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 $80,000 or lower for an individual, or $160,000 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   

•  Submit your two most recent filed federal tax returns, and provide a W-9 with a Social Security Number (SSN) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) or EIN and other required documentation if you are funded.

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/.

The Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award is an $8,000 cash grant to be awarded to one (1) New York State-based playwright or screenwriter who self-identifies as LGBTQ+.

WHO CAN APPLY

The Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award is open to New York State playwrights and screenwriters, including those who live within the five boroughs of New York City.

Applicants must:

• Be a working playwright or screenwriter. Acceptable forms of playwriting or screenwriting include stageplays, screenplays, teleplays, libretti, radioplays, audiodramas, puppet plays, and experimental web series. While librettists may apply, audiotapes are not eligible.
• Self-identify as LGBTQ+.
• Be a current full-time resident of New York State for a minimum of 12 months at the time the application closes.
• Be the originators of the work, i.e. screenwriters or playwrights, not interpretive artists such as actors. Collaborations are not eligible.
• Be at least 25 years of age at the time the application closes.
• Not be enrolled in a degree-seeking program of any kind.
• Not have received The Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award previously. Past recipients of other NYFA grant programs are eligible to apply.
• Not be a NYFA employee, members of the NYFA Board of Trustees or Artists’ Advisory Committee, and/or an immediate family member of any of the above.

GRANT TIMELINE

Applications Open: Friday, April 24, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET

Applications Close: Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET*

Applicant Notifications: Fall 2026

For access to the application guidelines, FAQs, and more, please go to The Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Dramatic Writing Award homepage.  

Questions? Email [email protected]