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The Nuckolls Fund Distributes $130,500 in Grants and Awards for 2022
The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education for 2022 has issued grants and awards totaling $130,500, ranging from $30,000 to $5,000. Due to COVID restrictions, a presentation at LEDucation in New York City was replaced by mail notifications. This year’s grants and awards...
The Nuckolls Fund Distributes $160,000 for 2021
The second largest annual number of grants and awards in its thirty-two year history has been distributed by The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education for 2021. Nine recipients received a total of $160,000, ranging from $30,000 to $5,000. The annual award ceremony that...
The Nuckolls Fund Distributes $230,000 for 2020
The largest annual number of grants and awards in its thirty-one year history has been distributed by The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education for 2020. Twelve recipients received a total of $230,000, ranging from $45,000 to $5,000. The award ceremony that was to be...
The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education adds Sixth Donor to Advocate Category
The information of a receipt of a $30,000 contribution to The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education by its retired President, Jeffrey A, Milham was recently shared with the Fund board by President Lee Waldron. “Through this exceptional financial gesture by Jeffrey, the total amount of his generosity over the years has allowed him to reach the Advocate Level with the Fund. It’s just another example of his dedication to advancing the worthy cause of lighting education.”
Milham’s new status joins Edison Price Lighting, the Designers Lighting Forum of New York, the New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society, the Jonas Bellovin Memorial Foundation, and Nulux Incorporated as Nuckolls Fund Advocates.
IES NY Increases its Annual Giving to $10,000
Starting in 2020, the New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society will increase the amount of its annual gift to The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education to $10,000, as announced by President Mike Barr. “This notable increase will enable us to better...
The Nuckolls Fund Establishes $50,000 Milham Catalyst Grant
A new $50,000 award has been established by The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education to honor Jeffrey A. Milham, a founder and its president for 30 years until his retirement earlier this year. Milham, who has had a distinguished career as a lighting designer, was a friend and colleague of the late James L. Nuckolls, lighting designer and educator.
The Nuckolls Fund Distributes $ 70,000 at LEDucation
For its thirtieth anniversary, The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education held its annual event to present grants and awards to recipients at LEDucation held in New York, March 12, 2019. This year’s total of $70,000 brought the Fund’s distribution since its founding to...
Edison Price Lighting Fulfills $50,000 Pledge to The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education
The receipt of a $50,000 contribution pledged by Edison Price Lighting to The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education was announced by Jeffrey A, Milham, president. “With this significant donation, Edison Price Lighting has become an Advocate of the Fund which is the...
THE NUCKOLLS FUND DISTRIBUTES A RECORD $90,000 FOR 2018
The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education has named eight winners of grants and awards for 2018 totaling $90,000, the largest annual distribution in its 29-year history. This year’s total brings the Fund’s support for lighting education since its founding to...
How did a multi-university collaboration expand lighting design instruction?
Design educator Katherine Ankerson applied her $50,000 Nuckolls Fund grant to develop and produce Lighting Across the Design Curriculum Dean Katherine S. Ankerson of the College of Architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. was convinced that design students...