Submit Applications for Artist Growth and Development Grant Program (US)

Funding Information

• Maximum award request: $5,000

Eligible Activities

• Practicing artists who see the arts as an ongoing vocation, rather than as a hobby, pastime, or occasional pursuit
• Artists who have a record of generating and publicly presenting and exhibiting or who have published work in the disciplines for FY26 (Literature or Music) and will continue to do so
• Artists whose primary goal is to generate new works in the form of a project or series during the contract period of the grant.

Ineligible Activities

• Projects that violate any federal, state, or local laws, ordinances, or policies
• Projects that support activities that are essentially for the religious socialization of the participants or audience or discriminate against people or groups
• Projects that attempt to influence any state or federal legislation or appropriation
• Projects that are managed by another entity other than the applicant
• Projects and artwork that are created using Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible artist applicants must:
  • Be pursuing original artwork on an ongoing basis within an artistic discipline
  • Be the originator of the work, not an interpreter of the work of others
  • Be a United States citizen or have attained permanent resident status
  • Be 18 years of age or older on the application’s due date
  • Be a North Dakota resident as of January 1, 2025, and continue to reside in North Dakota throughout the contract period of the grant
  • Not be enrolled as a full-time or part-time student in any high school, college, or university at the time of application.

Ineligibility Criteria

• Applicant is a grantee of the Artist Growth and Development (formerly the Individual Artist Fellowship) grant program in the last ten (10) years, since fiscal year 2016
• Applicant is not in compliance with any active grant agreement with NDCA.

For more information, visit North Dakota Council on the Arts.