Creative & Performing Arts

Creative & Performing Arts Fellowships & Awards

Nationally competitive arts fellowships provide financial support to students pursuing opportunities in the creative and performing arts.

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: Supports students who are pursuing careers specializing in the development of interactive entertainment.
Josephine de Karman Fellowships Recognizes and assist students whose scholastic achievements reflect Professor Von Karman’s high standards.
: A creative fellowship for promising young graduates of the University of Illinois at Urbana--鈥怌hampaign and other prestigious institutions recognizes alumna Kate Neal Kinley's dedication to the arts.
: Is a national program dedicated to identifying and assisting emerging theater, dance, and film artists who are at the outset of their careers or at early stages of professional development.
: Is a trust fund created for the education of young men and women who aim to make art their profession.

: For all disciplines, but has grant for Scandinavian Folk Arts and Cultural Traditions.
: Advances, expands and supports research about craft in the United States.
: Benefit minority and economically disadvantaged students who are studying art and design disciplines in colleges and universities in the United States.

: Offers programs for composers, conductors, instrumentalists, and singers
: Fellows collaborate with world-class artists while gaining invaluable career experience. Private mentoring sessions and group discussions further reinforce the skills necessary to transition into a professional career in chamber music. For gifted violinists, violists, cellists and pianists to apply individually or as ensembles.

: Support and recognize outstanding scholarship in theatre and performance studies.
: A variety of scholarships for those interested in theatre performance, technical theatre, theatre education, playwriting, and film.
: Promotes social change and community participation with a particular focus on the engagement of young people.
Julie Taymor World Theater Fellowship: Provides travel opportunities for enterprising young theater directors to immerse themselves in artistic experiences beyond our borders; thereby, expanding their creative horizons to include previously undiscovered styles and techniques which can best be experienced in direct dialogue and work with creative artists from other cultures.

: Seek to ensure that opportunities for the study of music are available to students at all levels.
: A variety of scholarships and programs that support artists and musicians in different stages of their academic and professional careers.