CAREER RESOURCES – SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP SEARCH:
WMU Lawrence, Clara & Evelyn E. Burke Scholarship
Eligibility Criteria Full or part-time graduate or undergraduate students enrolled in Theatre or Journalism GPA of 3.0 or higher Selected on the basis of scholastic achievement Theatre students: -Have participated in a theatre production either at the high school or college level -Are deemed to have outstanding potential for a career in theatre Journalism students.
CBC Spouses Heineken USA Performing Arts Scholarship
The CBC Spouses Heineken USA Performing Arts Scholarship was established in 2000. This highly competitive scholarship was developed in honor of the late performing artist Curtis Mayfield and provides financial assistance to students pursuing performing arts careers. Each year, scholarships are awarded to gifted and talented students who want to pursue careers in music, drama and other arts vocations.
GRCF Grand Rapids Combined Theatre Scholarship
Student must be a full-time theatre arts major at an accredited college/university with theatre experience at one of the local community theatres. Must provide three letters of recommendation and have financial need.
America in Play Fellowship
Founded in 2005, AIP is dedicated to the development of new American plays and performances. Our mission is to immerse contemporary theatre and related artists in a neglected legacy of play and performances created between the Revolution and World War I I in order to inspire contemporary theatre making grounded in a shared cultural legacy. We work with artists in three-year cycles of workshops and are now soliciting applications for a new cohort to begin in the fall of 2013. We seek playwrights, composers, dramaturgs, media artists, designers and choreographers to form a cohort of sixteen artists. In workshops during the first year, artists [individually and in collaboration] will create short pieces. In the second and third year, continuing investigation of America’s theatrical legacy will culminate in original, collaboratively developed full-length texts and performances, which will have public showings in developmental presentations. After completion, artists may join other initiatives, including full productions of devised plays or our new initiative, The Recovery Project.
Website: http://americainplay.org/fellowship/
Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows Program
The AJC Fellows program is a three week study trip for students who are matriculated in graduate programs or are completing undergraduate degrees in Holocaust studies and related fields. Students of all faiths and ethnicities with an interest in Holocaust studies, Jewish studies, Polish-Jewish history, memory, or human rights are strongly encouraged to apple. All program costs, including international travel, lodging, room and board, and materials, are covered. The AJC Fellows program provides a unique educational opportunity to learn about the Holocaust in the context of Poland’s history and Jewish heritage. It is the goal of the Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows Program that Fellows gain not only knowledge of the Holocaust sites they visit, but also an understanding of the legacy of the Holocaust in Poland, its effects on collective memory, and complexities surrounding such categories as victim, bystander and perpetrator. The Program: After a bried orientation in New York City, the Fellows travel in Poland for three weeks, during which time they visit Krakow, Warsaw, Lódź, Treblinka, and Auschwitz. The Fellows travel to small towns in the regions surrounding Warsaw and Krakow, as well as through south-eastern Poland and north-eastern Slovakia, to explore the area’s rich Jewish heritage and meet with the local leaders to learn about pre-war Jewish life, life under the Nazi occupation and Communism, and the state of Jewish communities and memory in Poland today. In Auschwitz, the Fellows attend an intensive program at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum where they tour the camps, study the history of Jewish, Roma, and Polish inmates, and take part in workshops with Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum staff on the collections and education departments. While in Auschwitz, the Fellows have the opportunity to meet European students and observe educational workshops at the Auschwitz Jewish Center. Upon returning home, each Fellow will complete an article for the Auschwitz Jewish Center E-Newsletter and an essay reflecting on his or her experience.
Website: http://ajcf.org/education-center/programs/bridge-to-history/
Boren Scholarships and Fellowships
Boren Awards provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America and the Middle East, where they can add important international and language components to their educations. Boren Scholars and Fellows represent a variety of academic backgrounds, but all are interested in studying less commonly taught languages, including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Swahili. As part of the African Languages Initiative, Boren Award applicants have the opportunity to further their study of Akan/Twi, Portuguese, Swahili, Wolof, Yoruba or Zulu. For a complete list of languages, visit our website. Undergraduate students can receive up to $20,000 for an academic year’s study abroad and graduate students up to $30,000 for language study and international research. In exchange for funding, recipients commit to working in the federal government for a minimum of one year. For more information about the Boren Awards, to register for one of our upcoming webinars, and to access the online application, please visit our website. You can also contact the Boren Awards staff at boren@iie.org or 1-800-618-NSEP with questions.
