Funding Opportunities

The College of Fine Arts Graduate Student Research (GSR) Grant is awarded on a competitive basis with the intent to support significant research (both scholarly and creative projects) across the CFA. This program will provide graduate students with individual grants up to $2,000 to support research projects. Proposals are evaluated on their significance, soundness, and merits. Proposals will also be considered in light of the student’s standing in their home department/school and the project’s impact on the student’s success in their graduate studies. Click here to be taken to the CFA Graduate Research Grant Application. 

Currently Discontinued

This travel fund is to support Individual Undergraduate or Graduate Students' travel to present or perform their scholarly or creative research at national or international venues. There is a limit of $750 International/$500 National per academic year for each applicant. This fund is available on a first-come, first-served basis and will close once the funds are exhausted in this academic year - July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026.

All international travel fund requests must be received by the Dean’s office 4 weeks prior to the trip departure date

Please e-mail a completed application form to Associate Dean Lien Shen and be sure to include a copy of the formal invitation to present or a link to the conference/presenting organization's website listing you as a presenter/performer or be sure to include a paragraph from your department chair, school director, or faculty advisor explaining why this presentation/performance is important to your graduate career and/or education. Please direct any questions about the Individual Student Travel Grants to CFA Dean's Office Administrative Assistant at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please send all communications through your uMail and check it regularly for responses -- e-mails sent from/to private e-mail addresses (gmail.com/hotmail.com/yahoo.com/etc) are not being successfully sent/received.

Please note that the Dean's Office Graduate Student Travel Fund is not available for opportunities that could be funded by the CFA FAF Grants.

Individual Student Travel Application 2025-26.pdf

The Endowed Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program (BTSALP) Teaching Assistant (TA) is a fully funded assistantship granted to one outstanding graduate student in the CFA who is passionate about furthering the field of arts education both in research and in practice. Applicants do not need to be pursuing an arts teaching graduate degree in the CFA to be considered, but they must provide strong evidence of school or community-based pedagogical experience working with young people in grades K-12. 

Apply here: BTSALP TA Application

Any College of Fine Arts' student group that is registered with ASUU may apply for funding from the Fine Arts Fees Grants Funding Committee for noncredit activities that 1) enhance student learning and/or 2) enhance the student experience for the larger University community and/or 3) create or host fine arts events on campus and in the greater Salt Lake City area. Projects must originate in the College of Fine Arts, be advised by a College of Fine Arts faculty member and the department chair or director, and may involve students from other colleges.

Visit the FAF Grant page here. 

The university offers several fellowship opportunities. Click here to access the Graduate School website for additional information.