Researching Grants, Fellowships & Residencies

DOWNLOAD The Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Career Development's publication, Grants and Competitions: A Sourcebook for Artists and Designers
DOWNLOAD a sampling of residencies
DOWNLOAD a sampling of individual grants.

Schedule an appointment with a Career Counselor for assistance by calling 410-225-2420.
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The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities offers several funding programs for individuals and nonprofit organizations located in the District of Columbia.
Individuals are not required to provide matching funds. Organizations are only required to provide matching funds as indicated. Download the Fiscal Year 2010 Guide to Grants.
For a current listing of grants offered by the DC Commission the Arts & Humanities click HERE.


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Looking for more information about financial aid and fellowships for graduate school?

The Foundation Center, Frequently Asked Questions link: http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/faqs/html/finaid.html

New York Foundation for the Arts, Artists Source: www.nyfa.org/source


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FASQA Award

Sponsored by FASQA (MICA’s Faculty & Staff Queer Alliance)

Applications must submitted to the Office of Diversity & Intercultural Development (3rd Floor Bunting) by Friday, December 4th, 2009.

Background
The FASQA Award was created by MICA’s Faculty & Staff Queer Alliance (FASQA) to recognize student achievement and contributions to the LGBTQ community. While all MICA students are eligible to apply for the award, preference will be given to applicants who identify as LGBTQ. Two prizes will be awarded for the 2009-10 academic year: one $500 prize will be awarded to a student with demonstrated financial need and one $500 prize will be awarded to a student who demonstrates involvement with and/or commitment to the LGBTQ community and issues, regardless of financial need.

Guidelines
• Two awards of $500 each will be made.
• Winners will be determined by MICA’s Office of Diversity and Intercultural Development after a review of applications.
• Applicants of all backgrounds are eligible and encouraged to apply; preference will be given to applicants who identify as LGBTQ.
• Applicants with demonstrated financial need are encouraged to apply.

Application Directions
• Return completed application and short, one-page essay. Application available in the Office of Diversity
• All materials must be received (not postmarked) by MICA’s Office of Diversity and Intercultural Development no later than 5pm Friday, December 4, 2009. • Late or incomplete applications will NOT be accepted.
• Applications may be e-mailed to diversity@mica.edu; sent by campus mail to:
Office of Diversity, 3rd Floor Bunting Center;
or via regular mail to: Office of Diversity & Intercultural Development
Maryland Institute College of Art
1300 Mt. Royal Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21217

Questions? Contact the Office of Diversity & Intercultural Development at 443-552-1659


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Fellowship Programs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Fellowship Program at The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers graduate students, museum professionals, and senior scholars the opportunity to undertake study and research related to their work in art history, art conservation, and scientific research, either at the Museum or abroad.

Art History Fellowships 2010–2011

The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers annual resident fellowships in art history to qualified graduate students at the predoctoral level as well as to postdoctoral researchers. Projects should relate to the Museum's collection. The fields of research for art history candidates include Asian art, arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, antiquities, arms and armor, costumes, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture, textiles, and Western art. Some art history fellowships for travel abroad are also available for students whose projects involve firsthand examination of paintings in major European collections.

The application deadline for art history fellowships awarded for the 2010–2011 year is November 6, 2009.


Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship 2011–2013

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announces two new curatorial fellowships funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. These positions, designed for individuals who have received their doctoral degrees in art history or archaeology within the past five years, provide curatorial training and opportunities for scholarly research at the Metropolitan Museum. They are two-year positions, with the possibility of renewal for a third year.

Fellows will be fully integrated into one the Museum's curatorial departments and, while exposed to the full range of curatorial work, will devote their time to a specific Metropolitan Museum project. Individuals will work directly with one or more senior curators, who will serve as supervisors and mentors throughout the term of the fellowship. Each fellow will also have the opportunity to undertake an independent project in consultation with his or her supervising curator.

The application deadline for fellowships in conservation is January 8, 2010.

For more information, visit www.metmuseum.org and the website below.

