American Art Therapy Association Anniversary Scholarship Fund (One Award)
This award is available to a student member (active Student and Graduate student memberships) with a current or most recent GPA of at least 3.00 who can demonstrate financial need and acceptance or enrollment in a graduate art therapy program. Students receiving this award are strongly encouraged to attend the conference. Scholarship Award Amount: Up to $1,000.00.
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Myra Levick Scholarship Fund (One Award)
Available to a student member (active Student and Graduate Student) with a current or most recent GPA of at least 3.00 who can demonstrate financial need and acceptance or enrollment in a graduate art therapy program. Students applying for this award are strongly encouraged to attend the conference. Scholarship Award: Up to $1,000.00
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Laura Greenstone Memorial Scholarship
This award honors the memory of art therapist Laura Greenstone in her request to establish a scholarship to support masters-level African-American and Afro-Caribbean art therapy students (active Student and Graduate Student). Through establishing this scholarship, Laura hoped to address the legacy of racial violence in the United States by furthering a diversified art therapy profession and serving diverse communities inclusively. Award Amount: Up to $1,000.00
Criteria: This scholarship is available to an art therapy student and graduate student member of the AATA who can demonstrate acceptance or enrollment in a graduate art therapy program, identify as African-American and/or Afro-Caribbean, and demonstrate support to underserved communities. Scholarship award applicants must be current members of the American Art Therapy Association. Attendance at the Association’s Annual Conference, where the awards will be given, is strongly encouraged.
EXTENSION DEADLINE: The scholarship deadline is May 28, 2024.
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Rawley Silver Award for Excellence (One Award)
Available to a student member (active Student and Graduate Student memberships) whose academic record or prior experience is deemed excellent (3.00+) who can demonstrate financial need and acceptance or enrollment in a graduate art therapy program. Students applying for this award are strongly encouraged to attend the conference. Scholarship Award: Up to $1000.00
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Cay Drachnik Minorities Fund (One Award)
Specifically designed for the purchase of books, this fund is available to student members (active Student and Graduate Student) of an ethnic minority group who can demonstrate financial need and acceptance or enrollment in an art therapy program; undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral. The student application will be completed in alignment with the AATA Code of Ethics, Responsibility to the Profession, Section 10, in that the application is a truthful representation of self and identity. Students applying for the award are strongly encouraged to attend the conference. Scholarship Award: Up to $500.00
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Student Scholarship to the American Art Therapy Association Annual Conference (Up to Three Awards)
Specifically designed to provide financial support to student members (active Student and Graduate Student memberships) so they can attend the Annual Conference. This fund is available to student members who can demonstrate financial need, acceptance, and/or enrollment in an art therapy program, and prior involvement in art as healing events. Students awarded this scholarship are required to attend the conference. Students must identify their status as undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral candidate. Scholarship Award: Full Registration per Attendee, Recipients attending in person will receive an additional $250 stipend to assist with conference-related expenses if attended in person. If you win a conference scholarship, you win a complimentary registration that is valid for either in person attendance or virtual attendance. If you choose to attend in person, you are eligible to receive a $250 stipend. A check in this amount will be send to recipients following the conference.
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Prasad Family Foundation - International Student Scholarship (One Award)
Specifically designed to provide financial support for international student members enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral program to attend the Annual Conference. Students awarded this scholarship are strongly encouraged to attend the conference. Applications must include a copy of the cover page of their passport noting the country of origin. Scholarship Award: Up to $1,000.00. Students may be temporarily residing in the United States under a student visa, but must be able to identify a country of residency outside of the United States.
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Irene Rosner David Medical Art Therapy Scholarship (One Award)
The Irene Rosner David Scholarship focuses on understanding the role of the medical art therapist and is available to a student member (active Student and Graduate Student) of the AATA who can demonstrate acceptance or enrollment in a graduate or doctoral art therapy program. In addition to the full application, applicants must submit one essay and must submit a follow-up report as described in the application packet. Scholarship Award: Up to $1,000.00
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