Upcoming Deadlines | click here to see if you are eligible for any of these opportunities

October 13th: Community Arts Grant - Zellerbach Family Foundation Deadline 3, October 13th: Asian American Ballet Project: Choreographer Residency Program, October 14th: Shubert Foundation Dance Grant, October 20th: 2026 Dance Film Commission, October 22nd: Perform Europe Open Call, November 1st: Howard Fellowship, December 1st: Culture Forward Grant - The Svane Family Foundation Deadline 3, December 31st: National Dance Project Presentation Grants - New England Foundation for the Arts, December 31st: National Dance Project Travel Fund, December 31st: New England Presenter Travel Fund

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DDP has compiled the following list of upcoming deadlines for grants, fellowships, residencies, and competitions as a resource for dancers, students, choreographers, and other professionals in the dance industry. Please scroll below to view detailed information about each of these programs and opportunities.

  • Harvard University- Radcliffe Fellowship Program

    Radcliffe fellows are exceptional scientists, writers, scholars, public intellectuals, practitioners, and artists whose work is making a difference in their professional fields and in the larger world. Based in Radcliffe Yard—a sanctuary […]

  • Brooklyn Arts Council- Community Arts Grants

    Brooklyn-based artists, artist collectives and non-profit organizations are invited to apply for up to $5,000 to Local Arts Support to support projects in all disciplines occurring in Brooklyn throughout 2021. These grants are made possible […]

  • The Guggenheim Fellowship

    The Foundation offers Fellowships to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions and irrespective of race, color, or creed. The Foundation receives approximately 3,000 applications each year. Although no one who applies is guaranteed success in the competition, there is no prescreening: all applications are reviewed. Approximately 175 Fellowships are awarded each year.

  • Lower Manhattan Cultural Council- Manhattan Arts Grants

    With support from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts, LMCC’s Creative Engagement and Creative Learning programs provide technical support to applicants and awards of up to […]

  • Art Fields 2021 Competition

    We accept visual art projects that include film, new media, digital, installation, and performance.  Our top four prizes (Grand Prize, Second Place, People's Choice 2D, and People's Choice 3D) are […]

  • Ms. Foundation for Women: Ms. SOUTH Grant

    The Ms. Foundation is launching a multi-year programmatic strategy to strengthen the financial sustainability and leadership development capacity of organizations led by women and girls of color in the U.S. South. Our […]

  • George Kaiser Family Foundation: Tulsa Artist Fellowship

    Tulsa Artist Fellowship is a place-based, durational award focused on supporting independent arts practitioners. Our studio facilities and housing are integrated into a vibrant cultural district with galleries and performance […]

  • Women in Dance Leadership Conference submissions

    Gender Equality for Now and the Future Generations Women in Dance is excited to collaborate with different partners to explore strategies and methods to continue promoting female leadership in dance […]

  • Chicago DCASE: CityArts Program

    The goal of DCASE’s CityArts Program is to encourage the attainment of artistic excellence and financial stability, and to incentivize innovation related to citywide priorities. Nonprofit arts and culture organizations […]

  • Artist Year Fellowship 2021-2022 Cohort

    NATIONAL SERVICE FOR CITIZEN-ARTISTS. ArtistYear is the first national AmeriCorps program for artists to dedicate themselves to a year of service to our country. WHY WE EXIST 4 million disadvantaged […]