Women in Animation, Inc. offers the Phyllis Craig Scholarship for animation students. Phyllis Craig was a pioneer in the area of animation education and provided many students with internships, career development opportunities and first jobs in the industry. The $1,000 scholarship helps to fund the education of one student who shows both the talent and the drive to succeed as an animator. Eligible applicants include full- or part-time students matriculated in animation school. The successful student must demonstrate financial need and be legally able to work in the United States. Completed applications include a portfolio or film reel, an essay, a recommendation letter and proof that the applicant is an animation student.
Women In Animation, Inc.
P.O. Box 17706
Encino, California 91416
818-759-9596
wia.animationblogspot.com
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation offers grants through six film schools including the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts (SCA). These grants include one designed specifically to fund animated projects. The grant offers $15,000 to a student filmmaker with a proposal for a 5 to 12 minute film portraying accurate representations of science and scientists. The proposal must have approval from a scientist and must involve this scientist in the entire filmmaking process. This advisor can be either a faculty member at USC or a scientist from another organization. Complete applications include a script, synopsis, budget and shooting schedule. Films may be based in fact or fiction, but must not have already been completed and must not be documentaries. Applicants must be current SCA students with at least a 3.0 GPA and must attend the Sloan Science seminar, a January course focusing on topics of scientific interest.
University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts
Office of Admissions & Student Affairs
University Park, CTV-G130
Los Angeles, CA 90089
213-740-8358
cinema.usc.edu
The Frameline Completion Fund offers funding to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) filmmakers for projects including animated films. The available grants range from $5,000 to $7,500 and are intended for projects that accurately represent life in a LGBT context. Eligible applicants are those who have both creative and financial control over their projects and whose projects are at least 90 percent finished, including student applicants. Projects should be in the post-production phase or ready to begin that phase upon receipt of funding. Complete applications must include a cover sheet, synopsis, budget, formal request for funding, distribution and exhibition plan, sample DVD with description, cast and crew list including director's biography and completed producer's warranty form.
Frameline Completion Fund
145 Ninth St., #300
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-703-8650
frameline.org