New Works Exploration Fund for Works by Women
The New Works Exploration Fund for Works by Women provides travel subsidies for staff of Professional Opera Company Members to travel to other cities to attend performances or workshops of new American opera by women composers.
The New Works Exploration Fund for Works by Women encourages greater familiarity with new American opera and music theater works composed by women, and the producers and artists who create them.
The New Works Exploration Fund is supported by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.
Program Details
All available funds for 2025–2026 have been claimed at this time. Please contact Grants@operaamerica.org to be added to a waitlist should more funding become available.
Professional Company Member staff can log in to view past grant guidelines and other application materials. To learn about becoming a Professional Company Member, visit Organizational Membership.