Grant
Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants Cycle 39
NYFA Grants
Remote
Deadline
Nov 17, 2026
Posted
Oct 20, 2026
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.
For more information, please visit this page (https://www.nyfa.org/rmeg).
Requirements
To be eligible to apply, you must:
- Be a generative artist creating work in Choreography, Digital/Electronic Arts, Video/Film, or Visual Arts
- Be 21 years or older on the cycle’s deadline
- Reside in the United States, the District of Columbia, a Tribal Nation, or a US 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
- While eligible medical emergencies may occur anywhere in the world, your treatment must occur in the US (including DC, Tribal Nations and US Territories)
- Demonstrate recent and sustained activity in your artistic discipline
- Not be enrolled in any degree-seeking program