Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design Grants – Due April 21

Cities, nonprofits, and regional planning agencies are eligible for National Endowment for the Arts grants for programs to enhance the quality of life for residents in rural communities. Funding may be used for creative placemaking, planning, and design. The purpose of the program is to foster economic development in rural areas.

The Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design (CIRD) is a leadership initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Housing Assistance Council. The goal is to enhance the quality of life and economic vitality of rural America through planning, design, and creative placemaking.

The CIRD program goals include: 

• Building design capacity in rural communities to plan comprehensive revitalization strategies
• Introducing creative placemaking, arts, culture, and design strategies as drivers of economic development in rural America
• Facilitating a network of rural communities for design idea exchanges and peer learning
  
• Preparing communities to be ready and competitive for arts- and design-related state and federal funding opportunities.

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