Projects in this round of funding.
2018-2019 EDA Committee
Evie Gu (ACM Faculty), Will Kwan (ACM Faculty, EDA Chair) Elliot Leffler (ACM Faculty), Jennifer Xu (Student Rep), Angela Tran (ACM Communications), Kae Klith (ACM Programming and Events) will evaluate proposals and make recommendations for funding to the ACM Chair.
Other EDA Student Grants and Deadlines
• Arts Management Student Field Placement Awards (Call for Proposals TBA / Deadline TBA)
Proposal Materials
1) 1-2 page proposal describing your project that includes:
• A clear description and rationale of the project
• A description of how the proposed activity serves the EDA mandate (see description above). The committee is looking for elements in the proposal that show clearly articulated and unique attempts to open up or broaden dialogue and communications with under-represented groups
• A timeline with a completion date
2) A 1-page budget with the amount requested from EDA, other funding sources, and project expenses
3) Support materials that may include one or more of the following:
• A writing sample, no more than 10 pages. This can be a research paper, proposal, script, etc.
• Documentation of a creative project in any discipline. Documentation formats include:
o Up to 10 images combined into a multi-page PDF document (20 mb total)
o Up to 5 minutes of video documentation in Quicktime format
o A completed or work-in-progress game
o Audio file in aiff or mp3 format
o Other material appropriate to your project
4) 1-page document that provides details about your support materials
Proposal Submission Details
- Deadline: Monday, October 22, 2018 at 5pm
- Please combine your proposal materials into a single PDF.
- Please label your PDF in the following way: “EDAStudentProposal_LastName_FirstName”
- Submit proposal PDF to eda@utsc.utoronto.ca with the subject heading “LastName FirstName EDA Student Proposal”
- Documentation in non-PDF formats should be submitted via: https://filetransfer.utsc.utoronto.ca/ with the subject heading “LastName FirstName EDA Student Proposal Support Materials”
Final Report
Successful applicants will be expected to submit a Final Report after the completion of their event or project, or after grant funds have been spent.