  We present results for the isotriplet and isosinglet tensor form factors of
the nucleon in the relativistic confined quark model. The model allows us to
calculate not only their normalizations at $Q^2=0$ and the related tensor
charges, but also the full $Q^2$-dependence. Our results are compared to
existing data and predictions of other theoretical approaches. We stress the
importance of these form factors for the phenomenology of physics beyond the
Standard Model.
