February 2023

Funding Fridays #15

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Our second list of 2023 features 20 grants with deadlines between February 3, 2023 and March 8, 2023. In addition, we've listed 12 grants with rolling application deadlines. 


Listings preceded with "++" denote funding opportunities we've added since this list was originally published. Turn on post notifications for @HelloBarkada on Instagram and Twitter to stay in the loop.


For additional opportunities, including fellowships and residencies, check out the lists curated by Creative Capital for January and February 2023, Fractured Atlas for February 2023, Poets & Writers, and Funds for Writers.


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TAGS: RESOURCES

GRANTS AWARDED ON A ROLLING BASIS

Listed in alphabetical order. Listings preceded by ">>" spotlight grants added to this section this month.

Adobe Creative Residency Community FundOpen to artists around the world who are at least 18 years old

Amount(s) rewarded. $500–$5000

Who's eligible. Creators of visual work (especially in video, photography, illustration, graphic design, and/or product/interface design (UI/UX)), who are proficient in English (except for Japanese candidates, who must be proficient in Japanese), at least 18 years old (no advanced degree needed), and owner of a PayPal account or bank account in their name.

The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency GrantOpen to artists around the world

Amount(s) rewarded. Up to $15,000; most typically $5000

Who's eligible. The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation. An artist must be able to demonstrate a minimum involvement of ten years in a mature phase of their work. Artists must work in the disciplines of painting, sculpture or printmaking.

The Awesome Foundation: Homelessness Open to artists globally, but must be submitted in English

Amount(s) rewarded. $1000

Who's eligible. The Awesome Foundation is an ever-growing worldwide community devoted to forwarding the interest of awesome in the universe. Additional grants in a variety of categories or "chapters" are given out, including grants for projects taking place in specific global and U.S. cities.

The Awesome Foundation: On the Water Grant Open to artists globally, but must be submitted in English

Amount(s) rewarded. $1000

Who's eligible. The Awesome Foundation is an ever-growing worldwide community devoted to forwarding the interest of awesome in the universe. Additional grants in a variety of categories or "chapters" are given out, including grants for projects taking place in specific global and U.S. cities.


For this chapter, The Awesome Foundation is interested in "proposals where a strong connection to the water has been established and where you can provide us with a clear sense of your project’s anticipated reach."

Epic MegaGrantsOpen to developers around the world

Amount(s) rewarded. $5000–$500,000

Application fee. NA 

Who's eligible. Epic Games is looking to support anyone doing amazing things with Unreal Engine or for the 3D graphics ecosystem. Grants cover a variety of endeavors from game development, architecture projects, and film/TV production, to academic uses and software tool development.

Eyebeam Center for the Future of JournalismOpen to artists around the world

Amount(s) rewarded. $500–$5000

Application fee. NA 

Who's eligible. The Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism (ECFJ) is an experimental grant-making program that supports artists and artist-journalist teams producing innovative and revelatory journalistic work for major media outlets. 

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency GrantsMust reside in the United States or U.S. territories

Timeline tip. Best to start process at least eights weeks from when funding is needed

Amount(s) rewarded. $500–$3000

Who's eligible. Emergency Grants is a multi-disciplinary program that supports visual and performing artists whose work is of a contemporary, experimental nature. Artists who apply must:

Mary Mason Lemonade FundOpen to current or past theatre practitioners in San Francisco with terminal or life-threatening illnesses

Amount(s) rewarded. Up to $1000

Who's eligible. Any resident of the San Francisco Bay Area who has worked professionally or vocationally in local theatre or has been an active participant in the theatre community, regardless of the income derived from work in the theatre (with two years' experience minimum in the last five years), and has received a diagnosis of a terminal or life-threatening medical illness or condition is eligible to apply for the program.

National Dance Project Travel FundOpen to artists and art staff in the United States

Timeline tip. Application is due 40 days or more prior to the date of departure.

Amount(s) rewarded. Reimbursement of up to 50% of the requested travel expenses, not exceeding $500.

Who's eligible. Artists currently in the creation or touring period of work supported by an NDP Production Grant; and curators, presenters, residency directors, or related staff (such as program or production staff) to either travel to see works currently eligible for NDP presentation support to determine if they will be able to present the NDP work in their community or to bring a currently-funded NDP artist to their community for meetings and advance planning to lay the groundwork for touring the NDP project.

National Theater Project Presenter Travel GrantOpen to art presenters and curatorial staff in the United States

Amount(s) rewarded. Reimbursement of up to 70% of the requested travel expenses (typically in the range of $700–$1000, but no maximum).

