Recording Arts
GRAMMY Foundation
Research Grants
The GRAMMY Foundation Grant Program awards grants to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the research or broad reaching implementations of original research projects related to the impact of music study on early childhood development, the human development and the medical and occupational well being of music professionals.
http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Foundation/Grants/
The National Endowment for the Arts
Media Arts
The media arts -- film, radio, and television -- encompass a variety of genres including narrative, documentary, experimental, and animated film as well as video and audio art. The National Endowment for the Arts is committed to encouraging the artists and organizations that participate in advancing and preserving the media arts, and to supporting the production of media art works that celebrate the arts -- visual arts, music, dance, literature, design, theater, musical theater, opera, folk & traditional arts, etc. -- in an engaging and creative manner.
http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/Media.html
Creative Capital Foundation
Visual Arts and Film/Video
Founded in 1999, Creative Capital acts as a catalyst for the development of adventurous and imaginative ideas by supporting artists who pursue innovation in form and/or content in the performing and visual arts, film and video, and in emerging fields. FILM/VIDEO may include experimental documentary, animation (including vector animation), experimental film/video, non-traditional narrative (in all formats), and interdisciplinary projects. VISUAL ARTS may include painting, sculpture, works on paper, installation, photo-based work, contemporary crafts, public art and interdisciplinary projects.
http://creative-capital.org/application/