Website: http://www.borenawards.org
Central European University Budapest, Scholarships for Religious Studies Specialization
The Specialization Religious Studies at Central European University Budapest (CEU) offers scholarship for one year and two-year MA programs. This track is available for students pursuing an MA degree from either the Department of History or the Department of Medieval Studies. CEU is the only international English-language graduate school in Europe that is accredited both in Europe (Hungary) and the United States. As CEU is located in a region that has been the crossroads of major religions, cultural, and political histories and lineages, this specialist field provides a unique experience and access to sources in three areas: in-depth engagement with religious thought and traditions, focusing on the three mono-theistic religions, in a historically and conceptually grounded way, comparative study of their social, societal, institutional, cultural, intellectual, and political contexts and implications. The affiliated Source Language Teaching unit offers courses in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Ancient Greek, Latin, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Russian, Syriac, and Turkish. In the past, our students have been successful in receiving prestigious international scholarships and in entering challenging professional fields.
Website: http://www.ceu.hu/religion
DeVos Institute of Arts Managements at the Kennedy Center – Arts Management Fellowship
Founded by Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser in 2001, the Fellowship at the DeVos Institute for Arts Management is an immersive program in arts management strategy designed to prepare mid-career arts managers for executive positions in today’s complex arts environment. Hosted at one of the largest and most dynamic performing arts institutions, the Fellowship offers a structured blend of academic training, hands-on work experience, independent and collective learning opportunities, and personalized mentoring. Fellows develop close working relationships with Kennedy Center leadership, complete significant projects within the context of the Kennedy Center, and are connected to a vast network of DeVos Institute alumni throughout the United States and in 39 countries worldwide. The nine-month, full-time program begins in September.
Website: http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/artsmanagement/fellowships/home.html
GLOSSA – Polish Language School Scholarships
The goal of awarding a scholarship funded by Polish Language School GLOSSA is to popularize the broad scope of Polish culture and language. In addition, it will give students an opportunity to participate in the Summer School of Polish Language and Culture, and thereby allow them to improve their language skills and become more familiar with Polish culture and history.
The contest is an annual event announced in the fall of each academic year. It debuted in 2006 and for the first three years it was organized exclusively for students and graduates of higher education institutions. Due to its high popularity and participation among those interested in Polish culture and language, Polish Language School GLOSSA has decided to open the contest to all interested in Poland (ages 16 and older).
Website: http://www.glossa.pl
Hardiman Research Scholarships – National University of Ireland, Galway
The National University of Ireland, Galway are now offering 30 scholarships for structured PhD programmes. The Hardiman Research Scholarships are fully-funded four-year PhD scholarships, focused on five key areas of research in which the University offers leading expertise. The value of the Research Scholarship is a stipend of €16,000 plus fees. Among the areas of research being funded is a strand on Humanities in Context. This features a number of projects that will be of interest to students of Irish drama.
Website: http://www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/hardiman-scholarships/index.html
The HIA Fellowship
Intensive and demanding, the HIA Fellowship brings together international groups of university students and recent graduates to explore national histories of discrimination and resistance, as well as examples of issues affecting different minority groups today. Each program is highly interdisciplinary and features daily lectures and discussions with renowned academics, journalists, politicians and activists, as well as site visits to government agencies, non-profit and community organizations, museums and memorials. The programs seek to bridge the gap between theory and practice and highlight different models of action to remedy injustice. The objective of the HIA Fellowship is to facilitate a collective exploration of the social and political roots of discrimination, as well as to provide a forum where potential solutions to some of today’s most challenging issues can be considered and discussed. The programs are also intended to instill a responsibility among HIA Fellows to recognize and address the need to protect minorities and promote human rights in their own communities and around the world.
Website: http://www.humanityinaction.org/programs/14-hia-fellowship
Holocaust Education Foundation Fellowship in Eastern Europe
This annual program of the Holocaust Educational Foundation offers up to twenty-five advanced undergraduate students at North American colleges and universities the opportunity to acquire first-hand knowledge, under the direction of two senior faculty, of some of the principal sites of the Holocaust in Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. Admission to this traveling seminar is open to students who have completed their third year of undergraduate study, including at least one full-credit course on the Holocaust. Each admitted student receives an automatic grant of US$500 toward the total costs of air and ground transportation, food, and lodging during the seminar (at present aproximately $2700). Students seeking further financial assistance should outline their needs in their applications.
Website: http://www.holocaustef.org/programs6.html
IUGTE and ArtUniverse International Performance Project Scholarships
IUGTE and ArtUniverse have annouced scholarships for the International Performance Project. International practical course with opportunity to take part in a performance project in a Russian repertory theatre together with Russian actors and performers from different countries. Practical sessions will take place in Italy and Russia. The scholarships are announced in the four categories: For arts managers. For dancers, actors of physical theatre, circus performers. For actors of musical theatre and vocalists. For theatre directors. For video makers
Website: http://www.iugte.com/projects
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Arts Award
NEW scholarship award for college seniors or recent graduates specifically in the visual arts, performing arts, and creative writing. The JKCF will award up to 20 awards next year, for as much as $50,000 annually each, to support new graduate students in these three graduate program areas. Applicants must have financial need, low income, and have significant educational expenses to meet. Students can only be nominated by their undergraduate institution. Students must begin their first graduate degree program this coming fall. Students already in a graduate program are not eligible. The award provides funding for tuition, room and board, required fees, and books. Scholarships amounts vary based on several factors, including costs at the institution each recipient attends and other grants and scholarships the student receives.
