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.
Fellowships
$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.
Up to $25,000 for third-year students.
Third-year student support is varied depending on internship site funding. Often students receive additional fellowship support from their internship sites.
Scholarships
Graduate Studies has several opportunities for support. Visit the links below for more information and to see if you qualify.
Graduate Studies Financial Aid
Graduate Studies Funding Opportunities
The Conservation Training Diversity Tuition Scholarship Program
Since fall 2022, the department has been offering one diversity tuition scholarship that comes from the generosity of a national anonymous foundation. This scholarship is for enrolled graduate students to foster an inclusive environment that appreciates and values an increasingly diverse student body. This scholarship is competitive, and program applicants can apply once invited to interview.
Deadline: March 7, 2025 at 5 p.m. EST
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. Loan applications are available from the department.
This fund was originally established with gifts from both the Mellon Foundation and Ms. Georgia O’Keeffe in 1970.