New York College Scholarships for Arts, Architecture, Music, Dance

Study Scholarships for Fine Arts, Architecture, Music, Dance, New York

Job Description: These scholarships aim to provide highly qualified students in the fields of fine art, design, film, music, choreography and architecture with an opportunity to complete a program of additional studies, with or without earning a formal degree, at a German institute of higher education.


Eligibility Requirements
* The guidelines here pertain to applicants in the fields of Fine Arts, Architecture, Music and Dance. (Applicants in all academic fields are welcome to apply for the regular Study Scholarship.
* Graduating seniors or graduate students applying for this program must be enrolled full-time at an accredited university at the time of application.(Those who have already completed an undergraduate degree do not need to be currently enrolled.)
* Recent graduates who have completed their Bachelor’s degrees no longer than six years before the application deadline are welcome to apply.
* 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. Foreign nationals must have studied at an accredited US or Canadian university for at least two years by the time of application.
* At the time of application, Applicants must not have been resident in Germany for more than one year.
* Applicants are requested to have a well-defined study project that makes a stay in Germany essential. 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.
* Applicants in the arts, humanities and social sciences should have a good command of German.
* Applicants may not hold a DAAD grant and a grant from another German or German-American organization/German-Canadian organization concurrently for the same project. Prior recipients of a DAAD grant should contact DAAD New York before applying to determine their eligibility status.

Application Deadline
November 1, 2010
Source: http://www.daad.org/