The Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Traveling Fellowship provides support to students in the visual and fine arts, including art history, conservation, studio art and photography for travel and living expenses outside the continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii in accordance with a program of study or other activities approved by the fellowship selection committee.  The $19,000 fellowships are funded by income from the Mortimer and Sara Hays Endowment at Brandeis University.

Applications for the Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Traveling Fellowship will be judged and evaluated on a variety of criteria including, but not limited to:

• The merit of the project and its proposed outcomes;
• The adequacy of the candidate’s preparation and foreign-language proficiency for the project;
• The necessity of travel abroad to meet the goals and objectives of the project;
• The relationship of the project to the candidate’s professional or creative goals;
• Awareness of resources such as libraries or archives that should be consulted in connection with the candidate’s project;
• The clarity of the project goals and the means by which they will be achieved; and
• The appropriateness of one year as the time period within which to accomplish the project and its goals.

Columbia undergraduates must contact the university’s institutional representative for additional information:

Professor Tomas Vu-Daniel
Visual Arts Division
310 Dodge Hall, MS 1806
New York, NY 10027
212-854-7641
212-854-1644 (fax)
tvd4@columbia.edu