Awards
CIBC Fine Arts Graduate Student Awards
Value of Award:
A maximum of five awards, each worth $4,000, will be awarded for 2022-23.
Eligibility:
To be eligible, students must be enrolled full-time in an MFA, MA, or Ph.D. program within the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, and must demonstrate artistic excellence through a portfolio review. Applicants must demonstrate excellence in research-creation. Criteria for excellence include originality, formal inventiveness, social impact and feasibility. Special consideration will be given to students whose work is of an interdisciplinary, cross-departmental, or cross-faculty nature. Please note that funding is for a student project, not the student. The budget should reflect this (template provided).
Nomination Procedure:
Each program may submit 1 PhD and 1 Masters nomination. The nomination file will consist of:
- A letter from the Graduate Program Director supporting the nomination
- A description of the proposed project (maximum 500 words)
- A budget (template provided)
- A current CV
- Transcripts (or an explanation of professional equivalent)
- A portfolio of the nominee’s creative output. This should be a PDF file (maximum 1 page), containing up to three (3) links to the nominee’s relevant work, with brief descriptions providing context. Video clips must not exceed 5 minutes each
*If you are interested in this award, please send your application to the Graduate Program in Theatre & Theatre Studies (gradthea@yorku.ca) by Tuesday, November 1, 2022. Please note that only one application from the MA/MFA program and one from the Ph.D. program can be put forward by the department.
Contact
Graduate Program in Theatre & Theatre Studies
Accolade Building East, Room #: 371G
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext. 22204
Email: gradthea@yorku.ca
Don Rubin Dissertation Award in Canadian Theatre
Overview
The Don Rubin Dissertation Award in Canadian Theatre will be awarded annually to a current Ph.D. student in Theatre & Performance Studies who is writing a dissertation on a Canadian theatre subject. Applicants must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents or protected persons, be Ontario residents*, and demonstrate financial need.
For more information, please contact the Graduate Program in Theatre & Theatre Studies.
Contact
Graduate Program in Theatre & Theatre Studies
Accolade Building East, Room #: 371G
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext. 22204
Email: gradthea@yorku.ca
