There are a number of general considerations as follows:

• Only one proposal may be submitted for consideration at each deadline and the same proposal may not be submitted to a jury/assessment panel for consideration more than twice.
• Once an artist has received a grant at a particular level of artistic development, he/she cannot apply at a more junior level.
• There is no restriction on the number of applications an individual can submit in a lifetime.
• Artists may not hold more than one grant at a time, with the exception of a Travel / Professional Development grant.
• Artists are eligible for consecutive grants up to the equivalent of $25,000 in one fiscal year.
• Visual artists cannot receive more than two Visual Arts Grants every four years in each of the categories (A, B, C).
• Writers cannot receive more than the maximum from a Writer's Grant every two years in each of the categories (A, B and C).