Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants

Additional Year of Funding Announced

Are you an artist in need of critical medical, mental health, or dental treatment? Has a medical emergency impacted your creative practice?

The Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants program provides grants of up to $5,000 for recent, unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies experienced by artists in financial need who are creating in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, or choreography. Privacy is guaranteed.

Cycle 32 will be open August 12 through September 9 for emergencies that occurred February 1, 2025 and after.

Cycle 33 will be open October 7 - November 4 for emergencies occurring April 1, 2025 and after. Please click here for details. Learn more in this recorded information session. Cycles will continue through at least September 2025.

This program is open to artists living anywhere in the U.S., its territories, tribal nations, and the District of Columbia. Artists with disabilities, artists of color, and artists living outside of New York are particularly encouraged to apply. This program is supported by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and administered by NYFA.

For more information, email emergencyfunds@nyfa.org, or call 212/366-6900 x 239.

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