ISLAA Research Grant Fall 2023: Grantees Announcement

ISLAA Research Grant Fall 2023 Grantees

After carefully reviewing dozens of outstanding applications, our selection committee has selected the following four recipients for the Fall 2023 cycle of the ISLAA Research Grant. Congratulations to all grantees!

Lucía Cytryn

PhD student

Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero 

Project: Les Girls: Travesti's performance in Brasil

Yafrainy Familia

PhD candidate

University of Virginia

Project: Sites of Freedom: Feminist Geographies in Contemporary Caribbean Art

Vanessa González

MArch student 

Princeton University School of Architecture 

Project: Discrete Casitas, Continuously Fleeing Ecologies 

Luisa Marinho

PhD candidate

New York University

Project: Faith Work: Magic and Religion in Brazilian Contemporary Art

The ISLAA Research Grant aims to expand access to research funding by supporting emerging scholars. Grantees receive funding to conduct novel investigations into themes, geographies, and chronologies of modern and contemporary art and culture from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. 

During our open call for proposals, we invite MA and PhD students enrolled in graduate university programs worldwide to apply. Research must be directed toward the completion of master’s theses or doctoral dissertations, peer-reviewed journal articles, or conference presentations. Research activities may include consulting resources at libraries, museums, and archives; interviewing artists, curators, and scholars; arranging studio visits; and/or conducting field research. The Research Grant will award grantees an award of up to $2,500 USD. Grantees will be chosen by a selection committee of scholars and art professionals.

For questions about the ISLAA Research Grant, please email Blanca Serrano Ortiz de Solórzano: blanca.serranoortiz@islaa.org.