Thoma Foundation Art of the Spanish Americas Conservation Grant

Limit to seven double-spaced pages, plus up to two optional page of images/charts/diagrams. Organize your proposal using the following section headings: - Significance for Art of the Spanish Americas and Methodology: Discuss the preservation/conservation challenge your project would address and elucidate how the field of viceregal art would benefit from the proposed solution. Identify the anticipated project outcomes and elaborate on how they would contribute to advancing humanities research, education, or public programming initiatives. Outline the procedures, standards and methodology that will be employed throughout the execution of the project. - Preservation/Conservation Research Impact: Illustrate the connections between your project and existing efforts within the preservation/conservation field, highlighting how your proposed outcomes would contribute to the advancement of specific theories, practices or overall knowledge in a particular subject or area. Elaborate on your plans to disseminate the results of the project and discuss the expected adoption or integration of these outcomes in the Spanish American art field. - Evaluation: Provide a thorough discussion of your plan to assess the outcomes of your project. Explain the methodologies that will be employed to implement and evaluate the scientific, quantitative, or qualitative results. Describe how you plan to disseminate your results with the community at large.

Include résumés for the project director and key personnel if your project involves more people.

Provide a concise summary of your work plan, outlining the key stages of the project and their corresponding accomplishments. Include a high-level schedule indicating the objectives to be achieved at each stage.

Complete a single detailed budget for the entire period of performance. You must provide a budget justification to support your project. Elaborate on how each item in the budget supports the proposed objectives, detail how you calculated costs, and provide supporting documentation.