Princess Grace Awards Program

The Application
The Princess Grace Awards is a 2-part application process.

Round 1: The Nomination
Deadline: February 15
(11:59 pm Pacific Time)
Artists are nominated and together with their nominator submit their nominator’s letter of recommendation, artist statement, CV, and a short work sample.

Invited artists are invited to continue in the application process by March 31.

Round 2: Full Application
Deadline: May 1
(11:59 pm Pacific Time)
Applicants invited to continue in the application process submit additional written material and work samples.


Values of the Princess Grace Foundation:
- The Princess Grace Foundation is interested in artists’ unique voices and trajectories and evaluates each artist through the lens of their individual journey.
- The Princess Grace Foundation believes that extraordinary talent is found across diverse groups of artists and is committed to identifying and supporting diversity in all its forms: gender, race, sexuality, accessibility, geography, etc.
- The Princess Grace Foundation is committed to curating Selection Panels that reflect the diversity of the artistic landscapes considering form and geography as well as the diversity of artists, including gender, race, sexuality, accessibility, etc. in its selection of Panelists.

The Princess Grace Award is an unrestricted cash grant of $15,000 paid directly to the artist.**

- Open to U.S. based artists currently living and working in the United States. Applicants who are not U.S. citizens must have permanent work authorization from USCIS
- All applicants must be nominated by a non-profit university, organization, media arts center or previous Princess Grace Award winner. Self-nominations are not allowed.
- An artist can only be nominated by 1 organization or individual in a given year. Applications are evaluated on the individual artist’s artistic merits.