UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL

MEMORANDUM

Date:	August 29, 2004
To:	Interested Faculty in the Creative and Performing Arts
From:	Gay Gullickson , Associate Dean
Subject:	Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) Awards - FY 2005\6

Graduate School Deadline: Friday, 1 October 2004 at 12:00 p.m., 2125 Lee Bldg.

The Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) Board invites applications by full-time tenured/tenure track faculty members with the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor at the University of Maryland College Park, for financial support for their creative and performing arts activities during the Summer of 2005.

1. Applications are invited from faculty members working in the fields of art, architecture, creative writing (poetry, prose and translations), all aspects of the theatre, television, radio, dance, music, film, photography and similar fields.

2. Stipends for Summer 2005 ($8,750 for Assistant, Associate and Full Professors) will be granted to provide two months support for creative and performing arts projects. The Board also welcomes applications for a one-month award ($4,375 for Assistant, Associate and Full Professors) from those faculty members who will teach half-time in the summer school or who have other sources of partial support for their projects. The awards are restricted to faculty members on 9, 9.5, or 10 month contracts who are engaged in creative and performing arts projects not funded from other sources during the summer, and who are not otherwise engaged in teaching activities except as stated above. Additional expenses can be provided only under exceptional circumstances.

3. Generally, no faculty member will receive a CAPA award in two consecutive years.

4. It must be emphasized that all awards are made with the understanding that if other support is received for the same project during the same period, the holder will relinquish the award made by the CAPA Board. Only faculty members who will continue on the faculty of the University of Maryland in the year following receipt of the award are eligible to receive an award from CAPA.

5. Copies of any publications, recordings, or other appropriate materials resulting from CAPA support should be provided to the Board and should acknowledge therein the support provided. Where appropriate, program copy for performances should acknowledge the support of the CAPA Board.

6. Applications for the award are available in the Division of Research and Graduate Studies, 2125 Lee Building, and in MS Word and Adobe Acrobat formats at the CAPA website. If you have any questions, you may contact Ms. Pam Solomos at (301) 405-0358 or by email (psolomos@umresearch.umd.edu). An original application plus 9 copies on white paper must be submitted to CAPA, The Graduate School, Room 2125 Lee Building, by 12:00 p.m, Friday, 1 October 2004.