Tisch Initiative for Creative Research
What does "research" mean at a school like Tisch? What do students and faculty need to produce their most rigorous work? How do we encourage radical experimentation, provocative collaboration, and thoughtful reflection?
These are just some of the questions we think about every day. Welcome to Tisch Creative Research!
Research at Tisch takes many forms - some traditional, some idiosyncratic, some still rendering. All of it shares one basic characteristic: rigorous inquiry.
It can be other things, too - interdisciplinary, collaborative, multimodal. But when we think about how best to serve the research needs of the Tisch community, that's where we start - with the central idea that artists are researchers who generate new knowledge.
We are here to support and strengthen research and research-related activities of the students, faculty and staff of Tisch School of the Arts. How do we do that? Scroll down for a list of some of the specific opportunities we provide to the Tisch community.
Programs & Opportunities
Hear Us
HEAR US is a mentorship and grant program that supports Tisch student projects centering marginalized voices and stories. Through financial support and one-on-one guidance, HEAR US nurtures projects at all stages of development. Tisch faculty and alumni play a crucial role as mentors and panelists, fostering a community dedicated to amplifying underrepresented narratives and combating systemic marginalization in the arts.
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Collaborative Impact Grant
Now Accepting Applications!
This brand-new grant empowers dynamic partnerships between Tisch Faculty and Students/Recent Alumni, driving innovative and interdisciplinary projects that address critical global challenges and foster equitable collaboration.
Catwalk Residency
The Catwalk Art Residency provides a unique, low-tech residency opportunity for Tisch Alumni, Faculty, and Staff (with a graduate degree) to write, reflect, and create on a historic 70-acre property in Catskill, NY.
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MEGA Grants Incubator
Tisch Mega Grants Incubator provides seed funding and support to Tisch faculty, nurturing innovative research ideas with potential for significant external funding. This two-year program helps transform creative concepts into competitive, large-scale research proposals.
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Tisch Creative Research Faculty Publishing Grant
This new grant supports full-time Tisch faculty in bringing their artistic and scholarly works to publication. By covering some publication-related expenses, this collaboration between Tisch Creative Research and the Center for Research and Study will facilitate dissemination of these important works.
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Creative Research Assistant Pilot
Now Accepting Applications!
This pilot program facilitates pairing Tisch faculty engaged in creative research (artistic, hybrid, scholarly, transdisciplinary, etc) projects with undergraduate federal work-study students to provide a unique opportunity for both parties.
Research Working Group
The Faculty Research Working Group is comprised of faculty from every academic department at Tisch and serves as an advisory body, working with Tisch Creative Research to fulfill its mission in support of all forms of research undertaken by members of the Tisch community.
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Tisch Faculty Research
As the country’s preeminent center for study of the performing, cinematic and emerging media arts, Tisch School of the Arts is home to some of the field’s boldest and most acclaimed artists and scholars.
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Future Imagination Fund
The Future Imagination Fund is designed to empower citizen artists to solve complex problems by challenging and rebuilding the systems that govern everyday activities. Catalyzed by visionary alumna, Sharon Chang, this bold new venture supports interdisciplinary and inter-sectional research and collaborations among artists, scholars, entrepreneurs, image makers, filmmakers and others, through residencies, scholarships, convenings, and other programmatic elements.
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Collaborative for Creative Practice and Social Justice
The Collaborative for Creative Practice and Social Justice includes twenty-one arts and cultural organizations working together since 2017 to explore the impact of the arts in and with communities through themes of justice and equity, relationship building, sustainability, and social impact.
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