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The Academy Film Scholars Program was established in 2000 to stimulate and support the creation of innovative and significant works of film scholarship about aesthetic, cultural, educational, historical, theoretical or scientific aspects of theatrical motion pictures.
Two grants of $25,000 each are made annually to qualified and worthy applicants. Recipients will be provided travel, lodging and per diem expenses, if necessary, for two trips to Los Angeles for the awards ceremony and for their lecture. Proposals will be reviewed and selected by the Academy's Grants Committee and staff. The grant money is distributed in two parts: at the commencement and upon completion of the project.
Established scholars, writers, historians and researchers possessing either a significant record of achievement, or exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishments in their field are considered for the grants.
Applicants must propose a new work of film scholarship encompassing some aspect of theatrical motion picture art, science, commerce, history or theory. Works solely exploring television, video or other media arts are not eligible.
The proposed projects may be books, multimedia presentations, curatorial projects, DVD-ROMs or Internet sites, and must be in English. Proposals for the creation of films, television programming or videos are not considered.
A ceremony is held each year to honor the selected Scholars.
Academy Film Scholars will present their projects or findings in lecture form at the Academy following the completion of their work. Scholars also are asked to donate two copies of any resulting book, exhibition catalog, white paper, CD/DVD or other "physical deliverable" to the Academy.
To be considered, a completed application form, a description of the proposed project, a select bibliography and a curriculum vita which includes a list of previously published works must be submitted. There is no fee for consideration.
| Scholars selected since the program was created are: in 2000, Tino Balio, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Donald Crafton, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana; in 2001, Jane Gaines, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Steven J. Ross, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; in 2002, David Rodowick, King's College, University of London, England; Dana Polan, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; in 2003, Thomas Doherty, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, Shelley Stamp, University of California at Santa Cruz; in 2004, cinema history writer Cari Beauchamp, Los Angeles, California; Charles Musser, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; in 2005, Stuart Liebman, Queen's College of the City University of New York; Emily Thompson, University of California, San Diego; in 2006, Jan-Christopher Horak, University of California, Los Angeles; David Edmund James, University of Southern California; in 2007, John Belton, Rutgers University; Richard B. Jewell, University of Southern California. |
The Academy Film Scholars Program is headquartered at the Academy's Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study in Hollywood.
Application forms are available by clicking here , by email at grants@oscars.org, by mail by writing to Academy Film Scholars, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 1313 Vine St. , Hollywood , CA 90028 or by calling the Academy at 310-247-3031.
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