Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship

Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship
http://faa.illinois.edu/kate_neal_kinley_memorial_fellowship
Institutional Endorsement? No
National Deadline: Early December 2013
Fields of Study: Fine Arts, especially Music
Award type and amount: Three major Fellowships will be awarded to pursue advanced study at a US institution or abroad, one of approximately $20,000 in any field of music; one
of approximately $20,000 in instrumental or vocal music, architectural design
and history, art and design, theatre, or dance; and one of approximately
$9,000 in art, architecture, dance, landscape architecture, theatre, or urban
and regional planning.
Description: Kate Neal Kinley possessed a keen interest in music and performance
throughout her life. As a young woman growing up in Ohio, she included music
in her educational pursuits. At the University of Illinois, she helped to found
the Alpha Chi Omega sorority in 1899, and served as an honorary member of
the Champaign Art Club. Upon her death in 1931, David Kinley created the
Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship to promote advanced study in the fine
arts.
Selection Criteria:

• Pursued one of the following majors: Architecture — Design or History; Art — all branches; Dance — Choreography, Performance, Performance/Choreography; Landscape Architecture — History, Culture and Heritage, Sustainable Design, or Design Theory and Practice; Music — all branches; Theatre — Acting, Design, Playwriting, or Theatre Research/History; Urban and Regional Planning — all branches.
• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Art, Dance, Landscape Architecture, Music, Theatre, or Urban and Regional Planning.
• Preference is given to applicants who are under twenty‐five years of age.
• High achievement in his/her major field of study or related cultural fields, as well
• Character, merit and suitability of the program proposed by the applicant.
• Seriousness of purpose and good moral character.
• Superb creative promise and the greatest likelihood to benefit from the Fellowship.

Application Procedure:
1. Review the Kate Neal Kinley Fellowship website thoroughly to ensure that it is a good match for you.
2. Identify three faculty members or teachers who can assist you by offering
feedback on refining your portfolio and your proposed plan of study
statement and by writing letters of recommendation.
3. Create a draft of your plan of study statement and your portfolio. Share
with your advisors, and revise accordingly.
4. Submit the application, portfolio and other materials by the deadline in
early December.