2024-2025 IA/JGS Fellows Program Application
Thanks to a generous grant from the Joy of Giving Something, Inc. (JGS), Imagining America (IA) invites publicly-engaged undergraduate students from IA member institutions who have an interest in photography and/or digital media to apply for a 2024-2025 JGS Fellowship. Selected fellows will commit to a year-long learning exchange that includes tuition support, project support, and opportunities for professional development.
The goals of the IA/JGS Fellows Program are to elevate photography and digital media as pathways for undergraduate students to pursue their careers and to make a difference in their communities. The program specifically aims to support students for whom economic and family circumstances render such career pathways particularly challenging.
Over the course of the fellowship year, each JGS Fellow will:
- Receive a $2,000 tuition scholarship.
- Receive mentorship and financial support for a community project.
- Attend Imagining America’s Engaged Arts Summit at UC Davis in Fall 2024. Complimentary registration, hotel, and travel award are included.
- Participate in regular, virtual learning exchanges.
- Be connected to the consortium’s national network of scholars, artists, and community organizers.
JGS Fellows will be selected based on the following criteria:
- Enrollment as an undergraduate student in an IA member institution.
- Class standing as defined by entering your sophomore, junior, or senior year (or equivalent) during the 2024-2025 academic year.
- Demonstrated artistic merit.
- Demonstrated existing community-engaged practice.
- Demonstrated financial need.
- Additionally, first-generation college students are highly encouraged to apply.
To apply for the JGS Fellows Program, students must submit the following:
- A completed application form, which includes several short answer questions and an essay question;
- Three work samples representative of your creative and community-engaged practice and demonstrating your skills in photography and/or digital media;
- Proof of financial need with a federal, state, or school financial aid report for the 2024-2025 academic year; and
- A letter of recommendation from a faculty or staff member at your undergraduate institution or a community organization with which you are affiliated.
To be eligible for consideration, all application materials must be received by 11:59 PM PT on the DEADLINE of Wednesday, June 5, 2024.
If you have any questions about your application materials, please contact Imagining America staff at connect@imaginingamerica.org.