The Glass Art Society is currently accepting applications for the third iteration of its Technology Advancing Glass Grant, which is designed to support projects breaking new ground in material, technique, or method, to advance the practice of making art with glass. Up to $5,000 will be awarded to the top applications for the 2016-17 fiscal year. Last year, the glass-frit-and-paper experiments of Iranian artist Saman Kalantari took top honors, with runners-up Michal Czeisler, Jin Won Han, and a collaborative group from the Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio and the NASA Langley Research Center each receiving $2,000 for their projects. It appears the budget for the upcoming awards will be held to a total of $5,000 versus the $11,000 awarded in 2015.
According to the offical call for applications: The purpose of the TAG grant is to provide financial support for projects that employ a technological approach to solving a problem or researching an idea related to the field of art glass. Project proposals are open for ideas such as: new materials, production techniques, safe shipping techniques, new tools, adhesives, ways to create glass sculpture animated with electronics... and beyond, limited only by the imagination of our artists."
A condition of receiving the grant, which is only open to GAS members, is that you give a presentation about your completed project at a future GAS conference within three years of winning funding, and that travel and accommodations to deliver the talk are your financial responsibility.
The application can be downloaded here, and requirements include a written proposal that discusses objectives and benefits for the glass community, a full budget, and supporting portfolio of images. Two recommendations and a copy of your resume are also required.
The deadline to apply is July 31, 2016. More information here.