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American Advertising Federation of Baltimore Scholarship

Deadline: February 28, 2010
The American Advertising Federation Baltimore (AAFB) provides unrestricted scholarships to select students with high academic standing and the potential to be future advertising leaders. Candidates are evaluated on their academic achievements, volunteer contributions to community and representative samples of work in an advertising discipline. Scholarships may be awarded to high school seniors, undergraduate and graduate students, accepted to or enrolled in an accredited college or university located in Maryland. Prior AAB/AAFB scholarship recipients are ineligible. Scholarship amounts are determined annually. Past awards range from $500 to $2,000.

ELIGIBILITY:
An applicant will be considered for a scholarship if he or she meets the following criteria:
-High school senior, accepted to an accredited college or university in Maryland, interested in pursuing a career in the advertising field. Award will only be given once student is enrolled and produces documentation to this effect.
-Undergraduate student pursuing a degree or career in an advertising field.
-Graduate student pursuing a career in an advertising field.
-Demonstrates outstanding creative, technical or advertising business skills.
-Made significant contributions to his or her community.
-Maintains a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
-Citizen or permanent resident of the United States.

For more information and to download the application, visit www.baltimoreadvertising.com/pub/SCHOLARSHIPS


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The Point Foundation Scholarship Opportunities

Point Foundation is the nation’s largest scholarship granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT ) students of merit. Individuals enrolled in either an undergraduate or graduate program, beginning or continuing in the fall of 2010, are eligible to apply.
Point Foundation (Point) provides financial support through multi-year scholarships, leadership training, mentoring and hope to LGBT students who are marginalized because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

New information for the 2010-2011 academic year will be available in November 2009 at www.pointfoundation.org. The application is ONLY available online.

For more information visit www.pointfoundation.org/scholarships.

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Worldstudio AIGA Scholarships

Worldstudio AIGA Scholarships allow young people from minority and economically disadvantaged backgrounds not only to realize their artistic dreams, but also to give back to their communities.

Each year, the Worldstudio AIGA Scholarship program receives hundreds of applications from young people in this very predicament: desperate to influence the world with their amazing talents but without the financial means to do so. Fortunately, with the support of generous individuals, organizations and corporations, Worldstudio AIGA Scholarships allow young people from minority and economically disadvantaged backgrounds not only to realize their artistic dreams, but also to give back to their communities.

With continued support, we can provide many more happy endings—or, rather, exciting beginnings—for talented and deserving students of art, architecture and design.

For more information, visit www.aiga.org/content.cfm/worldstudio-scholarship.

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Hilla Rebay International Fellowship

Guggenheim Museum
Deadline: June 1st of each year

This nine-month fellowship offers an opportunity for a graduate student (doctoral candidates preferred) to train in the Curatorial and/or Education Departments at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao; and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice. The fellow will spend a minimum of three months at each site as follows:

September 15–December 15: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
January 15–April 15: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
May 15–August 15: Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

Each fellow receives a stipend of $30,000 for accommodation and travel expenses. Candidates must demonstrate speaking and writing fluency in English, Spanish, and Italian.

To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume, two recommendation letters, transcripts from all universities attended, a writing sample, and a list of relevant coursework and languages to mjubin@guggenheim.org or to:

Michelle Jubin
Education Coordinator - Internship Program
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York NY 10128 - 0173

The deadline for application is June 1 each year and applicants will be notified of the result of their application in late July.


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Student Affairs Community Service Fund
Maryland Institute College of Art

Grant Information & Overview


Introduction:
The MICA Student Affairs Community Service Fund is dedicated to providing resources for students engaged in service, volunteerism, community art, and service learning opportunities in the greater Baltimore Region. The fund is available for co-curricular, student-driven initiatives.


What can the funds be used for?
Students may apply for grant funds for a wide range of activities that benefit the community and the student experience. These projects should engage MICA students and community members collaboratively, while they support a particular need or purpose in the community.


Some sample projects may include:
-After-school activity with children at local school
-Community art
-Student organization/residential community service projects
-Programming


The grant funds are available for co-curricular projects. They may not fund projects that are for classroom credit. All grants require supervision by both a faculty and staff advisor.


How can I apply for the grant funds?
To apply, the lead student coordinator of the project must complete a grant application. The application requires the following information: a general overview of the project, a detailed narrative about the mission and purpose of the project and how it will be implemented, a timeline, budget request information, how the event will be evaluated, and who will supervise the process.


