Application Deadline is January 15, 2010
The Thayer Fellowships and the Ross Award are given each year to outstanding candidates for graduation from the State University of New York (SUNY). The purpose of the awards is to serve as a bridge between study at SUNY and a professional career in the creative or performing arts: namely music, theatre, dance, film, video, creative writing, and the visual arts.
The Thayer Fellowships in the amount of $7,000 will be given this year to a student or students who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and high professional potential. The Ross Award in the amount of $1,000 will be given this year to a student or students who have demonstrated excellence, originality and promise.
Application packets are available on line at http://www.suny.edu/facultySenate/Thayer09-10.cfm. Only one application is required to be considered for both awards. For additional information, call Joe Hildreth or Carol Donato at 518-443-5326 or send an e-mail to joe.hildreth@suny.edu or carol.donato@suny.edu.
Applicants must be currently enrolled as candidates for baccalaureate and/or advanced degree programs in the arts in State University of New York.
The degree must be completed in SUNY. Application must be made in the academic year of graduation.
Students who have returned to the university for advanced study after establishing professional careers in their field are not eligible; the fellowship is intended for those entering a career in the arts for the first time.
Encompassing all the SUNYs and CUNYs state-wide, the Thayer and Ross are very competitive awards but Binghamton University students have had a very respectable record of being named Finalists in Writing and over the years we have had at least three Thayer Fellows.
