"I'd just like to be remembered for being a compassionate human being who happened to be fortunate enough to be born at a time when there was a fabulous thing called television."- Fred Rogers
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, in association with Ernst & Young LLP, is offering three (3) scholarships in honor of Fred Rogers, the creator and long-time host of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.
The scholarships are intended to support and encourage aspiring upper division or graduate students to pursue careers in children’s media and further the values and principles of Fred Rogers’ work.
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The Legacy of Fred Rogers
From 1967 to 2001, Fred Rogers produced his daily children's television program, celebrating imagination and play, exploring children's feelings and sense of self worth, and treating young viewers with love and respect.
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood continues to air on PBS stations throughout the United States and remains the gold standard of how television can enlighten, educate and increase social consciousness and understanding.
Scholarship Award Details
Three (3) scholarships, in the amount of $10,000 each, will be awarded to qualified applicants. In addition to the monetary award, successful applicants are mentored by children’s programming professionals during the academic year.
Mentors are identified from the Television Academy’s Los Angeles or New York membership and assigned based on proximity to the recipient. The mentor and the recipient will communicate in person, by phone and by e-mail on a regular basis.
The Fred Rogers Scholarships are made possible through the generous underwriting of Ernst & Young.
Who may apply and how does one apply?
The scholarship is open to upper division undergraduates (Juniors and Seniors) and graduate students (Masters or Ph.D.) of accredited colleges or universities.
Applicants must demonstrate a commitment—through coursework or experience—to any combination of at least two of the following fields:
• early childhood education
• child development/child psychology
• film/television production
• music
• animation
Applicant must have the ultimate goal of working in children’s media.
Particular attention will be given to applicants from inner city or rural communities.
Applications are available on the Television Academy Foundation's site. Background information about the applicant and the applicant’s plan for the use of the scholarship money are required.
The applicant’s plan must include project goals and milestones that will help the committee in the selection of a mentor and help the mentor to guide the awardee.
The applicant must also include recommendations from two persons, either faculty members from two of the above referenced fields or professionals from the children’s media industry who have worked with the applicant.
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Applicants may apply for support for one of the following areas:
• Research on the relationship between children’s use of media and learning or children’s use of media and personal growth.
• Development of program concepts or extended development of creative elements of an existing concept: e.g. design of puppets, scripts, storyboards, characters, music, etc.
• Professional internship in an organization that is relevant to the applicant’s goal. Proposed internship must be acceptable for credit by the applicant’s home school.
How are successful applicants selected?
Applications are evaluated by a committee formed yearly by the two governors representing the Television Academy’s Children’s Programming Peer Group. These governors will create a committee composed their peer group members and representatives of other relevant disciplines.
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Distribution of funds
All scholarships will be awarded through the winning student’s financial aid office or registrar. Awards will be disbursed at the beginning of the semester following the grant of the award.
Important notice
Applicants must be aware that if, in the opinion of the review committee, there is no qualified applicant in a given year, no award will be given. For more information regarding the Fred Rogers Scholarship, please contact Michele Fowble at 818.754.2802.
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