CURD SCHOLARSHIP AND PRIZE FUND

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Music majors who have completed their sixth semester of study at Grinnell may be eligible for funding to pay up to 50% of program fees and travel at published rates up to a maximum of $1,000 for participation in a workshop, conference, or festival that will nurture professional development in music and/or enhance preparation for the senior project.

Funds will not be available for tuition for credit-earning study at another institution or for private studies unassociated with any established program.

To apply for funding, students should send an e-mail to the department Chair by April 1 for a summer workshop, conference, or festival or by September 1 for a workshop, conference, or festival taking place during
the academic year. The e-mail should include the following:

- a brief description of the workshop, conference, or festival, including the dates it will take place
- a summary of the previous preparation that equips you for this workshop, conference, or festival and the requirements for admission to the workshop, conference, or festival
- a summary of how the workshop, conference, or festival will nurture your professional development in music and/or enhance your preparation for the senior project
- an explanation of how the proposed experience will supplement rather than duplicate studies you might have done at Grinnell
- a budget outlining registration and travel costs

Funding levels will be determined by the department faculty in accord with the amount of money needed and available and the importance of the workshop, conference, or festival to the student's musical development and senior project. Funding will not be available for projects that duplicate subjects taught at Grinnell. Students may receive funding for only one such proposal in all and may submit only one proposal for each deadline. Funds will be paid in a lump sum to the student after presentation of receipts or cancelled checks to the department chair confirming the student's payment of the program fees and travel costs.