Website: http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships/graduate-scholarships/jack-kent-cooke-graduate-arts-award/
The Language Flagship Fellowship
The Language Flagship is a breakthrough in foreign language and culture instruction in the United States designed to help individuals achieve superior-level proficiency in critical languages including Arabic, Chinese, Korean, and Persian. Flagship students participate in advanced language programs offered at the undergraduate and graduate levels.The Language Flagship Fellowship is an award for up to two years for graduate students to support their intensive language study at Flagship institutions in the U.S. and overseas. Flagship Fellowships are available for the study of Arabic, Chinese, Korean, and Persian at designated Flagship Programs. Eligible applicants for Flagship Fellowships must be U.S. citizens with advanced proficiency in the Flagship language of study. Past recipients of Boren Scholarships or Fellowships are eligible to apply for the Flagship Fellowship. In addition, students currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate Flagship programs may apply for Boren funding to participate in overseas Flagship programs. Application information can be found online. You can also email flagship@iie.org
Website: http://www.flagshipfellowships.org
Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program
The Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (MURAP) is a paid summer fellowship designed to foster the entrance of talented students from diverse backgrounds within the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts into graduate school and faculty positions in U.S. colleges and universities. More broadly, the program seeks to increase the presence of minorities and others who demonstrate a commitment to eradicating racial disparities in graduate school and eventually in academic ranks. The program serves the related goals of providing role models for all youth and structuring campus environments so that they will be more conducive to improved racial and ethnic relations. MURAP aims to achieve its mission by identifying and supporting students of great promise and helping them to become scholars of the highest distinction. Each summer, the program brings a cohort of 18-22 undergraduates (rising juniors and seniors) from colleges and universities in the U.S. to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus for an intensive, ten-week research experience. Students are expected to develop a 20-page research project under the guidance of a faculty mentor with whom they are paired according to areas of study and research interests. In addition to meeting at least three times a week with faculty mentors, students will attend weekly 3-hour seminars where they will present their research and discuss it with faculty and other students in the program, receive required biweekly instruction in preparation for the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), attend biweekly writing and presentation skills workshops, and participate in a variety of informative workshops, social events and conferences designed to expose them to the graduate experience. Participants will submit their final research paper based on their project and must receive approval through the signature of their faculty mentor. For a student to complete the program successfully and receive the entire stipend, participation in all of these activities and completion of the research paper are required. A sample calendar of required activities and deadlines is available on our website. For their participation in the program, student fellows will receive a generous stipend of $3500 (in the case of students holding Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowships, they receive the difference between their summer stipend and MURAP’s), an allowance for meals of $1450 and travel allowance up to $500 to cover the cost of transportation to and from Chapel Hill. Additionally, students will be provided on-campus housing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Website: http://www.unc.edu/depts/murap/student.html
The Shakespeare Theatre Company Fellowship Program
Each year, over a thousand early career theatre artists, technicians and professionals, nationally and internationally, compete for two dozen internships and fellowships offered at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. Members of the intern/fellow company work alongside some of the most renowned artists and professionals in the world to produce and support the mainstage season at the nation’s premier classical theatre.Approximately 10 months in length, professional internships and fellowships are season-long, full-time commitments. Schedules are rigorous; production and artistic interns work 40 – 60 hours per week while administrative interns work 40 hours plus additional weekend and evening hours as needed.Following their Shakespeare Theatre Company internship/fellowship experiences, our interns and fellows have gone on to work with many of the most respected artistic and cultural institutions in the country, including New York City Opera, The Goodman Theatre, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Playwrights Horizons, Arena Stage, Signature Theatre Company, Second Stage Theatre and The Folger Shakespeare Library. Other intern and fellow alumni have pursued graduate study with such institutions as Yale School of Drama, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Carnegie Mellon University. Additionally, many interns and fellows have joined the Shakespeare Theatre Company as full-time staff members.
Website: http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/education/training/internships/index.aspx
Steppenwolf Theatre Company Fellowship Program
The Multicultural Fellowship is a professional development program for early career persons of color interested in working in arts administration. Through hands-on experience, independent and collective learning projects, mentorship and career-guidance, Fellows are given the tools to become insightful, new voices in the leadership of the arts. This Fellowship will be designated to the following departments: Artistic, Development/Fundraising, Literary, Production Management, Marketing, Steppenwolf for Young Adults, and/or Theatre Management.