Who's eligible. Arts presenters and curatorial staff considering NTP projects are eligible to apply for travel support to see the project. Additionally, NTP Creation and Touring Grant recipients may apply for travel funds for themselves or invite others to apply for the purpose of promoting, publicizing, or otherwise advancing their NTP funded project.

Open 4CultureOutside of Seattle, anywhere in King County

Timeline tip. Best to start process at least six weeks from when funding needed

Amount(s) rewarded. $1500

Who's eligible. Projects created by or for audiences of underserved communities, or offers an innovative approach to the arts, historic preservation, or King County heritage and offers public benefit to King County residents and visitors.

Pollock-Krasner Foundation GrantOpen to artists around the world

Amount(s) rewarded. Up to $30,000

Who's eligible. The Foundation provides financial resources for visual artists to create new work, acquire supplies, rent studio space, prepare for exhibitions, attend a residency and offset living expenses. The Foundation welcomes, throughout the year, applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors and artists who work on paper, including printmakers.

smART ventures grantMust be based in the greater Seattle area

Amount(s) rewarded. Up to $500–$1000

Who's eligible. smART ventures seeks to widen arts and culture participation, particularly of

diverse or underserved communities. Individuals (including youth), groups, organizations, or communities of interest that offer a potential arts or cultural impact within the city of Seattle and need start-up or final investment funds for proposed public events are able to apply. Organizations do NOT have to have 501(c)(3) non-profit status to apply.

GRANTS WITH APPLICATION DEADLINES

Listed in ascending order by deadline.

Academy of American Poets Ambroggio Prize Open to poets who currently reside in the U.S.

Deadline. February 15, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. $1000

Who's eligible. Poets who are U.S. Citizen, have been resident of the United States for the ten-year period prior to the submission deadline, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) status, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Legal Permanent Status (LPS), or any subsequent categories designated by the U.S. authorities as conferring similar enhanced status upon non-citizens living in the United States. 


Submitted manuscript must be original and originally written in Spanish and accompanied by a translation in English. Poets may translate their own work or collaborate with a translator who may or may not be a poet. The poet and translator must share the $1,000 prize.

Arts Missoula Grants Open to individual performing and visual artists who live in Missoula County, Montana

Deadline. February 15, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. $2500

Who's eligible. Individual performing or visual artists who currently reside in Missoula County and have for at least one (1) year, are at least 18 years or older, and will reside in Missoula County for the life of the grant.


Arts Missoula Grants seeks to provide sustaining funds to assist individual Missoula County artists whose endeavors intersect with the general public. Arts Missoula believes that art is not only important, it is essential in enriching the community, culture, and in building and maintaining a vibrant economy.

The Awesome Foundation: Disability Grant Open to artists globally, but must be submitted in English

Deadline. February 15, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. $1000

Who's eligible. The Awesome Foundation is an ever-growing worldwide community devoted to forwarding the interest of awesome in the universe. Additional grants in a variety of categories or "chapters" are given out, several with rolling deadlines, including grants for projects taking place in specific global and U.S. cities.

CAAPP Book Prize Open to writers who are African American, African, or of the African diasporic 

Deadline. February 15, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. $3000

Who's eligible. Writers of African descent (who embody African American, African, or African diasporic experiences) seeking to publish their first or second book. The book can be of any genre that is, or intersects with, poetry, including poetry, hybrid work, speculative prose, and/or translation.

South Arts' Traditional Arts Touring Grant Open to nonprofit organizations, official unit of governments, or educational organizations Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee

Deadline. February 15, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. $1000–$5000

Who's eligible. This funding program is open to organizations that must have not-for-profit, tax-exempt status, or be an official unit of local, county, or state government. Projects may include performing (music, dance, and storytelling) and/or visual arts/crafts, must take place in the applicant's state, and must engage a traditional artist or ensemble that resides in a state in the South Arts region that is outside of the applicant's state.

Syracuse University Press Veterans Writing Award Open to unpublished writers who are U.S. veterans, active duty personnel in any branch of the U.S. military, or immediate family members of U.S. veterans or active duty personnel

Deadline. February 15, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. $1000 and publication contract with Syracuse University Press

Who's eligible. The award is open to U.S. veterans and active duty personnel in any branch of the U.S. military and their immediate family members. This includes spouses, domestic partners, siblings, parents, and children. Women veteran writers, veterans of color, Native American veterans, LGBTQ veterans, and those who identify as having a disability are encouraged to submit.


Project must be a full-length memoir, collection of nonfiction essays, or creative nonfiction piece in manuscript form, that does not exceed 90,000 words.

