Fellowships & Scholarships
Fellowships
The Garman Art Conservation Department provides fellowships to its registered graduate students in good academic standing for all three years of the program. Fellowships are provided by a wide range of supporters including foundations, federal grants, and individual donors. The department is continually seeking support to help bolster our graduate student fellowship endowment.
Fellowship Stipends
$25,000 per year for first and second-year students
Students in the first and second year of study receive the same level of fellowship support while the third year is varied depending on internship site funding.
Up to $25,000 for third-year students.
Third-year students often receive additional fellowship support from their internship sites.
Loans
Educational loans are available to graduate students both from federal or private sources and the department.
Students in need of a loan should first contact the Financial Aid Office at the beginning of the year in which they are applying for admission to fill out the appropriate paperwork. Students will be asked to file a FAFSA (Free Application for Student Financial Aid) form to establish their level of need.
Financial Aid Office
Cleveland Hall 309
Phone: (716) 878-4901
O’Keeffe Conservation Student Loan Fund
If additional loan funds are required beyond the amount provided through the Financial Aid Office, students may consider the department's O’Keeffe Conservation Student Loan Fund with the purpose of helping conservation graduate students in need.
Entering students are allowed to borrow a maximum of $3,000 in their second semester. Thereafter, students may borrow up to a total of $10,000. Loan interest rates are low, being comparable to other nationally available education loans awarded for graduate studies. Those who borrow from this fund eventually repay the fund and that in turn helps future students.
This fund was originally established with gifts from both the Mellon Foundation and Ms. Georgia O’Keeffe in 1970.