2025 Call for Proposals

Teams composed of William & Mary students, faculty, and staff are eligible to apply for grants to fund new interdisciplinary collaborations that result in a public-facing exhibition, performance, workshop, or presentation. Funded exchanges will provide students with transformative and personalized experiences, while encouraging the exploration of the relationship between the arts and the sciences, stimulating new discoveries, concepts, and perspectives, and inviting students of the arts to explore the sciences, and students of the sciences to explore the arts. While there is no limit on the size of each team, selected teams must have:

At least one internal faculty investigator from Area I (fine, visual, or performing arts),
At least one internal faculty investigator from Area II, III, the Batten School for Coastal & Marine Sciences at VIMS, or the School for Computer Science, Data Science, Applied Science, and Physics
One or more student investigators (undergraduate and/or graduate). If your student investigator is a 1693, Monroe, Posse, Sharpe, or WMSURE Scholar, please note this in your proposal.

For more information regarding Arts & Sciences Areas, view page 38 from the A&S Faculty Manual.

Applicants can participate in more than one interdisciplinary collaboration. Teaching faculty and staff are eligible to participate. Forming collaborations across schools is encouraged. Exchanges that advance the goals of Vision 2026 and speak to any dimension of the Inclusive Excellence Framework will be prioritized. Selected teams should plan to present their work during the exchange, scheduled for the week of March 23^rd - 27^th, 2026.

Prior to the opening of the proposal submission window, to assist with organizing diverse perspectives and developing synchronicity, ASE will host two I.D.E.A. Exchanges on Monday, September 8^th, 2025 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and Thursday, September 11^th, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., (location TBD).

Funding

Three research teams will be allocated up to $25,000 each. Funding may be used to support the needs of the proposed collaborative endeavor. This funding may be used for personnel, supplies, travel, and other relevant and necessary, state-approved expenses needed to develop a public-facing exhibition, performance, workshop, or presentation. Grants awarded must be fully expended by April 30, 2026.

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Review Process and Timeline

The submission window for proposals opens on Monday, September 15^th and closes on Friday, October 10, 2025. The review committee will consist of faculty from across the university. Accordingly, each proposal should be written in a manner that is accessible to the reviewers outside of the expertise of the team. The review committee will make recommendations to the Provost’s Faculty Fellow, Omiyẹmi (Artisia) Green, who will make final funding decisions in consultation with the provost. Selected teams will be notified by Friday, October 24, 2024, with confirmations of acceptance due by Monday, October 27^th.

Questions

For questions, please contact Omiyẹmi (Artisia) Green, Professor of Theatre & Africana Studies, and Provost’s Faculty Fellow.