Mid-America Arts Alliance Artistic Innovations Grant Open to individual artists and arts-based nonprofit 501c3 organizations in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas

Deadline. February 16, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. Up to $15,000

Who's eligible. Individual artists who are at least 21 years old and have a résumé that demonstrates at least three years of engagement in a creative practice prior to the application due date; or a nonprofit, 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization, a unit of state or local government, or a federally recognized tribal community that has at least a three-year history of arts programming prior to the application due date.

A great Artistic Innovations project is a work that has in-person experiences of art, art making, or artists at the heart of the endeavor and introduces a new original idea or artwork to the applicant’s audience. Project must be a new and original artwork at any point in its creative development, and artwork may span one or more creative disciplines.

Lambda Literary J. Michael Samuel Prize for Writers Over 50 Open to emerging LGBTQ+ writers over the age of 50

Deadline. February 17, 2023, 11:59 p.m. ET

Amount(s) rewarded. $5000 

Who's eligible. Applicants must be 50 years of age or older as of January 1, 2023, and be unpublished, i.e., have no books under contract or forthcoming from a publisher (up to one (1) self-published title is permitted). Writers with bylines for short stories, poetry, and essays are still eligible. Contributions to the LGBTQ+ literary field beyond their writings and publications will also be considered.

Lambda Literary Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction Open to Lesbian/Queer-identified women and Trans/Gender non-conforming writers

Deadline. February 17, 2023, 11:59 p.m. ET

Amount(s) rewarded. $2500 

Who's eligible. The Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction, established in memory of the beloved activist and author, honors lesbian/queer-identified women and trans/gender non-conforming authors who are committed to nonfiction work that captures the depth and complexity of lesbian/queer life, culture, and/or history. Applicants must have published at least one book of nonfiction that captures the depth and complexity of lesbian/queer life, culture, and/or history. Contributions to the LGBTQ+ literary field beyond their writings and publications will also be considered.

Lambda Literary Jim Duggins, PhD Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize Open to mid-career LGBTQ+ writers 

Deadline. February 17, 2023, 11:59 p.m. ET

Amount(s) rewarded. $5000 each to two winners 

Who's eligible. This prize honors LGBTQ-identified authors who have published multiple novels, built a strong reputation and following, and show promise to continue publishing high quality work for years to come. Applicants must have written and published at least three novels, or two novels and substantial additional literary work (including poems, stories, or essays). Contributions to the LGBTQ+ literary field beyond their writings and publications shall also be considered.

Lambda Literary Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers Open to emerging LGBTQ+ writers 

Deadline. February 17, 2023, 11:59 p.m. ET

Amount(s) rewarded. $1500 each to two writers

Who's eligible. The Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers (formerly the Dr. Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award) recognizes LGBTQ-identified writers whose work demonstrates their strong potential for promising careers. Applicants must have written and published at least one but no more than two books of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. Contributions to the LGBTQ+ literary field beyond their writings and publications shall also be considered.

Lambda Literary Randall Kenan Prize for Black LGBTQ Fiction Open to Black LGBTQ+ writers of fiction

Deadline. February 17, 2023, 11:59 p.m. ET

Amount(s) rewarded. $3000

Who's eligible. The Randall Kenan Prize for Black LGBTQ Fiction honors Black LGBTQ writers of fiction. The award will go to a Black LGBTQ writer who has written and published (self-published or traditionally published) at least one book of fiction that captures the depth and complexity of Black LGBTQ life, culture, and/or history. The applicant's contributions to the LGBTQ literary field beyond their writings and publications will also be considered.

Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants: Cycle 6 Must reside in the United States

Deadline. February 17, 2023, 5:00 p.m. ET

Amount(s) rewarded. $5000

Who's eligible. Professional dancers in need, who have a dire financial emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Dire financial emergencies“ include the lack or imminent endangerment of essentials such as housing, medicine/healthcare, utilities, and food. If you were displaced due to COVID-19, expenses to enable you to return to your working home base are eligible. You must demonstrate an urgent and critical need for emergency support in your application. Artists of color, LGBTQ+ artists, artists with disabilities, and artists living outside of the East and West coasts to apply are strongly encouraged to apply.

LACMA Art + Technology Lab: Call for Artist Proposals Open to individuals and collectives located anywhere in the world. 

Deadline. February 22, 2023, 11:59 p.m. PT

Amount(s) rewarded. Up to $50,000 as well as in-kind support from the museum and private partners in technology and science

Who's eligible. Artists exploring the artistic applications of past, current, and/or emerging technologies and ideas related to technology and culture. Preference is given to projects that are speculative in nature and provide opportunities for public engagement, through outputs such as performances, demonstrations, workshops, and research lectures.


