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

October 30th: Kennesaw State University Choreographic Residency, November 1st: Howard Fellowship, November 5th: CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work, November 23rd: Camille A. Brown and Dancers Mentorship Program, December 1st: Culture Forward Grant - The Svane Family Foundation Deadline 3, December 1st: Harkness Foundation for Dance Program/Project Grant, December 2nd: NYS Choreographers Initiative (NYSCI), 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, December 31st: Kit Modus In-person Choreographic Residency, December 31st: Gross Family Prize: Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation, December 31st: Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants, December 31st: Fertile Ground 2026-2027 Season

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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.

  • South Arts Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grant

    The Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grant supports a milestone opportunity in an individual artist’s career that is likely to lead to substantial and significant career advancement. Grants of up to […]

  • Art Space Is Your Space

    The Wave Pool Art Space Is Your Space Program awards sponsored residencies to local, national, and international artists interested in engaging Cincinnati with their artistic practice. Residencies of 2-6 weeks […]

  • National Theater Project Creation & Touring Grant

    Modeled on NEFA’s National Dance Project, NTP not only provides funding but also animates an informed, interactive network of producing theaters, presenters, and ensembles that promote the funded projects and […]

  • Dora Maar Residency

    Since 2007, the ‘Nancy B. Negley Artists Residency Program’, based at the Dora Maar House in Ménerbes, France, has offered residencies of one to two months to mid-career arts and […]

  • Obremski/Works 2025 VISION Fellowship

    The VISION Fellowship emerges from the need to support developing AAPI artists, in collegiate or university settings, with support to immerse themself within the field and work being showcased. This […]

  • National Leaders of Color Fellowship Program

    The National Leaders of Color Fellowship program (LoCF) is a transformative leadership development experience curated by Creative West in order to establish multicultural leadership in the creative and cultural sector. […]

  • Keshet Makers Space Experience

    The Keshet Makers Space Experience (MSE) is a cohort-based residency program in which choreographers / dancemakers have access to rehearsal space, peer movement classes, arts business workshops, and the New […]

  • Bethany Arts Community Residency

    BAC offers short term residencies attracting artists at different stages of their careers from around the world for the development of both new works and works in progress. BAC welcomes […]

  • The Shubert Foundation Grant

    The Shubert Foundation is the nation’s largest funder dedicated to unrestricted funding of not-for-profit theatres and dance companies. Approximately 74% of Shubert funding is directed to not-for-profit, professional theatres—and 16% […]

  • Collective Imagination for Spatial Justice

    Collective Imagination for Spatial Justice grants support teams of Massachusetts-based creatives and community members, to do the important work of imagining: The Collective Imagination for Spatial Justice grant aims to […]

  • GRACE 2025 (Individual Artist Grants)

    The purpose of the Grants for Regional Arts and Culture Engagement Program is to create access and support of the arts to the geographically, economically, and ethnically diverse segments across […]

  • Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency

    This residency supports artists in Northern California who are in their early to mid-career stage with free studio space and up-to-date equipment to create new work in the time-based arts […]