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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/.
The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants (AWAW EAG) provides up to $20,000 to support environmental art projects led by women-identifying artists in the United States and U.S. Territories.
WHO CAN APPLY?
- Applicants must identify as a woman and/or female, including trans women and people of variable gender identities who were designated female at birth
- Applicants must be 18 years or older on or before March 5, 2024
- Applicants must be the project lead, but collaborative projects are eligible and encouraged to apply
- Applicants must have residence in one of the 50 states, a Tribal Nation, a U.S. Territory, or the District of Columbia on the grant deadline
- Applicants must be a US citizen, permanent legal resident, or O-1 visa holder
- Applicants cannot be enrolled in a degree-seeking program of any kind during the grant term (August 2024 to August 2025)
- Applicants can be past recipients of other NYFA and AWAW grant programs
- Recipients of the grant are open to accept additional funds from other donors
- NYFA and AWAW employees, members of the NYFA Board of Trustees or Artists’ Advisory Committee, and/or an immediate family member of any of the above cannot apply
WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS ARE ELIGIBLE?
- Projects must have a focus on environmental issues. Environmental art projects that qualify for this program may focus on the following themes, but are not limited to:
- Regeneration
- Eco-social engagement
- Decarbonization as decolonization
- Ecofeminism
- Climate change / climate collapse
- Systems-restoration
- Interspecies relationships
- Natural or built systems
- Recycling and repurposing
- Clean energy production
- Bioplastics
- The funded project or phase of the project must be completed by August 2025
- Projects must have a public engagement component in the proposed project that is free to attend and takes place within the grant term (August 2024 to August 2025)
- Funds must be used to complete the project outlined in the application form. Funds may be reallocated as necessary to complete the project.
GRANT TIMELINE:
Applications Open: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 10:00 AM ET
Applications Close: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 5:00 PM ET*
Applicants Notified: August 2024
*Please note that the application form on Submittable will automatically close and stop accepting applications at this time.
For more information visit: https://www.nyfa.org/awaw/
All questions should be directed to [email protected].
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/.