Per the award website, the Art + Technology Lab is "designed to foster new work with financial and in-kind support for projects that engage technology. In addition to the grant, artists receive advice and assistance from the museum and from our technology advisors including innovation leaders from Hyundai, Snap Inc., SpaceX, Google, Jet Propulsion Laboratories, and the MIT Media Lab’s Space Exploration Initiative."

BCALA Self-Publishing Literary eBook Award Open to African American fiction authors and poets in the U.S. 

Deadline. February 28, 2023 

Amount(s) rewarded. $2500 to a fiction writer and $2500 to a poet

Who's eligible. Fiction authors and poets of African American descent and were born in the U.S., who have written and self-published an eBook in English of their original work.


Awarded by Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA), in partnership with Biblioboard, these awards acknowledge outstanding achievement in the presentation of the cultural, historical and sociopolitical aspects of the Black Diaspora. The purpose is to encourage the artistic expression of the African American experience via literature and scholarly research including biographical, historical, and social history treatments by African Americans.

NewFest New Filmmaker Grant Open to emerging LGBTQ+ directors in the U.S.

Deadline. February 28, 2023 

Amount(s) rewarded. $25,000 each to 4 directors

Who's eligible. Emerging directors who identify as LGBTQ+, are at least 18 years old, are a citizen of the United States or permanent resident/green card holder, and have directed at least one (1) short film or episodic since 2018 that centers an LGBTQ+ narrative.


In partnership with Netflix, the NewFest’s New Voices Filmmaker Grant supports emerging LGBTQ+ directors by providing funding to make new work, assisting in getting their work more widely shared, and propelling their careers forward through mentorship, networking and professional development opportunities. Submissions are accepted for documentary, narrative, animated or episodic projects by and about the LGBTQ+ community.

Tidal Shift Award Open to all young artists in the Northeast region of the U.S. between the ages of 14–22 years old

Deadline. February 28, 2023 

Amount(s) rewarded. $2500 each to an artist in Division 1 and Division 2

Who's eligible. The Tidal Shift Award aims to provide a platform to artists between the ages of 14–22 years old who reside in the Northwest region of the U.S. and whose art focuses on solutions to address climate change. The award will fund the creation of a work of art contemplating an issue and/or a solution to a crisis facing the artist's community resulting from climate change. Artists can use any medium (e.g. painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, video, all works of paper).


A $2500 award will be given to one artist in each division: Division 1 is made up of artists who are 14–18 years old. Division 2 is made up of artists who are 19–22 years old.

 

According to the award website, "Northeast region" covers Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont, the Abenaki, Adena culture, Accohannock, Assateague, Choptank people, Conoy, Erie, Etchemin, Ho-Chunk, Honniasont, Housatonic, Iroquois Confederacy, Laurentian, Lenni Lenape, Maliseet, Micmac, Mohegan, Narragansett, Nauset, Nipmuc, Passamaquoddy, Pennacook, Penobscot, Pequot, Wabanaki, Wampanoag, and Woronoco nations.

Artadia Awards: Chicago Open to visual artists who currently or have previously lived in Chicago

Deadline. March 1, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. $15,000 and $25,000

Who's eligible. Applicants must be a contemporary visual artist currently living and working within the city’s eligible counties and resided there for at least two years, who is making artwork for presentation in a contemporary art context: museum, galleries, arts non-profit, the public art realm, etc.

Mississippi Arts Commission: Project Grants for Individual Artists Open to artists who reside in Mississippi

Deadline. March 1, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. Up to $2000

Who's eligible. Professional artists living in Mississippi or a non-artist who is using the project to organize other professional artists in Mississippi, who are more than 18 years of age, not a full-time student, and are

a permanent, legal resident of Mississippi at the time of application and throughout the grant period. 


Applicants may include artists in all fields including but not limited to: visual arts, performing arts, media and film, literary arts, design, folk and traditional arts. Applicants may also be non-artists working on a project to organize and elevate Mississippi artists.


According to the award website, the aim of the grant is to "support innovation, to propel artist’s careers and to encourage collaboration between artists and communities."

National Endowment for the Arts: Creative Writing Fellowship/Grant in Prose  Open to published prose writers who reside in the U.S.

Deadline. March 8, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. $25,000

Who's eligible. Writers who had any of the following types of work published for the first time with an eligible publisher between January 1, 2016, and March 8, 2023. 

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