Elgas Project Grants for Undergraduates
Elgas Project Grant proposals are due to artgrants@unl.edu by 5PM on October 4, 2024 (Fall) & March 7, 2025 (Spring)
What is it?
The Elgas Project Grants provides financial support for independent creative research projects. Supported projects will receive funding up to $750.00 based on the quality of applications submitted and funding availability. All supported work must be exhibited in a public gallery.
Acceptable venues include the MEDICI Gallery and the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery. Alternative spaces are also acceptable.
Who is Eligible?
Degree-seeking undergraduate art majors
How do I apply?
- A typed brief project statement (300-500 words) including a description of the project, the significance of the project and how you will share this project with the university community (dates, location and title of the exhibition).
- A clear budget for the proposed project that includes an itemized list of the materials and how they will be used.
- 5-10 images of work submitted in jpeg format.
- A resume including exhibitions, awards and involvement in school/college when applicable.
- A typed statement of support from a professor that is 300 words or less. Note: Any professor that is recommending more than one student can submit the various statements of support on a single page in ranked order.
- Remember to include dates, location and title of the related exhibition.
- Proposals should be emailed to artgrants@unl.edu by 5PM on October 20, 2023 (Fall) or March 7, 2024 (Spring).
Past Recipients
2017
Madeline Cass
2018
Allie Laing, Megan Rhoades
2019
AJ Wiley, Emma Lyness, Daisha Margaurdt, Devi Sheshadri, Danielle Young
2020
Chris Vovra, Christie Asuoha, Enrique Martinez, Sa Nguyen, Sabrina Sommer, Samantha Bendix, Adriana Catalan
2021
Alyssa Kobza, Joselyn Andreasen, Sophia Fernandez Echeverri, Maria Beltran, Kassidy Linabery, Gretchen Payne
2022
Alexia Jacobmeier, Anna Dimig, Chastity Hyman, Gannen Ingalls, Hannah petri, Luke Keilig, Madeleine May, Jamie Reigert, Rayetta Benson
2023
Brenna Houdersheldt, Taylor Powell, Samantha Beck, Cloey Nyberg, August Vancleave, Erica Leon