Grants to sculptors or ceramic artists to allow "devote a substantial period of time to the development of his or her work." Must be at least 21 years old; students not eligible. Send SASE: Virginia A. Groot Foundation, P.O. Box 1050, Evanston IL 60204-1050. Telephone: 763-550-9003. Email: virginia@virginiaagrootfoundation.org. Surf: www.virginiaagrootfoundation.org. Deadline: 1 March, annually.

Grants to meritorious artists. Guidelines available via email or mail. Contact: Diana Braunschweig , Executive Director. Write: Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, 4001 Inglewood Avenue, Suite 101-309, Redondo Beach, California 90278. Email: lvf@earthlink.net. Deadline: spring, see guidelines.

The Gunk Foundation is interested in supporting projects that make it out of the museum, gallery, and alternative spaces and into the spaces of daily life. Write: The Gunk Foundation, P.O. Box 333, Gardiner NY 12525; Telephone: 914-255-8252; Email: info@gunk.org; Surf: www.gunk.org. Deadlines: 30 April, annually.

Opportunity to work and study in India, four to nine months. Address: The American Institute of Indian Studies, 1130 E 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637. Telephone: 773-702-8638. Email: aiis@uchicago.edu. Surf: www.indiastudies.org/fellow.htm. Deadlines: 1 July, annually.

Awards of up to $1500 to U.S. crafts artists engaged in or planning a project. Application requests received after May 31 will not receive responses until the following January. Contact: Peter Bunten. Send SASE: Ruth Chenven Foundation, 7505 Jackson Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912. Surf: chenvenfoundation.org/howtoapply.html. Deadline: 31 July, annually.

Opportunities are open to artists, journalists, independent scholars, and others. Grants are available to U.S. citizens with a Ph.D., MA, or recognized professional standing and accomplishments. Fulbright award assignments vary from two months to an academic year or longer. Write: Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), 3007 Tilden St., NW, Suite 5L, Washington DC 20008; Telephone: 202-687-7877; Surf: www.cies.org. Deadline: 1 August, annually.

For mid-career artists living in New England. Write: Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, 271 Main Street� Suite 3, Great Barrington, Massachusetts 01230. Telephone: 800-969-2823; Email: info@berkshiretaconic.org; Surf: www.berkshiretaconic.org. Deadline: 1 August, annually.

Project-based grants for curatorial programs to originate innovative and scholarly presentation of contemporary visual arts. Send a letter (approximately 3 pages) describing the activity for which the funds are requested, project budget and copy of organization�s 501(c)(3) ruling from IRS. Do not send additional material. Contact: Pamela Clapp, Program Director. Address: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, 65 Bleecker Street, 7th Floor, New York, New York 10012. Email: deadline@warholfoundation.org. Surf: www.warholfoundation.org. Deadline: 1 September, annually.

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation provides fellowship grants to artists and writers in all fields except the performing arts. Address: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 90 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10016. Telephone: 212-687-4470. Email: fellowships@gf.org. Surf: www.gf.org. Deadline: 1 October, annually.

Organization places artists and arts managers from Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Eurasia at U.S. arts organizations for five-week residencies. Contact: Tamalyn Miller. Address: CEC ArtsLink, Inc., 435 Hudson Street, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10014. Telephone: 212-643-1985. Email: info@cecartslink.org; Surf: www.cecartslink.org. Deadline: 5 November 2007 (2008 Visual Arts Residency).

Grants for projects (up to 1 year) to be done in Scandinavian countries. Write: Fellowship Program, The American-Scandinavian Foundation, 58 Park Avenue, New York NY 10016; Telephone: 212-879-9779; Email: info@amscan.org; Surf: www.amscan.org. Deadline: 11 November, annually.

Grants available to painters, sculptors, and printmakers who have been creating mature art for at least 20 years and who are in current financial need. Write: Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, 380 West Broadway, New York NY 10012; Surf: www.gottliebfoundation.org.Deadline: 15 December, annually.

Grants to encourage emerging artists whose genre or social philosophy might have difficulty being shown. Write: Gladys Miller-Rosenstein, Executive Director, Puffin Foundation, 20 Puffin Way, Teaneck New Jersey 07666-4111. Telephone: 201-836-8923. Email: puffingrant@mindspring.com. Surf: www.puffinfoundation.org/grants/prospectiveapplicant.html. Deadline Late December, annually.

Grants for emergency expenses incurred by medical (not HIV/AIDS related) catastrophes, fire, theft, natural disaster, accident, or to avoid eviction, etc. No fee; submit detailed letter detailing emergency. Must call first. Write: Change, Inc., P.O. Box 54, Captiva FL 33924; Telephone: 212-473-3742. Deadline: Open.

Immediate support to professional craftspeople facing career threatening emergencies such as fire, theft, illness and natural disaster. Telephone: 802-229-2306; Email: info@craftmergency.org; Surf: www.craftemergency.org. Deadline: Open

Assistance to professional fine artists and their families in times of emergency, disability, or bereavement. No fee. Contact: Richard Piaonk; Address: The Artists' Fellowship, Inc., 47 Fifth Av, New York, New York 10003; Telephone: 646-230-9833; Surf: www.artistsfellowship.com; Deadline: Open

Limited to candidates in the early stages of their careers. Work must be representational art. Address: The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, 1814 Sherbrooke Street West, Suite 1, Montreal, Quebec H3H 1E4 CANADA. Telephone: 514-937-9225. Email: egreen@total.net. Deadline: Open.

Grants of up to $30,000 to support multi-disciplinary and collaborative planning residencies in the US for artists from Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific Islands to work with US-based artists under the umbrella of a U.S. host organization. Write: Arts International/ IIE, 809 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY, 10017; Telephone: 212-984-5588. Deadline: Open.

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation's “dual criteria for grants is recognizable artistic merit and financial need, professional, personal or both, ... and to aid those who have worked as professional artists over a significant period of time.” Write: The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., 725 Park Ave., New York, NY 10021; Telephone: 212-517-5400; Email: grants@pkf.org; Surf: www.pkf.org. Deadline: Open.