grants/awards

The Global Alliance for Arts & Health (formerly Society for the Arts in Healthcare) offers a variety of grants and awards with the goal of advancing the field of arts in healthcare.

Unless otherwise noted, Global Alliance sponsored grants and awards are open to members from all countries.

Grants

Johnson & Johnson Grants
Each year, Johnson and Johnson and Global Alliance for Arts & Health award funding to healthcare organizations and/or arts agencies working in partnership to produce innovative arts projects serving patients, their families, and caregivers in healthcare settings and promoting healing and preventative health.

Consulting Grants & Services
Through the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Global Alliance for Arts & Health offers a Consultancy Service to assist organizations in developing, re-imagining or sustaining their arts in healthcare programs.

Other Grants & Awards
Log on to your member account to browse upcoming and ongoing grants and awards opportunities from other foundations and organizations.

Awards/Scholarships

Annual Student Scholarship
This award provides a $1,000 scholarship to a student member of the Global Alliance for Arts & Health who has made a contribution to the field of arts in healthcare or shows significant interest in the field of arts in healthcare as a future career. The submission deadline is October 31st each year.
Thank you to Tina S. Lassiter for making this award possible.

Outstanding Leadership in the Global Alliance for Arts & Health, Janice Palmer Award
The Outstanding Leadership in the Global Alliance for Arts & Health, Janice Palmer Award was established in 2001 to recognize outstanding service by individual members to the Global Alliance for Arts & Health and the field of arts in healthcare.

Special Impact Award
Established in 2010, the Special Impact Award honors recognized public figures for their outstanding leadership, vision, and commitment to advancing the field of arts and health.

Community Impact Award
This award, first given in 2011, recognizes individuals who have made significant and lasting contributions to their local communities that directly impact the arts in healthcare movement. Recipients are selected by the local hosts of the Global Alliance's Annual International Conference, so the recipient's community is the location of our conference.

Blair L. Sadler Awards History
From 2002 - 2008, the Global Alliance for Arts & Health's Blair L. Sadler International Healing Arts Awards recognized artists—both professionals and students—for their exemplary visual, performing, or multidisciplinary art projects that have had a measurable impact on the quality of the healthcare experience for patients, visitors and staff. The visual presentations of the 2006, 2007, and 2008 award winning arts in healthcare projects are available for purchase.