The average funding requests may range from $50-$500. The maximum amount that will be granted is $500; unless an exception is approved based on the nature of the project.
Grants will be reviewed three times each year. To be considered for funding completed applications must be received on or before one of the following dates:


For Fall Semester: October 10
For Spring Semester: February 20
For Summer: April 10


Who can I contact for more information or advice on how to start?
The Office of Student Affairs can help connect you with a staff member who serves as grant advisor. The grant advisor can help you walk through the grant application process and recommend resources and how to get started.


All grant applications must be sent to:
Office of Student Affairs
Bunting Center, Suite 260
Baltimore, MD 21217
410-225-2422

To apply for this grant and for more information, contact the Student Affairs Office.


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Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts

Artist in Residence Program
Working with the Baltimore City Public School System, the program matches working performing, literary and visual artists with individual city schools to provide hands-on intensive workshops for small groups of students and teachers over four weeks. The Artist in Residence Program has conducted month-long workshops in more than 60 elementary/middle schools since the program began in the fall of 2002. Principals or a designated school representative can apply to the program at the beginning of the school year. Residencies are available from October through June.
Exposure to and participation in the arts has been demonstrated to enhance students' creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities, as well as improving student performance in other core subject areas, goals often not met through other means.
Contact Denham “Ikeme” Fassett the Arts Education Coordinator at dfassett@promotionandarts.com for more information.

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AAF Minority/Disadvantaged Scholarship

This scholarship is open to high school seniors and college freshmen who plan to study architecture in an NAAB-accredited program. The scholarship was established in 1970 by a grant from the Ford Foundation to aid students who would not otherwise have an opportunity to enter a professional degree program. Twenty awards per year are made and may be renewed for two additional years, ideally maintaining 60 students in the program in any given year. Scholarship amounts range between $500 and $2,500 and are determined by evaluation of financial need information provided by the student and the school.

AAF Minority/Disadvantaged Scholarship Nomination Form(PDF, 53K, 2 pages).

The application process has two parts: an initial nomination by either a high school guidance counselor, architect, or other individual who is aware of the student's interest and aptitude for architecture, and an application which is sent to eligible students after nominations are reviewed. The nomination form is due in early December and the application, an essay, statement of disadvantaged circumstances, letters of recommendations, transcripts and a drawing are due in mid-January. For further information contact Mary Felber at mfelber@archfoundation.org

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The RTKL Traveling Fellowship

The fellowship was established with a contribution from the architecture firm RTKL in honor of one of its founders, Francis T. Taliaferro. The fellowship is intended to encourage and support foreign travel undertaken to further education toward a professional degree.

RTKL Traveling Fellowship Application(PDF, 55K, 3 pages).

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The Richard Morris Hunt Fellowship

he fellowship, cosponsored by the AAF and The French Heritage Society, Inc., as part of a commitment to stewardship of American and French heritage, is awarded to architects pursuing a career in historic preservation. In 2006, a French architect will be selected to follow a six-month work/study program in the United States. For further information, contact Mary Felber at mfelber@archfoundation.org or call 202/626-7511

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The Sodus Art Bank

The Sodus Art Bank in upstate New York is accepting applications for the 2007 Residency/Artist's Retreat Season. Visual artists, writers, poets, musicians, or artists desiring to work collaboratively may apply for 2-4 week sessions, with time extensions possible (if inspired!). For a nominal fee, artists are provided private rooms in a Victorian house, studios in a turn-of-the-century bank building, outdoor sculpture gardens, and optional participation in intense creative workshops or may replenish their spirit biking/kayaking around the Finger Lakes and nearby Sodus Bay. Applicants should send 20 slides or CD of their artistic direction, resume, creative proposal, and SASE. Materials must be postmarked at least 2 months prior to requested residency month.
Send to: Art Bank Residency, 27 East Main Street, Sodus, New York 14551.
Visit us at: www.sodusartbank.org

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Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center

Scholarships are awarded to (1) doctoral candidates who have fulfilled all preliminary requirements for the PhD and are under the direction of faculty member from their own institution and (2) scholars who hold a doctorate or comparable degree and/or experience.

For more information and to download application forms, go to www.okeeffemuseum.org/center/scholarships.html.