MFA Fellowship

The Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowships in Painting and Sculpture are awarded annually to final-year students who are graduating from an MFA degree program in the United States. Four fellowships are awarded every year, each carrying a stipend of $15,000. Candidacy for the fellowship is by nomination only, with department chairpersons from MFA programs in painting and sculpture invited to submit nominations each fall. Each institution may nominate two candidates who should be graduating in the spring semester that directly follows the fall nominating cycle. Nominees need not be U.S. citizens. Once nominations are submitted, nominees receive application guidelines via email and are asked to submit JPGs of eight work samples with a descriptive list of the works, and a biographical statement. A committee of distinguished artists, curators and critics determines the winners of the fellowships.