For Students

Emory Arts Project Grants assist Emory students in original creative pursuits. We encourage applicants to use the funding to experiment and stretch the scope of their artistic work.

Application Deadlines

• The application deadline for Fall Semester has passed. Applications for Spring Semester will open December 9, 2025 and are due March 6, 2026.

Project Grant Guidelines

• Students may apply for up to $1000
• Individual Emory Undergraduate students and OrgSync-registered student groups are eligible to apply. We are unable to fund Graduate student projects at this time.
• Students are eligible to receive Project Grant funding twice during their tenure at Emory. Students who have already received two Project Grants are not eligible to apply.
• It is expected that projects will be presented or performed for an Emory audience. 
• Travel expenses are supported for visiting artists only.
• Students may apply for funding to support honors theses and senior projects. Emory Arts requires the academic department in which you are completing your thesis or senior project to match the dollar amount you are requesting. Other projects assigned as part of a class are not eligible for funding.
• Projects are not funded retroactively.

Award Timelines

• Awards will not be granted before the October 15, 2025 application deadline.
• Applicants can expect to be notified of the granting committee's decision no later than October 31, 2025.
• Award payments will be made either in the form of receipt reimbursements up to the amount awarded, or as a one-time transfer of funds into a department SpeedType as reimbursement for expenses incurred. Appropriate receipts and documentation must be provided.
• Projects must be completed and reimbursed within the academic year in which they are granted. 

Take advantage of Out There Arts (OTA) funding to discover Atlanta's thriving arts scene. OTA covers all or part of the cost of admission to arts events off campus. Transportation costs may also be covered on a case-by-case basis. 

Application Deadlines

OTA Applications are accepted on a rolling basis through the academic year.

funding Guidelines

• Groups of 10+ students can apply for up to $400
• Student organizations, residence halls, and independent groups are eligible to apply.
• Submit your request at least two weeks in advance of the event date (or ticket purchase date).
• Students and student groups are eligible to recieve Out There Arts funding once per academic year.

Award Timelines

• Applicants will be notified of award status no later than two weeks after completed submission. No grants will be awarded before the start of the 2026 Fiscal Year (September 1, 2025)
• Please note: OTA awards are made on a rolling basis throughout the semester. As funds are limited, applications will close once allotted funds are granted.
• Award payments will be made either in the form of receipt reimbursements up to the award amount, or a one-time transfer of funds into a student group or department ST as reimbursement for expenses incurred. Appropriate documentation must be provided.
• Grant activities must be completed within the semester in which grant is awarded.

High museum academic affiliate program

Emory University and the High Museum of Art have an Academic Affiliate partnership that offers free university-sponsored field trips for Emory College courses and organizations. As a result, OTA no longer funds admission to the High Museum. Find out more about the partnership here.

The David Goldwasser Series in Religion and the Arts was established in 1980 at Emory University in memory of David Goldwasser, a 1932 graduate of Emory College. The series is intended to keep alive for generations of students Mr. Goldwasser's appreciation of art and faith as enriching dimensions of the human spirit by supporting performances and exhibitions with implicit or explicit religious significance.

Applicants may not receive funding in consecutive academic years. If you have received funding in the previous academic year, please wait one full cycle before applying again.

Application Deadlines

The John H. Gordon Stipe Society supports creativity and original scholarship among students in Emory College of Arts & Sciences. Each year, new student fellows are appointed to the Stipe Society from each arts department or program, to pursue their creative work, act as student artist ambassadors, and promote the arts across campus.

• Stipe Fellows receive a $4,000 academic tuition scholarship.
• One student is chosen from each area: creative writing, dance, film, music, playwriting, theater, and visual arts.
• The award is available to rising juniors and seniors majoring in an arts department or in IVAC.
• The term of the fellowship is one academic year.

2025-2026 Stipe Fellows

• Charles Ascone, Music
• Alicia Emily Brown, Film & Media
• Lucy Gardner, Creative Writing
• Maxwell Gui, Theater Studies
• Greyson Morey, Visual Arts
• Nadia Piecyk, Dance
• Ainsley Powers, Playwriting

The Sudler Prize in the Arts is awarded each year to one or more graduating seniors who have demonstrated the highest standard of proficiency in one or more of the performing or creative arts. It may be given for performance, execution, or composition in the field of music, theater, dance, creative writing, film, visual arts, or allied areas of artistic endeavor.

This prize, accompanied by a cash award of $6,000, is conferred at the commencement Honors Program of Emory College of Arts & Sciences. Nominations are made by arts departments and programs.

Please contact your department administrators to learn more.