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How to Apply

About the Grant

Grant money is distributed in two parts: at the commencement and upon completion of the project. Recipients are also provided travel, lodging and per diem expenses, if necessary, for two trips to Los Angeles for the awards ceremony and for their lecture.

The application deadline for the 2009 Academy Film Scholars Grant has passed. Applications for 2010 are not yet available.

To be considered, a completed application form, a description of the proposed project, a select bibliography and a curriculum vita which includes a list of previously published works must be submitted. There is no fee for consideration. Proposals will be reviewed and selected by the Academy's Grants Committee and staff.

Candidates must submit:

  1. a completed application form;
  2. a project statement (not to exceed five single-spaced pages, including endnotes and footnotes);
  3. a select bibliography of up to three pages; and
  4. a curriculum vitae, including a list of publications.

Supporting materials are accepted, but are not required. If you want your supporting materials to be returned, a self-addressed stamped envelope must be enclosed with your application package.

The five-page project statement must:

  1. describe the proposed project clearly, defining both the objective and the methodology to be employed;
  2. place the project in academic or professional context by referring to the leading works by others on the topic;
  3. explain how your professional experience is relevant to the project; and
  4. discuss the significance of the project for the field and your own professional development.

Applications must be sent to:

Academy Film Scholars Program
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
1313 Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028-8107

Grant recipients are required to:

  1. donate two copies of any physical deliverable to the Academy;
  2. present their findings in lecture form at the Academy around and within one year following the publication of the work;
  3. acknowledge the Academy Film Scholars Program in any written materials, including final deliverables and interim documents, and mention the Academy’s support in any press interviews; and
  4. be reasonably available for press-related activities deemed important by the Academy.
  1. Applicants must be established scholars, writers, historians or researchers possessing either a significant record of achievement, or exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishments in their field. Applicants must have written and published at least one book or a comparable collection of articles or monographs.
  2. Grants are not available to individuals who are actively pursuing degrees at a college or university.
  3. Members, employees and affiliates of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (or its affiliated organizations) and their immediate families are not eligible.
  4. Each applicant must propose a new work in the English language encompassing some aspect of theatrical motion picture art, science, commerce, history or theory. Works solely exploring television, video or other media arts are not eligible.
  5. Proposed projects may be books, multimedia presentations, curatorial projects, DVD-ROMs or Internet sites. Projects cannot be film, television or video productions.