Elevating Black Design Voices: Professional Development Scholarship
PURPOSE
The UCDA Foundation is committed to supporting the work started by UCDA’s Elevating Black Design Voices panel discussions by providing professional/educational development scholarships specifically for Black designers, students, or faculty at educational institutions, to attend the UCDA Design Conference.
Through this scholarship, recipients will be awarded the opportunity to attend the 2022 UCDA Design Conference at no cost. Scholarships will be awarded based on the recipient(s) professional/educational goals.
This is not a cash scholarship but will go towards the recipient’s conference registration fee. Travel and lodging is the responsibility of the recipient(s).
PROCEDURES
Eligibility
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Applicant must be an African American or Black design student, design faculty member, or graphic designer working for an educational institutions.
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Applicant may, but is not required to be, a current UCDA member.
Restrictions
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Current UCDA Board of Directors and UCDA Foundation Board of Directors are not eligible to receive a scholarship.
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If a recipient is unable to attend the conference, the UCDA Foundation Board may select another recipient.
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Scholarships cover the UCDA Design Conference Pass/registration fees only.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Complete the application form and return to the UCDA Home Office. You will need to answer the following questions:
1) What are your current work responsibilities and/or educational pursuits?
2) What are your future professional/educational goals?
3) What professional areas do you feel you most need to develop?
4) How will attending the conference benefit your professional/educational growth?
Deadline
All applications must be completed by August 25.
Selection Process
All eligible applications will be reviewed anonymously by the UCDA Foundation Board of Directors and considered based on the applicant’s professional/educational development potential.
Scholarship recipient(s) will be notified in early September.
All recipients of the UCDA Elevating Black Design Voices Scholarships will be recognized during the annual conference.