Recursos Del Uso

The application process is comprised of eight sections:

• Personal information
• Addresses
• References
• Positions
• Languages
• Organizations
• Education
• Supporting documents

Applicants can return to any part of their application to make changes, if necessary.  When all the information has been provided, the applicant must submit the application by selecting the "Final Submit" button no later than the deadline (September 15 for the U.S. and Canadian competition, December 1 for the Latin American and the Caribbean competition).

References

Applicants may submit the names and addresses of no more than four references.  Letters of recommendation will be solicited from references via email.  Appropriate references are individuals who are familiar with the applicant's professional work.

Supporting documents

Applicants must submit three supplementary statements in PDF format:

1. A brief narrative account of your career, describing your previous accomplishments.  This account should include mention prizes, honors, and significant grants or fellowships that you have held or now hold, showing the grantor and the inclusive dates of each award.

2. A list of work:

Publications, if you are a scholar, scientist, or writer.
Give exact titles, names of publishers, and dates and places of publication.
Playwrights should also include a list of productions.

Exhibitions, if you are an artist.
Include a chronological list of shows, citing dates and places, and a list of collections in which your work is represented.  Forthcoming shows should also be mentioned.

Performances, if you are a choreographer.  Include locations and dates.

Compositions, if you are a composer.
Include a chronological list of your compositions, citing titles and dates; a list of your published compositions, citing the names of publishers and the dates of publication; and a list of recordings.  First public performances should also be listed, giving names of performers and dates.

Films or Videotapes, if you are a film or video maker.
Include a chronological list of your works, citing titles and dates of completion, and dates and places of major public showings of each.

3. A statement of plans for the period for which the Fellowship is requested.  Applicants in science or scholarship should provide a detailed, but concise, plan of research, not exceeding three pages in length.  Applicants in the arts should submit a brief statement of plans in general terms, not exceeding three pages in length.

In making our inquiries on your behalf, we send each person you name as reference only a copy of your plans; therefore, the statement of plans you submit must be self-contained.

Submission of examples of work

After your application is received, and deemed complete and appropriate for our competition you will receive an email confirmation in 3 to 4 weeks. You may also receive a separate email with further instructions about when to submit examples of your work. Please do not send work examples until you receive the above-mentioned acknowledgment.