Beinecke Scholarship Program

Scholarship program is open to juniors who are currently majoring in the arts, humanities or social sciences and plan to attend graduate school. Applicant must demonstrate superior standards of intellectual ability, scholastic achievement, and personal promise.

Award: $34,000

Deadline: Feb. 19, 2016

More info: http://fdnweb.org/beinecke/

Berrien Fragos Thorn Arts Scholarships for Migrant Farmworkers

These scholarships are for individuals with a history of migration to obtain work in agriculture. To qualify for these scholarships, applicants must be at least 16 years of age and demonstrate an interest in pursuing further development of their talents in one of the following disciplines: visual arts, performing arts, media (film, video, animation, computer graphics, etc.), and crafts (traditional folk arts, furniture weaving, pottery, etc.). There are two options in applying for funding: option one (grants under $500) has no deadline for applicants and requests are reviewed case-by-case; option two (grants up to $2500) has application deadlines of June 1 and November 1 and requires that a portfolio or samples of work and a budget or documentation of expenses be submitted with the application. Because no essay is required, the letter of recommendation is very important and should address the qualify of both the applicant and intended project. Applicants do not need to be enrolled in school.

Award: $500-$2500

Deadline: Nov. 1, 2015

More info: http://migrant.net/migrant/scholarships/thorn.htm

Berrien Fragos Thorn Arts Scholarships for Migrant Farmworkers

Geneseo Migrant Center 

These scholarships are for individuals with a history of migration to obtain work in agriculture. To qualify for these scholarships, applicants must be at least 16 years of age and demonstrate an interest in pursuing further development of their talents in one of the following disciplines: visual arts, performing arts, media (film, video, animation, computer graphics, etc.), and crafts (traditional folk arts, furniture weaving, pottery, etc.). There are two options in applying for funding: option one (grants under $500) has no deadline for applicants and requests are reviewed case-by-case; option two (grants up to $2500) has application deadlines of June 1 and November 1 and requires that a portfolio or samples of work and a budget or documentation of expenses be submitted with the application. Because no essay is required, the letter of recommendation is very important and should address the qualify of both the applicant and intended project. Applicants do not need to be enrolled in school.

Award: $500-$2500

Deadline: June 1, 2015

More info: http://www.migrant.net/migrant/scholarships/thorn.htm

Kelly Lynn Lutz Memorial Scholarship

Kelly Lynn Lutz Foundation

This scholarship is for students who lost the life of at least one parent (biological or non) to cancer before the age of 22. To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must attend a two- or four-year (minimum) higher education establishment; have an interest in education, arts, environment, math, or science; show service involvement in the community, church, school, or other non-curricular activity; demonstrate financial need; and be US citizens.

Award: $1500

Deadline: Jan. 10, 2015

More info: http://tinyurl.com/nzehf69

Study Scholarship for Fine Arts, Architecture, Music, Dance

This scholarship provides highly qualified individuals in the fields of fine art, design, film, music, choreography, and architecture with an opportunity to complete a program of additional studies at a German institute of higher education. To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must be graduating undergraduate seniors, graduate students, or recent college graduates who received their bachelor's degree no more than six years before the application deadline. PhD candidates must have achieved ABD status no longer than four years before applying. Postdocs may apply until two years after completion of their PhD. Applicants should be US or Canadian citizens or permanent residents. Foreign nationals are eligible if they have been full-time students at an accredited US or Canadian University for at least two years at the time of application. Applicants may not have lived in Germany for more than one year as of the application date. Applicants must have a well-defined study project that necessitates a stay in Germany; preference will be given to applicants who have been invited by a faculty member at a German university to study at a particular university department. Candidates in the arts, humanities, and social sciences should have a good command of German.

Deadline: November 1, 2013

Award: varies

More info:  https://www.daad.org/gradstudy_arts#terms

Caroline H. Newhouse Scholarship - $2000

Financial support is available to current and former professional dancers who can demonstrate earning their livelihood from performing as a dancer. Choreography or teaching dance is not applicable for meeting eligibility requirements.

Grants of up to a total of $2,000 for each individual may be awarded to those dancers who are able to provide relevant documentation to meet ALL of the following eligibility requirements:

A performing dance career of 7 or more years. Performing years need not be consecutive or current, and

100 weeks or more of paid dance employment in the United States within a career-span of 7 or more years, and

Total gross earnings of a minimum of $56,000 arrived at by combining the annual gross income of the 7 highest earning years of a performing dance career. 

For work done entirely under union jurisdiction, providing documentation of 100 or more weeks worked in the United States in at least 7 years under union jurisdiction will meet all eligibility requirements. Documentation of additional earnings is not required.

2013 Application deadlines: Aug 28 and Oct 30

Determine your eligibility

Please contact Ann Barry, Grants Administrator by phone at 212 764 0172 x224 to determine your eligibility. After your eligibility to apply for funds has been determined, you must schedule an initial consultation with a career counselor. In New York City, call 212 764 0172; in Chicago, call 312 666 0234; in Los Angeles, call 323 549 6660.

More info: http://www.careertransition.org/Programs/ScholarshipsAndGrants/Eligibility/