Financial support is available to current and former professional dancers who can demonstrate earning their livelihood from performing as a dancer. Choreography or teaching dance is not applicable for meeting eligibility requirements.
Grants of up to a total of $2,000 for each individual may be awarded to
those dancers who are able to provide relevant documentation to meet ALL
of the following eligibility requirements:
A performing dance career of 7 or more years. Performing years need not be consecutive or current.
100 weeks or more of paid dance employment in the United States within a career-span of 7 or more years.
Total gross earnings of a minimum of $56,000 arrived at by combining the annual gross income of the 7 highest earning years of a performing dance career.
For work done entirely under union jurisdiction, providing documentation of 100 or more weeks worked in the United States in at least 7 years under union jurisdiction will meet all eligibility requirements. Documentation of additional earnings is not required.
2010 Application deadlines Sep 1 Nov 3
Completed applications must be received by mail or be hand delivered on or before the deadline date. Applications received by fax cannot be accepted. Applications received after the deadline date cannot be considered until the following grant application cycle.
Determine your eligibility
Contact Ann Barry, Grants Administrator at 212 764 0172 x224 to determine your eligibility. After your eligibility to apply for funds has been determined, you must schedule an initial consultation with a career counselor. In New York City, call 212 764 0172; in Los Angeles, call 323 549 6660; in Chicago call 312 666 0234.
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How do I receive funds for my Educational Scholarship?
Tuition grant checks are payable only to the school or institution concerned and cannot be made to an individual or as a reimbursement to an individual. Reimbursements to grantees for course related book costs will be made upon the organization receiving original receipts and/or paid invoices.
How do I receive funds for Entrepreneurial Grants?
Payments for costs of business related materials and supplies are made only to the vendor upon submission of an invoice or purchase order to the organization.
If I have previously received funds but have not reached the maximum $2,000, can I apply for part or all of the remaining amount?
Grant recipients who received funds after January 1, 2000 and have not received a total of $2,000, may apply for additional funds up to $2,000. Grant recipients who were awarded funds prior to January 1, 2000 are no longer eligible to apply for additional funding.
How long do I have to apply for additional funds?
Multiple requests must be made within a ten-year period of being awarded initial funding.
How do I re-apply for an Educational Scholarship?
Grantees must re-apply by submitting a completed application form, which includes copies of course descriptions, tuition costs, and a copy of transcripts from coursework previously funded by the organization. Applicants do not need to submit a written essay or re-submit documentation of professional dance work and earnings.
How do I re-apply for an Entrepreneurial Grant?
Grantees must submit a completed application form and a progress report on the start-up business. Applicants do not need to re-submit documentation of professional dance work and earnings, or submit a written essay.
Can I apply for funds for acting, dancing or voice lessons?
Funding is available only for those courses that will lead to a College/University teaching degree.
Career Transition For Dancers reserves the right to alter its criteria and guidelines for grant awards based on its resources, or for any other reasons deemed necessary by its Board of Directors.
We will be offering a limited number of competitive scholarships based on academic merit and
financial need for current and former dancers who have received the maximum amount from the
Caroline H. Newhouse Scholarship Fund and are pursuing graduate degrees in fields
other than performance dance.
The Osato Scholarship will be limited to a one-time grant of up to $5,000 to any one individual, paying for tuition and fees only. It is anticipated that the endowment will generate funds sufficient to award a grant to a minimum of two applicants annually.
Award checks will be made out to the institution. Awards will not be granted retroactively (e.g. not be used to reimburse dancers for tuition already paid, for loans or other credit debt.)
To be eligible to apply for a Sono Osato Scholarship applicants must:
Have received the maximum allowed amount from the Newhouse Scholarship Fund.
Have achieved a minimum 3.5 GPA for an undergraduate or graduate degree, or recent prerequisite coursework.
Be studying or planning to study at the graduate level for a degree in one of the approved areas, such as: professional degrees (law and medicine), the medical arts (nursing, physician's assistant, physical therapy, etc.), the helping professions (social work, counseling, psychology, creative arts therapies, etc.), physical and social sciences, education, business and the humanities.
Previous recipients of a Gasparinetti Scholarship award are not eligible to apply for an Osato Scholarship.
2011 Application deadline March 25, 2011 5pm EST
Completed applications must be received by mail or be hand delivered on or before the deadline date. Applications received by fax cannot be accepted. Applications received after the deadline date cannot be considered until the following application deadline.
Determine your eligibility
Contact Ann Barry, Grants Administrator, at 212 764 0172 x224 to determine your eligibility or request an application.