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For more information about NYFA grant opportunities, as well as the guidelines and eligibility requirements for all the applications below, please visit our website at https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/.
RAUSCHENBERG MEDICAL EMERGENCY GRANTS
This program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need, creating in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
To be eligible to apply, you must:
• Be an artist creating in visual arts, film/video/digital/electronic arts, or choreography
• Be 21 years or older on the cycle’s deadline
• Reside in the United States, the District of Columbia, a Tribal Nation, or a U.S. Territory
• Have an adjusted gross income of $75,000 or lower for an individual, or $150,000 for joint filers, averaged over the last two federal tax returns
• Your medical emergency and treatment must occur in the U.S. (including D.C., Tribal Nations and U.S. Territories)
• Demonstrate recent and sustained activity in your artistic discipline
• Not be enrolled in any degree-seeking program
For more information visit:
https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/rauschenberg-medical-emergency-grants/
Questions: [email protected]
The first step in applying is to determine your basic eligibility. To be eligible, you must be able to answer "Yes" to these statements. If you can, please continue to complete the application. If you cannot, you are not eligible to apply. Please see our list of other artist emergency resources at https://www.nyfa.org/online-resources/emergency-resources/.
Panelists are integral to the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship grant-making process. Panelists are New York-based artists, cultural workers, educators, and community leaders who carefully review NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship applications throughout multiple scoring rounds and participate in a virtual panel discussion.
Panel nominees should be reliable individuals with a commitment to the arts and expertise in one or more of the artistic disciplines offered for the 2025 cycle:
- Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design
- Choreography
- Music/Sound
- Photography
- Playwriting/Screenwriting
NYFA assembles diverse panels, considering gender, ethnicity, cultural background, and geographic location. Panelists’ names are kept confidential until the awards are announced.
Panelist Eligibility:
- 2025 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship applicants are not eligible to serve as 2025 panelists.
- Panelists must be residents of New York State and/or one of the Tribal nations located therein.
Panelist Responsibilities:
- Commitment: January 2025 – April/May 2025*
* End date dependent on the discipline you are participating in.
- Attend a virtual Panel Orientation meeting prior to receiving applications for review.
- Review and score the submitted applications at your own pace over multiple review rounds.
- Participate in a virtual day-long Panel Discussion meeting to select recipients.
Panelists receive an honorarium based on the number of applications reviewed, and public recognition for their panel participation at the time of recipient announcement.
NOMINATION DEADLINE: December 10, 2024 at 11:59PM ET
*Early submissions are encouraged. If all spots are not filled by the deadline, nominations will remain open. NYFA staff will reach out to submitted nominees on a rolling basis, no later than January 2025 if they are selected for a panel.
All questions should be directed to [email protected]