Ox-Bow offers a variety of scholarships for students taking credit or non-credit classes. Application procedures and requirements are described below. As most scholarship deadlines fall before class registration starts, students who are awarded scholarships are responsible for registering for Ox-Bow classes.

Please see each scholarship description below to see which awards you may qualify for. Most applications are due on March 5, 2010 and should be mailed to:

Ox-Bow, Scholarship Committee, 36 S. Wabash, 12th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603

PLEASE NOTE: All deadlines denote the date by which Ox-Bow must receive applications and not the postmark date.

Students may submit one set of application materials to apply for The Baron, Liebert , Zanzi, Merit, Fursman, Uretz, Brandess, Balbo/DeGraaf and Daniel Johnson Scholarships, as well as the Ox-Bow Fellowship. The Pre-College, Grellner, Tews, Metternich, Barna, Smith, West Michigan, and Bob & Genevieve Johnson Scholarships all require separate applications and materials. All scholarships are partial scholarships and vary in award amount.

All application forms and a complete list of required application materials are available for download at here. To request an application by mail, please call 800.318.3019.

If you are an SAIC student, click here to download the general scholarship application

If you are a degree-seeking student from any other institution, click here to download the general scholarship application

If you would like to apply for the Tews, the Barna, the Grellner, the Johnson, the Smith or the West Michigan Scholarship, please click the corresponding link to download the appropriate form below:

WORK SCHOLARSHIPS

For any student taking an Ox-Bow course. Credit and non-credit courses. No deadline; apply at time of class registration; first-come, first-served. Work Scholarships are not available to students enrolled in glass courses or the Pre-College Program.

Work scholarships are awarded by Ox-Bow on a first-come, first-served basis, and there are a limited number of scholarship positions available per week. Work scholarship students receive an award in exchange for working approximately 15 hours per week during their class session at Ox-Bow. Duties include housekeeping, building and grounds maintenance, and dishwashing. Award amounts are listed under HYPERLINK "http://www.ox-bow.org/registration/tuition.html"Tuition and Fees.

The functioning of Ox-Bow depends on the support of work scholarship students. It is absolutely required that students inform Ox-Bow in advance if they decide not to complete work scholarship duties. Students may cancel their Work Scholarship awards up to the Monday three weeks before the start of their class.

Interested students should apply at the time of registration for classes indicating interest on the Registration Form.

SAIC FINANCIAL AID

For SAIC undergraduate and graduate students. Credit courses only.

Please contact the SAIC Financial Aid Office for deadlines. Undergraduate and graduate students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago may be able to use their financial aid award from SAIC toward credit tuition for courses at Ox-Bow. Financial aid typically does not cover room & board or lab fees at Ox-Bow.

Learn more about applying at the School's Office of Financial Aid, by calling 312.629.6600, or by emailing FinAid@saic.edu.

BALBO/DEGRAAF SCHOLARSHIP FOR PAPERMAKING

For any student taking a papermaking or book class at Ox-Bow.
Deadline: Friday, March 5, 2010.

DANIEL CLARKE JOHNSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

For undergraduate and graduate students from ANY school. Credit or non-credit courses.
Deadline: Friday, March 5, 2010.

GEORGE LIEBERT SCHOLARSHIP

For undergraduate and graduate students from ANY school. Credit or non-credit courses.
Deadline: Friday, March 5, 2010.

THE THOMAS BARON SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR PRINTMAKING, PAINTING, AND DRAWING

For full-time degree-seeking graduate and junior and senior level undergraduate students from ANY school registering for print, painting or drawing courses at Ox-Bow. Credit or non-credit courses.
Deadline: Friday, March 5, 2010.

THE RICHARD AND ELLEN SANDOR SCHOLARSHIP IN HONOR OF BARBARA DEGENEVIEVE/h3>

For SAIC students, graduate or undergraduate, working in Photo or New Media. Credit or non-credit courses. Scholarship recipients may use award for non-photo and non-new media courses at Ox-Bow.
Deadline: Friday, March 5, 2010.

MARY LOUISE BARNA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

For degree-seeking student from any college or university with demonstrated financial need, who would be unable to attend Ox-Bow without the support of this scholarship. Credit courses only.
Deadline: Friday, March 5, 2010.

HERB AND KAREN TEWS SCHOLARSHIP

For Junior and Senior high school students interested in participating in the Pre-College Program For K-12 Teachers interested in courses or being an Artist in Residence (please note that there is an additional application for Artists��� in Residence), For Degree-seeking students from ANY school.
Deadline: Friday, March 5, 2010.

DALE METTERNICH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

For undergraduate and graduate students from ANY school. Credit or non-credit courses.
Deadline: Friday, March 5, 2010.
For Artists in Residence
Deadline: Friday, March 19, 2010.

GRELLNER SCHOLARSHIP

For adult women who are either pursuing a degree in art, or those who need to refresh their professional practice in the classroom environment.
Deadline: Friday, March 5, 2010.

WEST MICHIGAN SCHOLARSHIP

For students residing within the 269, 616, or 231 area codes of Western Michigan. Non-credit courses only.
Deadline: Friday, March 5, 2010.

ROBERT AND GENEVIEVE JOHNSON CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS ART TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP

For full-time art teachers in the Chicago Public School system. One-week, non-credit only.
Deadline: Friday, March 5, 2010.

VI FOGLE URETZ SCHOLASHIP

For undergraduate and graduate students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Credit or non-credit courses.
Deadline: Friday, March 5, 2010.

FREDERICK FURSMAN SCHOLARSHIP

For undergaduate and graduate students currently enrolled in SAIC���s Painting and Drawing Programs. Credit or non-credit courses.
Deadline: Friday, March 5, 2010.

MERIT SCHOLARSHIP

For SAIC undergraduate and graduate students. Credit or non-credit courses.
Deadline: Friday, March 5, 2010.

LALLA ANNE CRITZ ZANZI SCHOLARSHIP

For female SAIC undergraduate and graduate painting students only. Credit courses only.
Deadline: Friday, March 5, 2010.

GRACE AND WALTER BYRON SMITH SCHOLARSHIP

For any student who has attended a Catholic college or parochial high school in the state of Illinois for at least one full year. This is a need-based scholarship. Credit courses only. No deadline.