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Career Development Grants

Through the UNCSA Career Development Grant Program, limited financial assistance is available to students for projects that promise to impact career opportunities. The Career Development Committee, made up of representatives from each of the arts schools, acts as the decision-making body for awarding of grants. For further information regarding this program and to view sample grant applications, contact the career services office.

Click here for Career Development Grant Program Application.
Round 2 Career Development Grant Deadline:
Fri., March 16: Applications due to school’s representative office for review by 5 pm.

Grant Writing Guidelines (pdf)

2012-2013 Round 2 application available Mon., February 27, 2012

William R. Kenan, Jr. Fellowship at Penland School of Crafts
The William R. Kenan, Jr. Fellowship at Penland School of Crafts promotes life-long learning, stimulates experimentation and skill development, and shares Penland's model educational learning environment with UNCSA students and alumni. A total of ten (10) candidates from the UNCSA Visual Arts Department classes of 2005-2012 will be selected for the Fellowship position.

NOTE: EXTENDED Deadline for applications is Fri., February 24, 2012.

2012 Kenan Penland Fellowship Application

William R. Kenan, Jr. Fellowship at The Kennedy Center
The William R. Kenan, Jr. Fellowship at The Kennedy Center seeks to provide emerging theater artists with a wide variety of experiences bridging their academic training with the professional theater world. A total of six (6) candidates from the UNCSA Schools of Drama and Design and Production classes of 2008-2012 will be selected for the Fellowship position. Deadline for Application is Mon., February 27.

2012 Kennedy Center Fellowship Application

William R. Kenan, Jr. Fellowship at Lincoln Center Institute
The William R. Kenan, Jr. Fellowship at Lincoln Center Institute seeks to provide emerging artists with knowledge of aesthetic education that will prepare them for work as artists in the field of arts and education. A total of six (6) candidates from the UNCSA Schools of Dance, Drama and Music classes of 2010-2012 will be selected for the Fellowship position.
Deadline for applications is  5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 24, 2012. Candidates selected for interview will be notified the week of March 5. Final decisions will be notified mid-April 2012.

More information about the LCI Fellowship and Application:  
2012-13 LCI Fellowship Description
2012-13 Kenan Fellowship at LCI—Description application form

Semans Arts Fund
The Semans Art Fund is a private foundation that funds opportunities for current UNCSA students to apply for grants for summer study, special projects, research, and performances, building upon the resources of UNCSA in imaginative ways and for UNCSA arts deans to apply for special projects that aid and promote the students and faculty of their school. To the greatest extent possible, projects should be designed to benefit the campus community and audiences of the School. The fund was established in 1977 by Dr. and Mrs. James H. Semans. Guidelines and an application form are attached and also may be obtained in each of the arts deans offices.. This grant-awarding cycle will support projects for summer 2012 and academic year 2012-2013. Student applications must be submitted through their appropriate art dean, not directly to The Semans Art Fund. Deadlines: Friday, February 10, 2012 – Student Applications due in Arts Deans’ Offices

Information about Semans Arts Fund grants