Registration deadline: January 22, 2010
Application deadline: February 17, 2010

This category offers support to organizations that provide professional services to music organizations, artists, and research facilities. Such services may include, but are not limited to, technical assistance in administrative areas, projects that utilize technology, booking and promotional services, regrants, and concert and artist management. Support is also available for publications that specifically benefit the professional music field or its audience. The organization must have a paid administrator.

Application Instructions

The online application form includes the following questions, and a project budget. Required support materials are listed below. 

Application Narrative Questions

Artistic/Programmatic

1. Program Summary
Briefly summarize the services your program provides, highlighting new or expanded activities.  

2. Delivery
Describe the organization's technical, administrative, and information capacity to deliver the service. 

3. Regrant Programs
If you are requesting support for a regrant program, indicate the eligibility and evaluative criteria for applicants, criteria for selection of grantees, minimum/maximum awards, the number of requests and grants for each of the past two years, and the reporting procedure for completed projects.

Managerial/Fiscal

4. Project Staff
Summarize the roles and credentials of the staff, advisors and consultants providing the service. 

5. Finances
Describe plans, projects and activities for meeting current and future expenses of this project. 

6. Evaluation
Describe your methods for ongoing assessment and evaluation. 

Service to the Public

7. Audience
Describe the audience for this service, in terms of users and level of activity. Summarize the selection process, if one is required for participation in the service. If you are a national service organization, state the percentages of service delivered in New York State and give the number of New York State constituents served annually. 

8. Marketing
How will you reach your target market for this service? 

Support Materials

Support materials must be postmarked or hand-delivered to the Program by the application deadline. If you would like support materials returned, please provide a self-addressed stamped envelope.

Support materials enable NYSCA music program staff and panelists, many of whom may be unfamiliar with your activities, to get to know you better. Please choose materials that you think best represent the current work of your organization. 

The Music Program requires that you send: