- Primary benefit
- Funding amount undisclosed
- Benefit type
- Undisclosed
- Cash value
- Funding amount undisclosed
- Amount interpretation
- Use the source's exact value label and verify whether it is an award, range, ceiling, pool, formula or non-cash benefit.
- Non-cash value
- No non-cash value stated by OIP
- Investment
- Not investment capital
- Equity
- No equity requirement stated by OIP
- Repayment
- No repayment requirement stated by OIP
- Eligibility from source fields
- Open to professional music creators at least 21 years old with a minimum of 3 years of professional experience, students are ineligible except PhD/DMA candidates who are ABD (all but dissertation). For the 2026 cycle, applicants must be based in New York State, the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region, or the Midwest. Applicants must not have received a New Music USA individual-program award in 2024-2025, and proposed projects must involve genuinely new work, not revisions of previously presented material.
- Geography
- For the 2026 cycle: New York State; Northeast/Mid-Atlantic states (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont); and Midwest states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin).
- Stage
- Applicant readiness depends on foundation terms
