Grants & Awards
The history of each grant and award is described separately in this section of the web site; detailed descriptions of the criteria for each grant are included in the respective Request for Proposal (RFP) for each grant. The students who receive academic awards are nominated by their faculty.
Grant proposals are accepted only from educators at academic institutions in North America.
Grants
The Nuckolls Fund Grant
Amount: $30,000
The Nuckolls Fund Grant has been given annually since 1989 on the college level for the development and delivery of an innovative new or expanded course in lighting.
Lesley Wheel Introductory Lighting Program Grant
Amount: $30,000
(over 4 years)
This grant is directed to programs in architecture, engineering, technology and interior design that have either minimal or no lighting design offerings in their curricula now, but have a strong interest in adding them.
The Edison Price Fellowship Grant
Amount: $20,000
(Next offering in 2027)
The Fellowship enables a lighting educator to further his or her own education by spending a significant portion of a semester in the lighting industry working with a manufacturing or design firm, or at a college or university with a thriving lighting program working with an established professor.
Milham Catalyst Grant
Amount: $50,000
(every 10 years,
next offering in 2030)
To be awarded every 10 years for a special endeavor dealing directly with lighting education and how it might stimulate a beneficial future for the lighting industry. This new grant option will provide for innovative programs which can enact changes in furthering the development of lighting education in unique and challenging ways.
Create Your Own Grant
Amount: Flexible
If you have an idea for funding that would further the cause of quality lighting education but it does not fall into one of the listed grant categories, please feel free to submit it as a proposal. Your proposal should include a plan for implementation and should generally conform to the Required Submission Information listed in the other RFPs.
Student Awards
Paul M. Marantz Lighting Design Scholarship
Amount: $10,000
Offered to a student who exhibits a firm and joyful commitment to the Art, Science, and Craft of lighting design.
Jonas Bellovin Award
Amount: $5,000
Recognizing a student who has demonstrated outstanding performance in an established lighting program.
Jules Horton Award
Amount: $5,000
The Jules Horton Award recognizes a student who has demonstrated outstanding performance in a lighting program.
Designers Lighting Forum of New York Award
Amount: $5,000
Full-time students, in full lighting programs, which currently rotate along with the Jules Horton and Jonas Bellovin Awards through five eligible schools.