Jonas Bellovin Scholar Achievement Award

Jonas Bellovin Scholar Achievement Award

Overview: Annual award recognizing outstanding student performance in established lighting programs.

Award Amount: $5,000 annually to a single individual

Program Established: 2003 (funded by $200,000 pledge from Bellovin family foundation in memory of Jonas Bellovin)

About Jonas Bellovin: Founder of Legion Lighting, Brooklyn, New York

Purpose: Address the student perspective of lighting education; recognize and reward outstanding academic performance.

Eligible Uses of Award:

Further education

Student loan repayment

Relocation for industry position

Other education-related purposes

Participating Schools (7 primary U.S. lighting programs):
1. Parsons The New School for Design
2. Pennsylvania State University
3. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lighting Research Center
4. Texas Christian University
5. University of Colorado at Boulder
6. University of Nebraska at Lincoln
7. (One additional school - specific name not listed)

Selection Process:

Each school submits one nomination annually on rotating schedule

Primary lighting faculty member at school describes nominee's qualifications

Nominated student explains intended use of funds to Board

Fund maintains ability to add/remove schools based on program changes

Contact Information:

Jeanne Clemente, Manager, Fund Operations

The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education, Inc.

PO Box 635, Garrison, NY 10524

Phone: 914-602-9997

Email: jeanne@nuckollsfund.org

Website: nuckollsfund.org