M. Josephine O'Neil Arts Award
Theatre scholarship guide
Scholarship details
- Funder
- Delta Kappa Gamma Society International — Lambda State (Illinois) / ISO Women-in-the-Arts
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Scholarship type
- Illinois
- Deadline
- 02/01 (typically offered in odd-numbered years)
- Typical award size
- Awards totaling up to $6,000
- Website
- Apply or learn more
Eligibility criteria
Female legal residents of Illinois who are sophomores or in/approaching junior year at an accredited college/university (community college sophomores may qualify per some cycles), demonstrating outstanding accomplishment in music, visual arts, dance, theater, and/or literary arts.
Application steps
- Confirm Illinois residency, gender, and class standing in an odd-year cycle.
- Complete official O’Neil Arts Award application.
- Submit transcript, evidence of arts accomplishments (programs, reviews, honors), and work samples (audio/video/images).
- Award presented at Lambda State Convention.
Required materials
- Official application
- Official college transcript
- Evidence of arts accomplishment (programs, catalogs, reviews, honors list)
- Sampling of art form (DVD/CD/slides/video/audio as appropriate)
Overview
Applicants must be Illinois residents and be sophomores at an accredited community college or current or upcoming juniors at an accredited four-year college or university. Students must demonstrate outstanding accomplishment in music, visual arts, dance, theater or the literary arts.
Past recipients
Illinois women college arts students; announced at Delta Kappa Gamma Lambda State Convention