"Attempts on her Life," Fall 2009 Loeb Ex Show. Photo courtesy of Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club
The OFA awards between 12 and 20 artist development fellowships annually to promising and/or accomplished student artists and creators who have an unusual opportunity for artistic growth and transformation. Fellowship applications are evaluated by the Council on the Arts, a standing committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
This program supports projects across all arts disciplines, and their range is as varied as the student artists. Successful proposals might afford the student artist an opportunity to apprentice to a great artist or artistic company, to research and develop an unusually innovative idea, to finish a body of work, or to live and work in an environment that will feed the applicant’s creative development.
The program is jointly administered by the OFA and the Office of Career Services, and is open to all undergraduates currently enrolled in Harvard College. more...
Application Deadline for 2011-2012 Academic Year: February 2, 2012
The OFA funds approximately 100 arts projects annually that involve up to 2,500 undergraduates and some graduate students. These grants are awarded by the Council on the Arts and are given across artistic disciplines. They are intended to foster a broad and rich community of art making that involves students of all backgrounds and levels of accomplishment. Most projects occur extracurricularly, although an increasing number are connected to FAS coursework. more...
Application Deadlines for 2011-2012 Academic Year:
Wintersession & Spring ‘12 Projects: Wednesday, November 23, 2011
ARTS FIRST Projects: Monday, February 6, 2012
Fall 2012 Projects: Wednesday, April 18, 2012
The Music Lesson Subsidy Program provides scholarship support to full-time Harvard undergraduates. Recipients are selected on the basis of financial need and demonstrated musical ability and/or potential. In 2011-12, 98 students were awarded subsidies to study with music instructors from all over the Boston area, including affiliates of Berklee College of Music, Longy School of Music, Boston Conservatory, New England Conservatory and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. more...
Deadline to apply: September 19th, 2011
Online application
The FAS Council on the Arts recognizes exceptional work in the visual and performing arts each year through the awarding of OFA arts prizes. Any undergraduate may be nominated by faculty, administrators or accomplished professional artists for consideration. List of Prizes
Common Grants - Application Online
Film Study Center
Harvard fellowships provide funding and technical resources for people doing compelling work in video, film, sound, or photography. The fellowships are open to Harvard faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral and research fellows. Fellowships are made annually, for an academic year's tenure.
Fellowship awards are intended to help defray production or postproduction expenses, and typically range between $1,000 and the maximum of $5000. During the fellowship year, fellows are part of a community of makers, and participate in monthly gatherings where works in progress are shared and discussed. In addition to supporting SD and HD video work, the FSC continues to support 16mm film production, with both regular and Super 16 cameras and Steenbeck editing flatbeds available to fellows. Application information, with a link to the new online portion of the application, is available on the Film Study Center website
The deadline falls two weeks after the first day of Spring semester classes, though most will complete their application over the January break.
