Getty Library research grants

Getty Library Research Grants provide partial, short-term support for researchers requiring the use of specific collections housed in the Getty Research Institute (GRI).

Specialized Library Research Grant Opportunities
In addition to the open call for applications relating to projects utilizing any specific area of the GRI's collections, several focused grants will be awarded in the following areas of study:

• Research related to the modern commercial art market, Los Angeles modern architecture, or design.
• Research in the area of 18th-century German art as it relates to the religious, philosophical, and aesthetic contextualization of the Romantic movement.
• Research within the GRI's photo archive, a collection of two million photographs of works of art and architecture providing opportunities for original pictorial research in the fine arts, including the history of photography. 

Japan Foundation 2017-18 major grants round

The Japan Foundation 2017-18 Major Grants round is now open. 

The following programs are relevant to academics:

ATN grants scheme for excellence in learning and teaching 2017

[from the DVC Learning & Teaching blog]

The Australian Technology Network (ATN) has established a collaborative grants scheme for Excellence in Learning and Teaching. The aim of the grants program is to provide funding to facilitate scholarship and research into learning and teaching, and promote systemic change in the sector. 

Call for proposals
The ATN are calling for academic and professional staff to submit applications for Strategic Initiative Grants to investigate, discover, develop and implement innovations in learning and teaching in higher education.

Priority Areas

• Employability skills for the 21st Century

• Assessment and promotion of student learning

• Designing learning for the future

• Learning analytics

Applications close 14 November, but RMIT staff should submit applications to the DVC (Education) by 24 October.

More information at the DVC Learning & Teaching blog.