University of Guelph Fund - Creating in a Time of Coronavirus

• Support the realization of creative works that directly emerge from and speak to the current pandemic, and that can be planned and mounted before Fall 2020.  This can include creative works in any medium in the visual, literary, performing or multimodal arts.  At the end of the funding, if possible and appropriate, a record of the creative work should be made available for display by the University of Guelph; OR
• Provide seed funding for platforms or other lasting initiatives that respond to the pandemic by (re)building connections between artists and performers, their audiences (and other communities), and/or between creators and scientists, social scientists or humanists.

The following evaluation criteria will be used:

1. Quality of project:
   1. Extent to which the application responds to the program objectives;
   2. Appropriateness of the proposed approach and timeliness; and
   3. Appropriateness of the budget and justification for amount requested.
2. Quality of Applicants:
   1. Track record of team members in fields related of proposed creative activity;
   2. Ability of the project team to carry out the proposed creative activity; and
   3. Ability of team to quickly mobilize necessary resources.
3. Impact of the Creative Activity:   potential to contribute to the artistic response to COVID-19, support and strengthen the creative community impacted by COVID-19, and/or elevate University of Guelph’s reputation as a centre for the arts.

Considerations will be given to gender and equity inclusion in the creative team and/or the creative activity.