Creative Capital Award
Creative Capital United States
Unrestricted project grants plus professional development services for US-based artists creating bold new work across disciplines; applicants are also considered for a $10,000 State of the Art Prize.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your application narrative and project proposal for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
What it offers: Up to $50,000 unrestricted project grant.
Also: professional development services; consideration for $10,000 State of the Art Prize.
Who can apply: Individual artists based in the US and its territories; see open call guidelines.
Annual open call; the 2027 call closed April 2, 2026 — next cycle announced via newsletter.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: project description, work sample, cv.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “unrestricted project grants (up to $50,000) and professional development services”
Who can apply
- Open to creators and freelancers
- Individual artists based in the US and its territories; see open call guidelines.
What you will need
- Project proposalOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Work samplesOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
- Academic CVUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your application narrative and project proposal for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Creative Capital without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.