2025-26 Arts Curricular Innovation Grants (ACIG)--Distinguished Arts Program (DAP)
Schools and school districts apply for one-year grants to develop and implement arts initiatives supporting quality arts education programs.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- annual cycle, check dates
- Entry fee
- Not listed - check the source
- Award
- $40,000
- Location
- South Carolina
- Exhibition window
- Jul 1, 2025 → May 29, 2026
About
Overview
The Arts Curricular Innovation Grants (ACIG) Program assists schools and districts in developing and implementing arts initiatives that support quality arts education programs and improve student achievement in the arts. Distinguished Arts Program (DAP) grants provide funds for one-year projects.
Eligibility
All South Carolina K-12 public schools and school districts are eligible to apply for only one grant type—either an AEP grant or a DAP grant—under the ACIG program.
Key Dates
- Application Due Date: April 28, 2025
- Project Term: July 1, 2025 through May 29, 2026
- Technical Assistance Session: March 11, 2025 (recording available upon request)
Award Amounts
- Maximum DAP award to a school district: $40,000
- Maximum DAP award to a school: $18,000
- Total Funding Available: $700,000
Requirements
Successful DAP applications must indicate in the strategic arts plan that the applicant will include all arts forms—dance, music, theatre, and visual arts—over a three-year period of their strategic arts plan.
How to Apply
- Complete application using provided form
- Submit Budget Narrative and Summary Template
- Access RFP (Request for Proposals) document for full details
Contact Information
- Roger Simpson: 803-734-0715, [email protected]
- Stephen Stokes: 803-734-3461, [email protected]
- Program Office: Office of Assessment and Standards, 849 Learning Lane, West Columbia, SC 29172
- Email for technical assistance recording: [email protected]
- Award
- Maximum $40,000 for school districts; maximum $18,000 for schools
- Entries per artist
- Up to 1
- Theme
- Projects must develop and implement arts initiatives supporting quality arts education and include all arts forms—dance, music, theatre, and visual arts—over a three-year strategic arts plan.
- Eligibility
- All South Carolina K-12 public schools and school districts are eligible; applicants may apply for only one grant type under ACIG.
- Audience
- South Carolina K-12 public schools and school districts
- Contact
- [email protected]
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