Sponsor
Renée Fleming Foundation / NeuroArts Blueprint Initiative
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Award Details
The Renée Fleming Neuroarts Investigator Awards support innovative and collaborative research by early career researchers, designed to expand the evidence base of the emerging field of neuroarts and further the mission of the Neuroarts Blueprint Initiative. The mission of the NeuroArts Blueprint is to ensure the arts — and their use in all their many forms — become part of mainstream medicine and public health. Neuroarts is the study of how the arts measurably change the brain and body and how this knowledge is translated into practices that advance health and wellbeing. This work can help people prevent, manage, and recover from physical and mental challenges across the lifespan.
Applicants must be US citizens or permanent US residents. Each Award of up to $25,000 (for a period of one year) is to be jointly presented to (1) an early-career researcher who is affiliated with an academic institution and engaged in a field of basic science related to neuroarts; and (2) an arts practitioner or other individual working in an arts-based neuroarts discipline. An early career researcher is an individual who has completed their terminal research degree or medical residency — whichever date is later — within the past 10 years.
Fields of basic science related to neuroarts include neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, public health, neurology, complementary medicine, pediatrics, gerontology, and rehabilitation science, and others. Arts-based neuroarts disciplines include visual arts, dance, design, music, expressive writing, performing arts, digital arts, and others. Qualitative and quantitative studies, and studies with human subjects are eligible for an Award.
Proposals must include at least two co-principal investigators. A co-PI may be:
- An early career researcher with an appointment at an academic or research institution and engaged in a field of basic science related to neuroarts. Such researchers may apply as an individual neuroarts-based researcher or to lead a team of researchers.
- An individual engaged in an arts-based, performance, or other neuroarts-related discipline. Such individuals may apply as an individual practicing within a discipline of arts-based neuroarts and/or as an individual affiliated with an organization engaged in an arts-based neuroarts discipline.
- An individual with an appointment at an academic or research institution engaged in both a field of basic science related to neuroarts and an arts-related neuroarts discipline.