NYFA Grants

Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants Cycle 2

• Open to visual and media artists, and choreographers. If you aren’t sure if your artistic discipline fits within these guidelines, please contact the grant administrator. 
• Open to artists who reside in the United States, District of Columbia, or U.S. Territories. 
• Applicants must demonstrate current and ongoing activity in their artistic discipline/s.
• Applicants cannot be enrolled in any degree-seeking program.

 GUIDELINES:
 

• The fund provides one-time cash grants of up to $5,000 to cover expenses caused by one-time, unexpected medical, dental or mental health emergencies . Eligible expenses include, but are not limited to: hospital and doctor bills (including insurance co-pays); tests; physical/occupational therapy; prescription drugs specifically for the emergency medical condition; and emergency dental work.
• Grants cannot be used to cover expenses for non-emergency medical conditions; ongoing psychiatric treatment; regular dental check-ups or procedures; eyeglasses or standard vision care; elective surgery; non-medical expenses resulting from financial hardship; purchase of materials; loan repayment; purchase of insurance; or loss of property, even if the result of an emergency.
• Recipients can only receive one grant from the Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants program in their lifetime.
•  Funds go directly to the artist, not a medical provider, vendor, or any individual on the grantee’s behalf. Grant awards are typically paid by electronic check. 
• Period covered: Expenses from six months prior to applying and/or projected six months into the future can be requested.

 SELECTION CRITERION:
Applications are reviewed using one criterion:
 

• Demonstrated need: medical severity of the condition, and economic severity of the needed treatment 

The Canadian Women Artists’ Award is a $5,000 grant designed to provide financial support to emerging female identifying artists working in any discipline.  The award is not a project grant, and should be used in any manner the recipient deems necessary to further their artistic goals. It is supported by funding granted to NYFA by the Canadian Women's Club (CWC) of New York as a way to continue its philanthropic work when it disbanded.

In 2020, in response to COVID-19 the CWC and NYFA will be awarding two (2) $5,000 awards.

The Canadian Women Artists’ Award is open to women artists who meet the following requirements: 

1. Must be a Canadian citizen, and able to provide proof of citizenship with legal documentation upon receipt of the award.
2. Must be between the ages of 21 and 35 before the application deadline.
3. Must be a current resident of New York state.
4. Must apply in only one of the eligible discipline categories.
5. Must be the originators of the work, i.e. choreographers or playwrights; not awarded to interpretative artists such as dancers or actors.
6. Must not be a previous recipient of the Canadian Women Artists’ Award.
7. Must not be a NYFA employee, member of the NYFA Board of Trustees or Artists' Advisory Committee, and/or an immediate family member of any of the above.

  
Students in bachelor’s or master’s degree programs are eligible to apply
Eligible Discipline Categories are:

• Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design
• Choreography
• Crafts/Sculpture
• Digital/Electronic Arts
• Fiction
• Folk/Traditional Arts
• Interdisciplinary Work
• Music/Sound
• Nonfiction Literature
• Painting
• Photography
• Playwriting/Screenwriting
• Poetry
• Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts
• Video/Film

 Applicants must be able to provide proof of Canadian citizenship upon receipt of the award.

Application Deadlines
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 11: 59PM

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