DAP Artist Development Awards Program

Artist Development Grant Guidelines
Review Criteria: Panelists use the following indicators to evaluate how well each
applicant addresses three ONAP criteria. Each application is judged on its own merit.

Artistic Excellence (50 points)
—Artist demonstrated artistic achievement.

Quality of the Project (30 points)
—The project will contribute to the artist's professional development.
—The artist has clearly defined the project including the anticipated outcomes.
—The plan for serving the Oneida community is clearly described and appears appropriate.

Community Benefits (20 points)
—The project will contribute to the long-term growth of the arts in the Oneida community.

Basic Requirements
—Applicant must contact ONAP staff about the proposed project prior to application due date.
—Applicant may not receive funds for this project from the Northeastern Arts Council, Fox Valley Arts Alliance, or any other organization receiving regranting funds from the Wisconsin Arts Board.
— Application must be received by, or post marked, by due date.

Additional Requirements
—Artist has not received a Fellowship Award in the current fiscal year.
— Artist has not received a Artist Development Award in the current fiscal year.
— Project activities must occur during the specified grant times. Please check timeline.
— If past grant awardee, applicant has submitted final grant report.

Who May Apply (applicant must meet one of the following conditions)
— The applicant must be 18 years old.
— Parent/guardian or fiscal sponsor is applying on behalf of a child under 18.

Eligibility
—Applications that do not meet the eligibility requirements will be ineligible for panel review and will be returned to the applicant.

Activities Not Funded (however, may be used as cash match in a project) —Purchase of capital equipment (items costing more than $300 with a useful life of more than one year) or capital expenditures, e.g., renovation of existing facilities;
— Prizes or awards.
— Refreshments or receptions.
— Activities not open to the general public.

Grant Amounts and Matching Requirements
— Applicants may request up to fifty percent of the total project costs.
— Grants must be matched at least dollar for dollar in either cash or a combination of cash and in-kind contributions.
— At least one-half of the amount requested must be matched with cash.

DAP Peer Panel Review Process

Once an application is eligible, a community panel is assembled to review and discuss applications. Each application is reviewed on its own merit using the review criteria. Panelists score the application on a 100 points basis and the application is given a composite score.

A panel is comprised of individuals from the Oneida community, the arts community, and the not-for-profit or business community with expertise in arts, business, or community affairs. The panels are chaired by an Oneida Nation Arts Board member who facilitates the meeting as a Nonvoting member of the panel.

Panel Meetings
All panel meetings are open to the public. Applicants will be notified of the panel meeting date, place and time at least one week prior to the meeting.

Applicants are encouraged to attend the meeting as panelists may ask for clarification from the applicant as it pertains to the review criteria. Applicants for Community Awards and Artist Development Awards may make a five minute presentation on their project.

Reconsideration Policy and Appeal Process
The reconsideration policy is designed to review the method and fairness of the ONAP panel process concerning a grant application. The subjective panel's evaluations of artistic quality or merit, the quality of the artistic activity, or the artistic work of an individual artist are not subject to appeal. The amount of the grant may not be appealed.

Applicants may request reconsideration of a funding decision if the applicant can demonstrate:
1. The panel or review team used incorrect review criteria; or
2. There was influence by an ONAP staff person or ONAP volunteer panelist having a conflict of interest ;or
3. Required information submitted by the applicant was withheld from consideration.

Applicant must send a formal letter to the ONAP director stating the reason for reconsideration based on one or more of the three points above, and evidence of the grounds for appeal. The letter must be received in the ONAP office within 30 days of notification of the ONAP grant award in question. An appeals committee, appointed by the Oneida Nation Arts Board chair, will review all requests for appeal and make recommendations to the full board at its next business meeting. All decisions of the Oneida Nation Arts Board are final and may not be appealed further.