Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship

The Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship is awarded to graduates with a Bachelor's degree in the fine and applied arts fields for advanced study in America or abroad. Three major Fellowships will be awarded: one of approximately $20,000 in any field of music; one of approximately $20,000 in architectural design and history, art and design, theatre, dance, or instrumental or vocal music; and one of approximately $9,000 in art, architecture, dance, landscape architecture, theatre, or urban and regional planning. Up to three additional Fellowships of lesser amounts may also be granted upon Committee recommendations. The competition is open to graduates of the College of Fine and Applied Arts of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and to graduates of similar institutions of equal educational standing whose principal or major studies has been in one of the eligible fields. Although there is no age limitation for applicants, with other factors being equal, preference will be given to applicants who are under twenty-five years of age.