The American Institute for Indonesian Studies-Luce Small Grant

Program Description: The American Institute for Indonesian Studies (AIFIS) invites applications from artists, performers, and other creative scholars who are actively working to bring Indonesian arts and culture to American audiences. The AIFIS-Luce Small Grants Program will provide competitive grants for public-facing events designed to broaden popular understandings of Indonesia among U.S. audiences. Grants awarded will range from US$500 to US$2500 per proposal and be reviewed on a quarterly basis by a special committee of AIFIS Board Members. This fellowship program is made possible with the generous support from the Henry Luce Foundation, their support, a total of US$20,000 will cover the small grants for public events over the course of 2023-2024.

Program Objectives: The diverse arts of Indonesia have long been what attracts people to study the vast archipelagic nation. Works of visual and performing arts, language study, translation, and other content of cultural exchange are important platforms for broadening popular awareness of Indonesia and strengthening its global relevance. The AIFIS-Luce Small Grants Program is designed to build capacity at minor sites of Indonesian studies and among communities of the Indonesian diaspora in the U.S. By funding a variety of small-scale initiatives in a competitive quarterly grant, AIFIS works to decentralize and widen public knowledge on Indonesia in the U.S. in order to advance both scholarly and popular understanding of Indonesia for the American audiences. Impact from these grants should serve to advance knowledge on Indonesia at K-12, undergraduate, graduate level and general populations at large, as well as provide outreach and collaboration with members of the Indonesian diaspora in the U.S., who are not connected to institutions of higher learning or the academic field of Indonesian Studies. The Small grants are not designed for individuals to travel to present papers at conferences, unless it is part of a performance or other such event at a conference. Preference will be given to projects that foreground collaboration between U.S. and Indonesian participants as well as that produce open-source content for public dissemination and/or curriculum development beyond the event.

For more information, click here. The deadline is December 31, 2023.