NDP Production Grants fund the creation and U.S. touring of new dance works. Grants are highly competitive and are awarded to approximately 20 projects annually.
NDP Production Grants provide funding to artists/companies to create new dance works and touring subsidies to the U.S. organizations who bring those works to their communities.
Production Grants are awarded to approximately 20 works annually through a competitive two-stage application process. Artists/choreographers and/or companies apply to receive a package of support that includes:
- up to $45,000 for the creation of a new work
- approximately $10,000 in general operating support for the artist/company
- up to $35,000 to support a U.S.* tour of the work
Creation funds and general operating funds are paid directly to the artist/company or their fiscal sponsor to cover expenses related to making the new work during the creation period (defined as the period from the receipt of funds to the premiere of the work. Works may not premiere before September of the award year).
The $35,000 reserved for each work’s U.S. tour is distributed by the artist/company to U.S.-based organizations to subsidize a presentation of the NDP-funded work, and must be used during the work’s NDP touring period.
The NDP touring period for projects that receive a 2019 Production Grant:
- January 1, 2020 – November 30, 2022
*NEFA defines U.S. as all 50 of the United States, as well as Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
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, 2019: Preliminary NDP Production Grant application deadline.
- Late April: 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:
- Early May: NDP Production Grant request application available.
- 11:59 PM EST, May 31, 2019: NDP Production request application deadline.
- July: NEFA announces NDP Production Grant recipients.
- September: NDP Awards publication available.