To explore available funding opportunities for organizations, click on the artistic discipline or field below that is most relevant to your project. In most areas, funding is limited to organizations.

Direct awards to individuals are made only through Literature Fellowships, NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships, and NEA National Heritage Fellowships in the Folk & Traditional Arts.

Federal Partnership opportunities such as the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards are listed within the disciplines/fields.

NOTE: Please see important information about changes to the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) system as it transitions to the System for Award Management (SAM). Watch demonstration videos to learn more about creating a SAM.gov account and migrating permissions from CCR.

System for Award Management (SAM) registration is free at www.sam.gov.

For an overview of the NEA's funding opportunities, please see the NEA Grants Workshop presentation.

The series of Arts Works guidelines webinars for each discipline has now concluded. All of the sessions are archived on our YouTube channel.

The April 3rd Challenge America Fast-Track guidelines webinar is now archived on YouTube.

Guidelines webinar: The Arts Endowment will be conducting an Arts Works Guidelines Webinar on May 30th at 3:00 pm EDT for potential applicants to Media Arts for the August 8th deadline. Register now!

Note: The Grants.gov system will be down for system maintenance from Saturday, May 18 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time through Sunday, May 19 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Please plan accordingly.

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