The Awards to Louisiana Artists and Scholars (ATLAS) program provides support for major scholarly and artistic productions with potential to have a broad impact on a regional and/or national level. These activities will contribute to the Support Fund’s comprehensive objective of strengthening the educational, artistic, and research bases of Louisiana institutions. Proposed activities should enable the applicant to seek publication and/or presentation of the supported work within a limited period of time. The primary focus of this program is on the scholarly and/or artistic merit of the proposed work. Applicants should describe their projects in terms of their necessity, importance, originality, and likelihood to have an impact on a broad academic and/or artistic community.
The ATLAS program will support activities related to the completion of an important artistic or scholarly work. The emphasis of this program is on the completion of substantive
works, such as major fine art exhibitions, significant works of fiction, poetry, film, and drama, and scholarly monographs. Under unique circumstances and with strong justification, projects leading to the publication of substantial journal articles will be considered. ATLAS does not provide support for early stage
research or data-gathering, or for completion of minor creative or scholarly projects.
The program provides support for the production of original works of art, but does not offer funding for performance or presentation activities not linked to the completion of an original work. Performances of plays, musical compositions, and choreographed works, as well as presentations of artistic works not completed by an awardee as part of the Board of Regents program, are not eligible unless they demonstrate significant new creative engagement. It is solely the responsibility of the applicant to demonstrate persuasively the extent to which a project meets this requirement.
None is available.
All projects in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences are eligible. Potential applicants should reference the Taxonomy of Disciplines contained in Appendix A of this program's guidance (http://web.laregents.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ATLAS-RFP-2013-FINAL.pdf) for sub-disciplines included in these broad categories. ATLAS eligibility is determined by the project’s topic, and not the departmental or disciplinary affiliation/expertise of the submitting faculty member.