Eligibility Guidelines

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.

Requirements

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, be they final deliverables or 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.

Application Process

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 SASE 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 that will 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 received by October 1, 2008 and sent to:

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

For further information contact the Grants Department (grants@oscars.org) at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 310-247-3031 or write to the above address.