Do you work as an artist in multiple disciplines? The Princeton Arts Fellowship 2026–2028 is currently accepting applications. Interested candidates can apply and learn more about this opportunity by clicking here.
About Princeton Arts Fellowship 2026
Opportunity Details
Princeton Arts Fellowships, funded in part by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, David E. Kelley Society of Fellows in the Arts, and the Maurice R. Greenberg Scholarship Fund, will be awarded to artists whose achievements have been recognized as demonstrating extraordinary promise in any area of artistic practice and teaching. Applicants should be early career visual artists, filmmakers, poets, novelists, playwrights, designers, directors and performance artists—this list is not meant to be exhaustive—who would find it beneficial to spend two years teaching and working in an artistically vibrant university community.
Benefits of Princeton Arts Fellowship 2026
- A $93,000 a year stipend is provided. Fellowships are not intended to fund work leading to an advanced degree. One need not be a U.S. citizen to apply. Holders of Ph.D. degrees from Princeton are not eligible to apply.
Princeton Arts Fellowship 2026 Requirements
- Applicants should be early career visual artists, filmmakers, poets, novelists, playwrights, designers, directors and performance artists—this list is not meant to be exhaustive—who would find it beneficial to spend two years teaching and working in an artistically vibrant university community.
- Applicants need not be a U.S. citizen to apply. Holders of Ph.D. degrees from Princeton are not eligible to apply.
- Past recipients of the Hodder Fellowship and individuals who have had a sustained and continuous relationship with Princeton University are not eligible to apply. Those who have had an occasional and sporadic relationship with Princeton may apply.
Application Date and Process
- A curriculum vitae
- A 750-word proposal that includes:
- How you propose to use the 2 years of the fellowship to develop your work (250 words)
- What you might teach, direct, or choreograph with undergraduates as part of your fellowship (250 words)
- Share about your approach to building community with your artistic practice, teaching, and/or research (250 words)
[Find more information below for examples of building community in Artistic Practice, Teaching, and/or Research.]
- Contact information for 3 references
- Work samples accompanied by a 150-word statement on how they relate to your proposal
- Creative Writing: Prose is limited to 3,000 words. Poetry is limited to 20 pages. If both a prose writer and poet, submit up to 2,000 words (prose) and up to 10 pages (poetry).
- Dance (choreography): 1 to 3 links to at least 15 minutes total of rehearsals, research, or performances. Must be continuous footage with cue points. Do not send trailers, photographs or promotional materials.
- Music: 1-2 scores and/or links to examples of performance (10 minutes total). Video is optional.
- Theater: Up to 15 pages writing sample and/or up to 10 design images (photos or renderings) and/or video/audio reel with cue points.
- Visual Arts: Up to 20 still images OR up to 10 minutes of video OR up to 10 still images and 5 minutes of video. Video can represent one work or excerpts; provide cue points if including links to longer works.
Note: Please do not ask recommenders to send letters; the search committee will contact relevant recommenders directly, if needed. Search committee members should not be listed as recommenders.
Application Deadline
09 September, 2025
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