Cartoonist Scholarships
College and university students are the main focus of many scholarships and other awards for cartoonists. Some memorial scholarships honor acclaimed cartoonists who made outstanding contributions to cartooning and graphic art during their lifetime. Cartooning scholarships have different requirements in terms of themes, artwork and other areas. Their common purpose, however, is to showcase and to reward gifted cartoonists, providing the means for their continuing progress.
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Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship
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The National Cartoonists Society Foundation presents the Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship, which is open to college students in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The late Jay Kennedy was editor-in-chief of King Features Syndicate, among other roles. Juniors or seniors majoring in any subject area are eligible to apply for this award. Applications must include a completed entry form and five different samples of their cartooning artwork with publication date and place indicated, where applicable. The samples should be copies and not originals. The value of the scholarship is undisclosed.
Swann Foundation Fellowship
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The Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon offers the Swann Foundation Fellowship. Only candidates for master’s or doctoral degrees are eligible for this annual fellowship, awarded to one or more candidates at the discretion of the foundation. Applicants must be in an accredited graduate program working toward completing a dissertation or thesis or conducting postgraduate research in the field of caricature or cartoon. No restrictions apply to the university department or scholarly research except that it must be in caricature or cartoon art. Students in an institution in the United States, Canada or Mexico qualify for the award, including those who are not U.S. residents. The fellowship terms require candidates to spend two weeks in a research residency at the Library of Congress, using and documenting the library’s vast collections. A fellow must also give a public lecture about his work-in-progress and file a copy of the dissertation, thesis or postgraduate document at the Swann Foundation. As of 2011, the value of the fellowship was a maximum of $15,000.
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Kubert School Scholarships
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The Kubert School in Dover, New Jersey, specializes in cartooning and graphic art and offers a wide array of scholarships as of 2011. For example, the $2,000 Norman Maurer Memorial Scholarship goes to a first-year student entering year two. The DC Comics Scholarship, valued at $5,000, is for a second year student entering the third year. The Freddy Gonzalez Memorial Scholarship and the Dave Monahan Memorial Scholarship, both worth $2,000, go to second-year students entering their third year. Only registered students are eligible for scholarships, subject to submitting their portfolios for consideration according to specific individual scholarship requirements. Individual requirements are listed on the school website (kubertschool.edu).
Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition Awards
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Established at Columbia College Chicago, the Fischetti Endowment Scholarship Fund honors the late John Fischetti, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist whose work appeared in the “New York Herald Tribune,” “Chicago Daily News,” and “Chicago Sun-Times," among other publications. The fund recognizes exceptional students and editorial cartoonists through the annual Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition Awards. Further information about the awards is available online.
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