This program, funded by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 to professional dancers in need, who are in dire financial emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences.

In Cycle 8, funds may be requested for emergency expenses for up to a three-month period between December 1, 2022 and September 30, 2023. You must demonstrate an urgent and critical need for emergency support in your application, and live in the United States, the District of Columbia, a Tribal Nation, or a U.S. Territory.