More information on 2025 Professional Development Grants application will be available soon!

Eligible Applicants

• Eligible applicants are individuals who regularly teach visual or performing arts curriculum to K-12 grade students and are employed in a public school district within Montgomery, Harris, Liberty, Chambers, Galveston, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Austin, Waller, Grimes, Walker, and San Jacinto Counties during the eligible Grant Funding Period.
• Applicants may only receive one grant per calendar year. 
• A change of job, position, school, or school district after application or grant award will not affect eligibility to receive an award so long as the individual’s new job or position relates to arts education or arts engagement and is located within a public school district in eligible counties. Any change of job, position, school, or school district to the grants administrator should be reported through the online grant portal.

Activities Eligible for Grant Funding

• An eligible event may only occur within the Grant Funding Period. Determination for eligibility during a Grant Funding Period will be based on the first day of the eligible event.
• Only one event is eligible for funding in an application. Two different events may not be combined in a single grant application or award.
• Specific beginning and ending dates of the event must be submitted with the application.
• An eligible event is an activity, conference, seminar, or training where the objective of the event is improving teaching methods or art curriculum for grades K-12 through acquiring additional arts skills, obtaining specialized applied program certifications in arts, art instruction, arts education, or participating in workshops, conferences, conventions and seminars that further educational opportunities, personal development, and instruction in the arts. Pursuit of an undergraduate degree, graduate degree, or artist’s diploma/degree is not an eligible event  for this grant.
• Eligible grants will be for visual and performing arts activities that are related to: art, dance, film, music, music studies, musical theatre, technical theatre, and theatre.
• Eligible areas of skills, study, instruction, or practice development must be appropriate subject matter for K-12 public school curriculum for children.