Website: http://www.steppenwolf.org/work/internships/aafellowship.aspx
StageSource Scholarship Awards
StageSource will present scholarships for $500 each plus one-year memberships to college/university students in his/her junior year and to graduating high school students with a demonstrated commitment and interest in theatre. Additionally, StageSource is honored to make available the Jack Welch Scholarship Award, named for one of the founding board members of StageSource. The Welch Scholarship will be made available to an aspiring college or high school student pursuing playwriting. All scholarship awards will be based on merit and reviewed by a committee of theatre professionals appointed by StageSource. The number of scholarships to be awarded will be determined in the spring. Historically, StageSource has awarded four to five scholarships each year and has presented four to five students each year with an Honorable Mention designation, which includes a one-year membership to StageSource. Applicants must have a demonstrated commitment and interest in theatre. All scholarship awards will be based on merit and reviewed by a committee appointed by StageSource.
Website: http://www.stagesource.org/programs-and-events/education-initiative-and-scholarships/
TCG Early Career Leadership
One-on-One grants of $75,000 will be awarded to six exceptionally talented early-career leaders from all areas of theatre for professional development via mentorships at a TCG Member Theatre, with an additional $5,000 honorarium for their mentor. Up to an additional $10,000 Opportunity Fund will be available for one or more of the following: outstanding student loans, approved supplemental activities, and/or life needs (i.e. health care, child or elder care, or other medical expenses). An additional Travel Fund of up to $4,500 will be available for mentee and mentor travel.
Website: http://www.tcg.org/grants/leadershipu/
Berkeley Rep Professional Fellowships (includes dramaturgy)
Berkeley Repertory Theatre offers an 11.5-month fellowship program for serious-minded, highly motivated individuals who are ready to embark upon a professional theatre career. Fellows are directly exposed to the Theatre’s daily operations and given the opportunity to learn alongside an accomplished company of artists, administrators, guest directors and designers.
Website: http://www.berkeleyrep.org/school/fellowships.asp
Centerstage Dramaturgy Fellowships
The Foundation has enthusiastically endorsed the answer developed over the last 20 years by Center Stage: a dramaturg is an integral component of an artistically driven theater or theatrical production – and is worth significant financial support as well. Center Stage has one of the country’s largest and most accomplished Dramaturgical departments. Our dramaturgy staff includes a full-time resident dramaturg and a part-time Associate Artist.
Website: https://centerstage.org/AboutUs/Dramaturgy.aspx#49529-what-is-dramaturgy
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Dramaturgy Fellowship
The Shakespeare Dramaturgy Residency is designed to provide an emerging professional of color with the experience of being an Assistant Dramaturg, specifically on a Shakespeare production during the season. Usually, the Shakespeare Dramaturg is assigned to work on the outdoor, Elizabethan Theatre productions. The Resident is mentored by the Director of Literary Management and Dramaturgy. The Resident will receive housing, travel expenses, and a monthly stipend throughout their tenure.
Website: https://www.osfashland.org/work-with-us/FAIR-fellowships-internships-and-more/residencies.aspx
Utah Shakespeare Festival Frachman Dramaturgy Fellowship
Last August the Utah Shakespeare Festival lost long-time Festival dramaturg, author, and friend, Dr. Michael Flachmann. The passing was felt far and wide as he left behind a legacy of service and passion for education and the arts. Dr. Flachmann spent over 25 years with the Festival infusing productions with scholarship, context and vitality.
Dr. Flachmann taught Shakespeare at California State University, Bakersfield, during the academic year and then extended his expertise to the Utah Shakespeare Festival in the summer, consulting with directors as they worked to bring the visions for their productions to fruition. He dedicated his entire adult life to helping people of all ages appreciate the world of Shakespeare and of theatre in general. In order to honor and pay respect to his remarkable work, friendship, and dedication Artistic Directors David Ivers and Brian Vaughn have established the Flachmann Fellows, an endowed program which will provide employment for one or two research scholars each season.
The Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship in Dramaturgy at Arena Stage
The goal of Arena Stage’s fellowship and internship program is to cultivate the next generation of theater professionals by providing the highest standard of training through immersion in the art and business of producing theater. Successful candidates for both programs are highly motivated individuals who have arts-related experience and training, as well as a passion for the exploration of the human condition through the dramatic forms. The Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship & Internship Program offers personalized training and in-depth, hands-on experience with seasoned professionals in artistic and technical production, arts administration, arts education and community outreach.
Website: http://www.arenastage.org/education/education-programs/internships-fellowships/