First-Year Student Scholarships

The Kristi A. Nelson First Year Scholarship in Art History for incoming art history majors. Eligible recipients will be confirmed incoming undergraduate art history majors in the School of Art at DAAP. Students with financial need will be given preference.

This scholarship is to support an incoming freshman student of the highest academic caliber studying in Communication Design.

This scholarship was created to provide support to a student studying fashion design in DAAP. Preference will be given to an incoming student from the Greater Cincinnati region who demonstrates financial need. 

This fund was established in honor of Professor Margaret Voelker-Ferrier and is to provide scholarship funds for an incoming fashion design freshman. The recipient must have a minimum 3.2 GPA and demonstrate financial need.

This scholarship was created to support first year students majoring in Communication Design.

This scholarship was established to benefit an undergraduate DAAP student studying communication design who has shown scholastic achievement, with a 3.2 GPA or higher cumulative grade point average and has demonstrated financial need. Preference shall be given to an incoming first-year student.

This fund was established to provide scholarship support for an undergraduate student studying architecture at DAAP. Eligible students will have a minimum 3.0 GPA and demonstrated financial need. Preference will be given to incoming students and to students from Indiana.

This fund provides scholarships to students studying Fashion Design in DAAP. One scholarship will be given to an incoming student in the Fashion Design program each year. The recipient needs to have a minimum 3.2 GPA and must have demonstrated financial need.

The purpose of this gift is to provide meaningful scholarship support for a deserving student studying in the College of DAAP. The scholarship may be awarded to an incoming student based on merit and/or financial need. Preference will be given to students studying architecture or fine arts.

This scholarship was established to support an incoming freshman who will be a full-time student in DAAP.

The student must have a high school GPA of 3.3 or higher and demonstrate financial need. A holistic approach will be used to determine the recipient, with consideration in the areas of academic merit, athletic participation, and extracurricular activities.

Preference will be given to students studying Fashion Design, Interior Design, Architecture, Art Education, or Art History. Preference will also be given to students who graduate from one of the following high schools: Dater, Elder, Gamble, Harrison, Oak Hills, Seton, Taylor and Western Hills.

This is a portfolio-based scholarship available to entering first year in the Bachelor of Fine Arts program.

Eligibility and Application Process
Students admitted into the Fine Arts program will be invited to submit an application via email.

Portfolio

Include 12-20 pieces of work from the last two years that represent a range of media and techniques.

• Include examples of animation, art and technology, ceramics, drawing, games, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, work in other media, and/or things you have sewn, built, or invented.
• Include some samples of drawing from observation (instead of from imagination or reproduced from photographs).
• Emphasize your artistic and design strengths.
• May also represent your extracurricular involvement and interests.
• Include the title, medium, date completed, and a brief description that addresses each work’s concept and/or inspiration.
• Consolidate your work into one file, 20MB file size limit.