Funding

Work of the Music & Arts Education Data Lab (MADLab) has been supported by grants and contracts from:

National Endowment for the Arts

We are the University of Maryland’s NEA Research Lab. Our research has also been supported by the NEA’s Research Grants in the Arts program. Read more about our current and past NEA-funded work on arts.gov.

Institute of Education Sciences

The U.S. Department of Education has supported our work through a $600,000 Arts in Education Research Grant. Read about our IES-funded work on ed.gov.

International Baccalaureate

We have worked with the International Baccalaureate Organization to understand the patterns of availability, access, and election of arts education at IB World Schools across the globe.

Give a Note Foundation

With support from the Country Music Association, the Give a Note Foundation turned to members of the Music & Arts Education Data Lab to conduct a nationwide study of music educators to understand the status of music education in the nation’s schools and the issues that music educators feel are most pressing.