Princeton Arts Fellowships Grant

Princeton Arts Fellowships Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Amount: US $93,000
Last Updated: August 01, 2025

Summary

The Princeton Arts Fellowships, supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, aim to recognize and nurture early career artists across various disciplines including visual arts and performance. Selected fellows will spend two years at Princeton University, engaging in teaching and artistic projects. This fellowship not only provides a stipend of $93,000 annually but also fosters a vibrant community of creativity and collaboration, allowing artists to thrive in an academic environment.

Overview

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation was established in 1969 to strengthen, promote, and defend the arts and humanities as essential to democratic societies. Mission We believe that the arts and humanities are where we express our complex humanity, and we believe that everyone deserves the beauty and empowerment that can be found there. Through our grants, we seek to build just communities enriched by meaning and guided by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive. Princeton Arts Fellowship Princeton Arts Fellowships, funded in part by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, David E. Kelley Society of Fellows in the Arts, and the Maurice R. Greenberg Scholarship Fund, will be awarded to artists whose achievements have been recognized as demonstrating extraordinary promise in any area of artistic practice and teaching. Applicants should be early career visual artists, filmmakers, poets, novelists, playwrights, designers, directors and performance artists—this list is not meant to be exhaustive—who would find it beneficial to spend two years teaching and working in an artistically vibrant university community. Princeton Arts Fellows spend two consecutive academic years (September 1-July 1) at Princeton University and formal teaching is expected. The normal work assignment will be to teach one course each semester subject to approval by the Dean of the Faculty, but fellows may be asked to take on an artistic assignment in lieu of a class, such as directing a play or creating a dance with students. Although the teaching load is light, our expectation is that Fellows will be full and active members of our community, committed to frequent and engaged interactions with students during the academic year. A $93,000 a year stipend is provided. Fellowships are not intended to fund work leading to an advanced degree.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Applicants can only apply for the Princeton Arts Fellowship twice in a lifetime.One need not be a U.S. citizen to apply. Those who have had an occasional and sporadic relationship with Princeton may apply.

Ineligibility

Holders of Ph.D. degrees from Princeton are not eligible to apply.Past recipients of the Hodder Fellowship and individuals who have had a sustained and continuous relationship with Princeton University are not eligible to apply.