Opportunities for Arts and Art History

Jacob Javits Fellowship                                   www.ed.gov/programs/jacobjavits/index.html
Graduating senior or student still in first year of graduate work.  To $21,000 for graduate study in humanities, arts, or social sciences.  Deadline Oct.

Bliss Prize Fellowship, Dumbarton Oaks                   http://www.doaks.org/Blissprize.html
Up to $45,000 for Byzantine graduate studies.  Senior applying to doctoral program; minimum one year ancient Greek.  Deadline November 1.

Chateaubriand Fellowships to France            www.frenchculture.org
9-month fellowship in France for graduate student pursuing Ph.D.  Deadline December.

Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum  www.metmuseum.org/education/er_internship.asp#cloisters_apply
Summer, 6-month, and year-long paid internships for undergrad and grad students in art history, media, editing, and related areas.  Fall app deadlines.

DAAD Study Scholarship to Germany            www.daad.org/p=gradstudy_arts
Artists and musicians.  One academic year, extension possible.  Apply in senior year.  Nov. 1

DMA Awards to Artists        http://dallasmuseumofart.org  see "Experience - Event Registration"
DeGolyer Fund:  to $1,500.  Visual artists 15-25 years old, living in southwestern U.S. for four yrs.
Kimbrough Fund:  to $3,500.  Visual artists under 30, living in Texas for past 3 yrs.

Dumbarton Oaks Fellowships            www.doaks.org
Graduate students or post-Ph.D.:  residential and summer fellowships. Byzantine or Pre-Columbian studies. 

Getty Research Institute                        www.getty.edu/grants/research
Arts, humanities, social sciences.  Museum Institute or at Villa.  All deadlines are Nov 1
   Post-doc -- $22,000 for academic year.  Ph.D. 2002 or later
   Library Research Grant -- To $2,500.  Five days to 3 months.
   Pre-doc -- $18,000 for academic year.

Golden Key Literary Awards                www.goldenkey.org
$1,000.  GK member.  Fiction, poetry, news writing.  March 1

Golden Key Visual and Performing Arts Award        www.goldenkey.org
$1,000. GK member. Studio arts, graphic design, instrumental/vocal perf, dance.  March 1

Kaiser Media Internships in Health Reporting        www.kff.org/mediafellows
12-week summer internship. Graduating senior, to specialize in covering health issues affecting diverse and immigrant communities. Previous newsroom experience essential. Priority to bilingual or bicultural journalists.  Deadline Dec.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art History Fellowships   www.metmuseum.org/education
One month to 1 yr.  $30,000 for yr for pre-doctoral fellows.  Research related to Museum's collection.  Deadline November 1.

Reuters Journalism Trainee Program    http://careers.thomsonreuters.com/Students/
Graduating senior, combining journalism, economics, and languages (esp. Arabic, Russian, Mandarin, German).  9-month trainee program (New York, London, Singapore), then possible posting to global locations.  December 31 

Summer Journalism Internship, Berlin        www.daad.org/page/internxchange/
Scholarship for intensive summer internship. Journalism or communications students with strong German (advanced intermediate. Includes internship with a German newspaper, radio, or PR firm.  Pref undergrads, but also recent grads or grad students. January 31

Universal Film & Video Prize
$1,000-5,000; undergrad or graduate.  Deadline January 1.

Walter Read Hovey                            www.pittsburghfoundation.org
To $3,000 for graduate studies in art history.  Deadline January.

Butcher Music Scholarship                www.dar.org/natsociety/edout_scholar.cfm
Piano or voice; 3.00+ GPA.  Deadline April.

United Methodist Church Music Scholarship        www.fummwa.org
For music degree candidates, toward career in sacred music.  Deadline March 1.

Chopin Piano Competition                            www.thekf.org
To $5,000   Competition in New York City.  Age 16-22.   Deadline Feb, competition April.

Colburn-Pledge Music Scholarship
Texas resident, classical music, string instruments.  Financial need.  Audition.  Deadline April.

Posey Foundation Scholarship               www.selbyfdn.org
$1,000-$4,000 for graduate studies in painting or sculpture.  Deadline March 1.

Kress Foundation Pre-Doctoral          www.kressfoundation.org
$22,500 per year for two-year research appointment in pre-1900 art history.  Deadline Nov.

Native American Fellowships            www.sarweb.org
2-month to 6-mo resident fellowships in Santa Fe for Native American artists. Deadline Nov. 1

Newberry                                            www.newberry.org/research/felshp
Graduate student, ABD.  Deadline March 1.

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Stipend            http://okeeffemuseum.org
Stipend for 3 to 12 months' pre-doctoral research at the Museum.  Deadline November

Smithsonian Pre-Doctoral      
$14,000 stipend; access to collections.  Arts, art history, humanities.  Deadline January.

Terra Summer Residency in Giverny        www.terraamericanart.org
Advanced doctoral students researching American art or American-European exchange; and, painters or mixed-media artists holding MFA. Deadline January.

Winterthur/Hagley Library    
$3,000 for research at the libraries.  Graduate student, arts/art history.  Deadline November.

National Association of Black Journalists            www.nabj.org
To $5,000 .   Deadline March 1.

See also:  www.scholastic.com/artandwritingawards/index_page6.htm