The Annual Conference is CIMAM’s most important meeting throughout the year. It is attended by directors and curators of modern and contemporary art museums and collections and independent professionals.

Thanks to the support of the Getty Foundation, Los Angeles, the Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and the Gwangju Biennale Foundation CIMAM offers 24 grants to support the attendance of modern and contemporary art curators and museum or collection directors to CIMAM’s 2015 Annual Conference, How Global can Museums be? that will be held in Tokyo, 7–9 November 2015.
A post-conference tour to Naoshima and Hiroshima will follow on 10–11 November 2015.

Deadline to submit applications – Wednesday 15 July 2015 24:00 CET

Application Form

Elegibility

Grants are restricted to modern and contemporary art curators and museum or collection directors in need of financial help to attend CIMAM’s Annual Conference. Researchers and independent curators whose field of research and specialization is contemporary art theory, collections and museums are also eligible. While professionals of all career levels are encouraged to apply, priority is given to junior professionals (less than 10 years’ experience). Applicants having received CIMAM grants from the same grant contributor will not be considered for a new grant before 3 years.

? The Getty Foundation, Los Angeles supports 15 professional development grants to contemporary art museum and collection curators and directors residing in countries with Emerging Market and Developing Economies according to the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook. The support received from the Getty Foundation has been made possible thanks to the collaboration of ICOM.

? The Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros supports 4 travel grants to contemporary art museum and collection curators and directors residing in Latin America with priority to Central America and the Caribbean. Deadline extended! Wednesday 15 July 2015 24:00 CET.

? The Gwangju Biennale Foundation supports 4 travel grants to modern and contemporary art museum and collection curators and directors residing in South Korea.

Purpose of the grant

The support is limited to cover conference registration*, travel expenses (round trip economy tickets only) and accommodation in one of the hotels recommended by CIMAM. Distribution of funds is set on a case-by-case basis for each recipient. Funds are exclusively related to support the purpose for which the grant has been awarded.

*Conference registration includes access to all conference sessions, lunches, dinners, refreshment breaks, access to organized visits and coach service to and from planned visits. All registered delegates also receive a copy of the conference program and a courtesy tote bag. Funds will not cover registration and expenses related with the post-conference tour.

Application Process

Candidates are invited to complete an online application form and include a CV and short biography, a motivation statement and two letters of recommendation by professionals or scholars who are familiar with the candidate’s qualifications.
Selection Process

Travel grant applications are evaluated by the CIMAM Selection Committee consisting of the President of CIMAM and eight members of the Board together with the Getty Foundation, the Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and the Gwangju Biennale Foundation.

Fellowships are conferred based on the assessment of the professional’s genuine financial need, the potential benefit to his development and/or research and the relevance of field experience in relation to the objectives of CIMAM.

Information on the conference program, tour and registration will be available soon at cimam.org.

http://cimam.org/annual-conference/tokyo2015/travel-grant-program/open-call-2015/