National Dance Project Production Grant

To be eligible to apply for a Production Grant, applicants must:

- Be professional choreographers or companies. Preference is given to U.S.-based dance artists and companies, but artists and companies based outside the U.S. may apply.
- Propose a new dance work to be developed and toured/shared. Works may be interdisciplinary and can include creators in other artistic forms. At the time of application, works may be in an early, mid, or late stage of development so long as it does not premiere before October 1, 2021. Artists and companies proposing works that will premiere after fall 2022 may consider applying in March 2022.
- Submit or appear in only one application per choreographer or company, including applications for a work that will be created by a guest choreographer on another company.
- Work with a U.S. organizational partner committed to supporting the development and/or presentation of the proposed new work.
- Have nonprofit status or a nonprofit fiscal sponsor who will act on their behalf. If you are not a 501 (3) c organization*, then you should list a non-profit organization, with 501 (3) c status, who agrees to be the fiscal sponsor as the ‘Payee‘ in the form, and upload their completed and signed W-9 form

*Please Note: Companies currently in the process of applying for 501 (c) 3 status or who will be engaging in the process during the application process are eligible to apply. If status is not approved by the final decision date, you may need to work with a fiscal sponsor. Please be in touch with NDP staff with any questions regarding 501 (c) 3 status.

**A fiscal sponsorship is not required in order to apply; however, grants cannot be made until a fiscal sponsor is in place. Please be in touch with NDP staff with any questions regarding fiscal sponsorship.

NEFA defines U.S. as all 50 of the United States, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

Applicants who are NOT eligible to apply are:

- Artists/companies currently in a creation period from an NDP Production Grant or who are currently touring with NDP support through the end of the current calendar year.
- Artists/companies who have received Production Grants for two consecutive cycles.* These artists must take two years off after their NDP Grant period ends before applying again.
- School, youth, or student companies and groups.
- Artists/companies who are planning to self-produce their NDP tour. NDP tour subsidies support up to 50% of the artist fee per engagement and are paid to presenters on a reimbursement basis. Subsidy cannot be paid to the artist/company receiving the NDP Production Grant.
- Artists/companies with an overdue grantee report to NEFA; to regain eligibility, outstanding grantee reports must be submitted online to NEFA by the deadline of March 1, 2021.
- Artists/companies creating dance works that are specifically made for camera or dance film.

The Production Grant selection process is divided into two rounds:

Preliminary Round:
- Early/Mid-January: Preliminary NDP Production Grant application available.
- 11:59 PM EST, March 1, 2021: Preliminary NDP Production Grant application deadline.
- Late April/Early May: Applicants are notified of preliminary decisions. Finalists are invited to submit a full proposal and are paired with an NDP Advisor who will guide applicants through full proposal development.

Full Proposal Round
- Late April/Early May: NDP Production Grant request application available.
- June 7, 2021, 11:59 PM EST: NDP Production request application deadline.
- August: NEFA announces NDP Production Grant recipients.
- September: NDP Awards publication available.

The next preliminary deadline will be in March 2022.

NDP staff is available during the application process to answer your questions, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EST Mon-Fri.

Application question preview: https://www.nefa.org/preview-ndp-production-grant-preliminary-round-application-questions-0

View the January webinar and transcript: https://www.nefa.org/news/watch-national-dance-project-production-grant-webinar