USC School of Cinematic Arts Scholarships

The School of Cinematic Arts depends principally on tuition income and the proceeds from endowments and gifts from its friends and alumni. Information on loans, grants, scholarships, fellowships and the College Work Study Program, open to all qualified USC students, can be obtained through the Admission and Financial Aid offices at (213) 740-1111.

In addition to these opportunities, several other forms of assistance are available to Cinema-Television majors. Financial assistance is awarded in the form of scholarships, fellowships, assistantships and hourly employment.

Scholarships: The School of Cinematic Arts offers the following awards which are available exclusively to USC School of Cinematic Arts students: Scholarships for Incoming Students: There are occasionally a limited number of Cinema-Television scholarships available to incoming students.

New Cinema-Television majors may be eligible for the following awards, which are based on academic merit and/or financial need. Creative Artists Agency Diversity Scholarship 2-3 year partial scholarships for graduate students from diverse ethnic and gender backgrounds. Courtney and Steven J. Ross Fellowship 2-3 year partial scholarships for female graduate students with priority given to students from diverse ethnic backgrounds.

NBC Fellowship 2-3 year loan, internship and mentor program for graduate students with priority given to students from diverse ethnic backgrounds. Warner Bros. Fellowship 3-4 year loan, internship and mentor program for undergraduate students with priority given to students from diverse ethnic backgrounds.

Recipients are selected by faculty review of student applications for admission to the School of Cinematic Arts. In some cases interviews will be required. Scholarships for Matriculating Students: The School of Cinematic Arts offers numerous scholarships to Cinema-Television majors who have completed at least one semester in their degree program.

Scholarships are not available for students with an undergraduate minor in Cinema-Television or Animation. A separate application is required and is available at the beginning of the spring semester for the following academic year. Competition for scholarships is great.

The following is a partial list of scholarships available. Recipients are selected on academic merit and/or financial need: * Gene Autry Endowed Fund for Student Support * James Bridges Scholarship * Dana & Albert Broccoli Foundation Scholarship * Thomas B. Bush Memorial Scholarship * George Cukor Scholarship * Louis J. Favara Scholarship for Cinematography * Samuel and Lorenza Gary Memorial Award * C. Stephen Gentry Memorial Scholarship * Zaki Gordon Awards * Rock Hudson Memorial Scholarship * John Huston Scholarship * Jeffrey Jones Scholarship * Bernard Kantor Scholarship * Irving Lerner Foundation Award * Sol Lesser Scholarship * Harold C. Lloyd Foundation Scholarship * Arthur and Lillie Mayer Foundation Scholarship * Jack Nicholson Scholarships � Directing & Writing * Jack Oakie Comedy Scholarship * Mary Pickford Scholarship * Marguerite Roberts Screenwriting Award * John Sandifer Memorial Award * Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Awards * Edward Small Memorial Awards � Directing & Writing * Frances and Ray Stark Scholarship * Edward Thomas Troutner Endowed Student Fund. [source]