Note: Chism and Clapp charges cannot be charged to p-cards, but departments are strongly encouraged to charge honoraria and any other internal charges (e.g., campus catering, Bookstore, Silver Cloud lodging) directly to the Chism or Clapp grant.
The pool of applications will be reviewed three times per academic year: The first is April 1 for the next academic year, then September 15, then January 15 of the same year, subject to remaining funds. Please apply well in advance if you are planning large-scale projects. Applications for funds to support a scholar or artist-in-residence for a semester or more must be submitted by January 15 of the previous academic year. Applications must be submitted prior to the event for which funding is requested.
In 2000, Matthew Norton Clapp, Jr. ’60 established a visiting artists endowment in honor of his father, Matthew Norton Clapp, Sr., who served on the University of Puget Sound Board of Trustees for 62 years (from 1933 to 1995), including 19 years’ service as Chairman of the Board. The memorandum of understanding for the fund was revised in 2006 at the time that additional monies were added to the endowment. The University of Puget Sound is thus able to invite proposals each year for teaching residencies in the performing arts.
The memorandum of understanding for the Matthew Norton Clapp Visiting Artists Endowment provides:
The primary purpose of this Endowment is to enable the University to annually bring to campus accomplished and prominent theatre artists for focused teaching residencies. These might include actors, playwrights, directors, and scholars, as well as designers, choreographers, composers, critics, and performing artists from related fields. The Endowment hopes to illuminate how collaboration between the performing arts, the visual arts, literature, and music serves to create many forms of theatre. It may also serve to demonstrate how other academic disciplines such as the natural and social sciences, including economics and business leadership, inform essential aspects of producing the performing arts. Residencies will include work with students and a presentation for the University community and the public. While these presentations should focus on aspects of the performance arts, they will not necessarily culminate in some type of performance, or one that specifically includes the visiting artist. While many of the presentations will appropriately be held in the Norton Clapp Theatre, others will be held in larger campus venues as needed.
Consistent with the objectives of the Matthew Norton Clapp Visiting Artists Endowment, income may be expended for stipends related to visiting artists, travel, accommodations, receptions, publication, and other reasonable expenses related to the Visiting Artists program.
Clapp funds may be used to support more than one Clapp visiting artist each year. In applying, (1) briefly describe the field of the visiting artist(s) and list potential candidates; (2) discuss how the visiting artist(s) will contribute to and enrich the intellectual life of the university; and (3) provide a detailed estimated budget. Each honorarium for visitors will be capped at $1,000 per day (on campus), and will be capped overall at $5,000 total for the visit.
Available funds will be dependent on endowment income, but it is reasonable to anticipate an annual pool of as much as $17,000 per year.
Individual faculty members, teams of faculty from a single department or program, or groups of faculty from multiple departments or programs are encouraged to submit proposals for use of Clapp funds, and priority will be given to collaborative proposals. When a department receives major funding from the Clapp Fund (such as for a semester visitor), it should not anticipate Clapp support for several years.
Please note that the process of paying a foreign national an honorarium or reimbursement is complicated and involves multiple offices. The university’s ability to pay an honorarium or travel reimbursement to a non-U.S. resident is dependent on several factors, including the visitor’s visa status, tax treaty benefit eligibility of the visitor, and document collection and verification. Before offering an honorarium to a visitor, applicants for Clapp funds must determine whether or not the recipient is a US resident. If they are not, the Office of International Programs must be informed that it can provide guidance on the process. For more information, please refer to the Honorarium/Travel Reimbursement Payments to Non-US Residents site.