CAMIT Grants
The Council for the Arts at MIT (CAMIT) provides grants for arts projects that directly engage the MIT community. The average award is $2,500; maximum awards, for extraordinary projects with broad reach, are up to $5,000. There are two cycles per academic year, one in fall and one in spring. For information on $500 Student Mini Grants, please scroll further down this page.
Funding Limits: Only one grant project per applicant will be funded each academic year.
Project Requirements: Projects must be independent of regular class assignments. Projects should be designed for completion within one year of the award date.
Preliminary proposal application opens: Sep 1, 2026
Info session: TBD; In-person and/or Zoom
Preliminary proposal deadline: Sep 25*, 2026, 12:59 PM
Full Proposal & Budget deadline (by invitation): Oct 24, 2026
Eligibility: Current MIT students, faculty, and staff. ASA-recognized student organizations
*Please note the later CAMIT Grants deadline for the 2026 Fall cycle. If your project requires an earlier decision, you may request a fast-track review; however, expedited review is at the discretion of the CAMIT Grants Committee and cannot be guaranteed. We also encourage applicants with spring projects to apply this fall if their plans are ready. CAMIT-funded projects have one year from the date the grant is awarded to be completed.
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First step: Register and Attend the Information Session
Second step: Preparing and Submitting a Preliminary Proposal
Before beginning a preliminary proposal, please make sure you have read our eligibility guidelines and policies for grant recipients, reviewed the Spring 2026 CAMIT Grants Info Slides, and referred to our arts project resource list. Once ready, please proceed to complete this Preliminary Proposal Application.
If you have any questions about any aspect of preparing the preliminary proposal or about the suitability of your project, email us at council-arts@mit.edu.
Final step: Preparing and Submitting a Full Proposal
Based on the feasibility of the proposed project and its ability to engage the MIT community, we will invite selected applicants to submit a full proposal and an itemized project budget, via Slideroom.
A complete proposal should include a detailed description of your project and your artistic work, a one-minute video describing the project, and a completed CAMIT Grant budget template (to be provided upon invitation). Additional instructions will be available in Slideroom.
CAMIT Arts Mini Grants
Apply for up to $500 to bring your artistic idea to life and share it with the MIT community. From concept to completion, Arts Mini Grants fuel ideas worth sharing—supporting current MIT students in developing creative projects that directly engage the MIT community. Looking to develop a prototype or small project?
Funding Limits: Applicants may receive no more than $500 total in mini grant funding per academic year.
Project Requirements: Grants may not be used to fund projects for class credit or thesis work, but may be used to expand on a project originally created in academic coursework.
Application opens: Sep 1, 2026
Application deadline: Rolling through May 1, 2027
Eligibility: Current MIT students (all years, programs, and schools), and ASA-recognized student organizations
Applicants to all CAMIT Grants should review the ASA recognition eligibility details, including allowable expenses, prior to submitting an application: arts.mit.edu/camit/funding/eligibility.