NEA Literature Translation Projects Fellowships, FY2011

The summary for the NEA Literature Translation Projects Fellowships, FY2011 Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	NEA Literature Translation Projects Fellowships, FY2011
	CFDA Number:	45.024
	CFDA Description:	Promotion of the Arts_Grants to Organizations and Individuals
	Federal Agency Name:	National Endowment for the Arts
	Category of Funding Activity:	Arts
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	2010NEA03LFTP
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Aug 05, 2009
	Creation Date:	Aug 05, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jan 07, 2010 Applicants must submit their applications electronically through Grants.gov, the federal government's online application system. The Grants.gov system must receive your application no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 7, 2010. The Arts Endowment will not accept late applications. Please be aware that the Grants.gov Customer Service hours are 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday to Friday. Do not expect notification of awards and rejections before August 2010. The Arts Endowment's support of a project may begin any time between November 1, 2010, and November 1, 2011, and extend for up to two years.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jan 07, 2010 Applicants must submit their applications electronically through Grants.gov, the federal government's online application system. The Grants.gov system must receive your application no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 7, 2010. The Arts Endowment will not accept late applications. Please be aware that the Grants.gov Customer Service hours are 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday to Friday. Do not expect notification of awards and rejections before August 2010. The Arts Endowment's support of a project may begin any time between November 1, 2010, and November 1, 2011, and extend for up to two years.
	Archive Date:	Feb 06, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$25,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$12,500
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Individuals
Additional Information on Eligibility: Individual translators who meet the publication requirements that are listed below are eligible to apply. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States. See "How to Prepare and Submit an Application" for the documentation that is required to demonstrate eligibility. Ineligible applications will be rejected without panel review. An individual may submit only one application for FY 2011 funding. You may not apply for both a Translation Project under this deadline (January 7, 2010) and a Creative Writing Fellowship under the March 2010 deadline (when fellowships in poetry are offered). See Creative Writing Fellowships for more information. You are not eligible to apply if you have received three or more Creative Writing or Translation Fellowships (in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, belles-lettres, or for translation) from the National Endowment for the Arts. In addition, you may not apply in Translation if you have received any Arts Endowment Creative Writing or Translation Fellowship on or after October 1, 2006 (FY 2007). Former grantees must have submitted acceptable Final Report packages by the due date(s) for all Arts Endowment award(s) previously received. You are eligible to apply if you, alone or in collaboration, have: Published a total of at least 20 pages of translations of creative literature into English in literary magazines, anthologies, or books; or Published a translation into English of a novel or a volume of at least 20 pages of fiction, poetry, drama, or belles-lettres (creative nonfiction, criticism, and essays); or Translated into English at least one full-length play that has been presented or produced by a professional theater company. This publication or production must have taken place between January 1, 1995, and January 7, 2010.
Grant Description: Through fellowships to published translators, the Arts Endowment supports projects for the translation of specific works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. We encourage translations of writers and of work which are not well represented in English translation. All proposed projects must be for creative translations of published literary material into English. The work to be translated should be of interest for its literary excellence and value. Priority will be given to projects that involve work that has not yet been translated into English. Competition for fellowships is rigorous. Potential applicants should consider carefully whether their work will be competitive at the national level. We Do Not Fund -Individuals who previously have received three or more Creative Writing or Translation Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. -Individuals who have received any Creative Writing or Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts within the past five years. -Scholarly writing. (Writers who are engaged in scholarly work may wish to contact the National Endowment for the Humanities.) -Vanity publication or self-publication. -Work toward academic degrees.
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