Jonas Bellovin Scholar Achievement Award
Funding Amount
$5,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Eligible organizations
- Student loan repayment
Other requirements
- Further education
- Relocation for industry position
- Other education-related purposes
Overview
Annual award recognizing outstanding student performance in established lighting programs.
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):
- Parsons The New School for Design
- Pennsylvania State University
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lighting Research Center
- Texas Christian University
- University of Colorado at Boulder
- University of Nebraska at Lincoln
- (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
What The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Educ actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 5
- Total given
- $49K
- Median grant
- $7,500
- Range
- $6,000–$18K
- By dollars: Arkansas 37%, Oregon 24%, Illinois 15%. Top recipient cities: Fayetteville, AR; Corvallis, OR; Chicago, IL.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
University of Arkansas · Fayetteville, AR
Lighting curriculum
$18K
Oregon State University · Corvallis, OR
Lighting curriculum
$12K
Columbia College Chicago · Chicago, IL
Lighting curriculum
$7,500
Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX
Lighting curriculum
$6,000
Thomas Jefferson University · Philadelphia, PA
Lighting curriculum
$6,000
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Education
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