Center: Research Initiatives

	Art, Culture and the National Agenda

	Research Scan

	Research Grant Program

Through its research initiatives, partnerships, publications and projects, the Center provides reliable tools that clarify and confirm the place of culture and creativity in our national life. The Center’s research priorities focus around eight issue areas:

The Creative Sector
Creativity and the Law
Globalization
Access and Equity
Heritage and Preservation
Communities
The National Investment
Education and the Creative Workforce

The Center is currently engaged in several major research projects:

Art, Culture and the National Agenda
The Center is exploring the new policy landscape through a a multi-stage project on national policy challenges in the arts and culture called Art, Culture and the National Agenda. Designed to highlight policy options for the next Congress and President, Art, Culture and the National Agenda also seeks to establish the vocabulary for a continuing national dialogue about the value of creativity in our individual and collective lives.

Research Scan
In an effort to catalog research activity in the field of cultural policy and indicate gaps where future research is needed, the Center is conducting a scan of ongoing research. Results will be updated monthly. Please send us your project details for inclusion.

Research Grant Program
The Center is pleased to announce a research grant program investigating issues in the arts, humanities, cultural heritage, creative industries, philanthropy and cultural administration. The Center supports innovative research about creativity in contemporary society. Interested researchers can download application guidelines.

The Center for Arts and Culture is grateful for the continuing support of the Ford Foundation and for the project support of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, the Henry Luce Foundation, the Open Society Institute, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.