Disability Futures Fellows
Ford Foundation (with the Mellon Foundation, administered by United States Artists)
An unrestricted award to disabled artists, journalists and documentary filmmakers, designed with disabled practitioners. Fellows are nominated rather than self-applying.
- Indicative award
- $50k (total award)$50,000 per fellow, with $1 million allocated per cohort.
- Timing
- By invitationNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The FAQ describes support for three cohorts and states no application deadline or open call. Confirm with the funder whether further cohorts are planned before counting on it.
- Who can apply
- Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Disabled creative practitioners in the arts, journalism and documentary film, using a broad definition of disability including physical, sensory, intellectual and psychosocial disability and chronic illness. There is no open application: candidates are nominated by disabled practitioners and then invited to express interest, so it cannot be pursued by submitting a proposal.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- documentary film · journalism · arts and culture · disability representation
- Apply at
- https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/investing-in-individuals/disability-futures-fellows/faqs-disability-futures-fellows/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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