May, 2019
From inception, the Fund has given $1,210,000 to support lighting education in North America.
In 2019, a 20,000 Nuckolls Fund Grant was given to Mississippi State University to assist in the development of a new class, Lessons from the Theatre: Architectural Lighting Design. The
addition of the course to the current lighting curriculum will allow students to complete the requirements for a lighting certification. Principal investigator for this grant is Robin Carroll.
A second $20,000 Nuckolls Fund Grant was presented to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lighting Research Center to develop and deliver a new course in lighting, Lighting for Plant
Growth and Health. Mark Rea, Ph.D. is the Principal Investigator with Co-Principal Investigator Leora Radestky.
The $10,000 Edison Price Fellowship Grant was awarded to Asha Hegde, Ph.D. from Texas State University who will pursue an eight-week mentorship program with Professor Mariana G. Figueiro of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
$5,000 Awards
James Bellovin Scholar Achievement Award: Andi Walter, University of Nebraska at Lincoln; Jules Horton International Student Achievement Award: Rohan Nagare, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Designers Lighting Forum of New York, Student Achievement Award: Aldo Jacques Espina, Parsons School of Design, and Laura Hinkle, Pennsylvania State University.
May 20th, 2019:
October 31st, 2019:
2020 RFPs due. To submit an application, see Grants & Awards. Please email all submissions here.
FOR THE 2020 GRANT CYCLE, PROPOSALS WILL BE DUE OCTOBER 31, 2019. THE GRANTS AND AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN IN MARCH 2020 IN CONJUNCTION WITH LEDUCATION IN NEW YORK CITY.
