How much funding does JAHF Book Subvention Grant provide?

JAHF Book Subvention Grant provides Up to US $4,000 in funding.

When is the deadline for JAHF Book Subvention Grant?

The funder has not published a deadline for this grant.

JAHF Book Subvention Grant

Japan Art History Forum

Foundation Humanities Grants

Funding Amount

Up to US $4,000

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Can we apply?

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Eligible organizations

Membership is open to anyone worldwide with a serious scholarly interest in the study of Japanese art history, visual and material culture, including faculty and graduate students in art history and related fields, museum professionals, independent scholars, and serious collectors.

Other requirements

The award may be granted to books on Japanese art history, after the consideration and evaluation of the JAHF Book Subvention Committee.
Applicant authors must have been members of JAHF for at least two years prior to the application and must currently be JAHF members.
The subvention will be awarded only for completed manuscripts that have a contract with an established academic publisher.
The JAHF Board reserves the right to award one or more prizes, or to award no prizes, in any given year.

Overview

The Japan Art History Forum (JAHF) offers the Book Subvention Prize to support significant contributions to Japanese art history. This annual award, with a maximum of $4,000, assists authors with publishing costs or image rights. Eligible authors must be JAHF members for at least two years and have a completed manuscript under contract with an academic publisher. First book publications are prioritized, encouraging new voices in the field.

General Information
The Japan Art History Forum (JAHF) is affiliated with two professional societies in the United States, the College Art Association and the Association for Asian Studies. Membership is open to anyone worldwide with a serious scholarly interest in the study of Japanese art history, visual and material culture, including faculty and graduate students in art history and related fields, museum professionals, independent scholars, and serious collectors. Current membership: ca. 450+ persons worldwide.
Book Subvention Prize
The JAHF Book Subvention Prize is awarded once a year toa book project that will make a substantial contribution to the field of Japanese art history, broadly defined. Applications will be judged based on the overall quality of the project and the need for financial support.
The award is for a maximum of $4,000. The winner can choose to use the award to defray publishing costs (in which case JAHF will send the funds to the publisher) or to defray the cost of acquiring permission to use images (in which case JAHF will reimburse the author, contingent upon the author providing itemized receipts). This year we welcome submissions from authors publishing first, second, or third books or beyond. First book publications will be prioritized.
All proposal submissions must be monographs strictly related to the field of Japanese art history and visual culture.

Eligibility

The award may be granted to books on Japanese art history, after the consideration and evaluation of the JAHF Book Subvention Committee.
Applicant authors must have been members of JAHF for at least two years prior to the application and must currently be JAHF members.
The subvention will be awarded only for completed manuscripts that have a contract with an established academic publisher.
The JAHF Board reserves the right to award one or more prizes, or to award no prizes, in any given year.
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