The Michigan Youth Arts Association, Ovation and Comcast will award more than $20,000 in grants to Michigan K-12 schools statewide to cover the cost of transportation for an arts-and-culture-related field trip.

The program will support 5,878 students in 60 schools throughout the state for field trips through Feb. 28.

The Arts & Culture Trek grant is an extension of the program supported by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, which awarded $35,000 in grants to 101 schools in the spring.

Applications will be accepted starting Dec. 3 and are due by Jan. 25.

Reviewers score applicants on eligibility, educational goals, collaboration with the hosting organization and the need of the school.

Application guidelines can be found at http://www.michiganyoutharts.org/grants .

Source : News Around the Region, Detroit Free Press, November 18, 2012.