Guidelines

Basis of Consideration:
Awards will be distributed to advanced undergraduate or graduate students who have begun a specific project that is significant in scope and that requires financial support in order to be completed. Projects must already be underway with substantial material (prints, footage, drafts, etc.) that demonstrate the concept and purpose of the
project. Applications will be evaluated by a committee of professionals in an aligned field.


Awards are determined according to the following:
1. Thoroughness of application
2. Sense of vision and clarity of purpose
3. Possibility of artistic and professional growth
4. Practicality and accuracy of timetable and budget estimations


Guidelines:
1. Undergraduate students must have 60 credit hours, or more, in any major/media, at the time of application and must be enrolled for classes the next (Spring) semester.
2. Graduate students may apply and must be enrolled in classes the following (Spring) semester.
3. Completed projects are not eligible for funding.
4. Project material/samples must be included in the application.
5. Projects that are funded must be completed in 6 months.
6. Award winners will report to an assigned Weisman Advisor.
7. All completed projects will be shown, screened, read, or performed for the public.
8. All projects must be made available in digital form for submission to the Weisman Archive
9. Each project will explicitly credit the support of the Albert P. Weisman Memorial Award at Columbia College Chicago.



*The Albert P. Weisman Award is sponsored by the Portfolio Center of Columbia College Chicago.