As a student at the Roski School, you may  advance your practice through exhibitions or special funding opportunities. To apply, you’ll need a faculty mentor, who will work with you as you develop and exhibit your project. While three of the funding sources here are for undergraduate students, the fourth funds an MFA Art project. 

USC Roski Prizes

Ruth Weisberg Prize for Drawing

Awarded to one outstanding Roski undergraduate student selected in a highly competitive process each year, this prize could offer you $6,500 to help you fund the research, development, production and gallery presentation of an independent art project. A faculty mentor selected by you will guide you through the different phases of the project from start to finish. 

→ Are you a current student looking to apply to this prize? Click here.

Handtmann Photography Prize

One outstanding third-year undergraduate student at Roski receives this competitive award annually. The prize of up to $5,000 is intended to help you produce and present a new photographic project, including printing, mounting, framing and installation during the spring of your senior year.

→ Are you a current student looking to apply to this prize? Click here.

The Rebekah and Howard Farber Fund for Student Excellence

The Rebekah and Howard Farber Fund for Student Excellence seeks out one impressive Roski undergraduate BFA Art or Design student every year, granting $4,000 to support an endeavor beyond the classroom that has real societal value. The cash can fund work-related research, residencies, an art project and more.

→ Are you a current student looking to apply to this opportunity? Click here.

Macomber Travel Grant

This award supports ambitious Roski MFA Art graduate students, along with third-year undergraduate students, involved in projects where research-based travel is key. It requires the winner or winners—the grant may go to an individual or a group—to make a public presentation of their project and findings.

→ Are you a current student looking to apply to this grant? Click here.