Marty Sklar Entertainment Innovation Fellowship 2021
UCLA REMAP is pleased to announce the first annual call for applications for the Marty Sklar Entertainment Innovation Fellowship.
The inaugural theme for the 2021 Fellowship is Leadership in Equity and Innovation. We invite applicants who are interested in leadership roles in research and production that explore how to use emerging technologies and alternative modes of making to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion in creative and scholarly work within the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Marty Sklar Entertainment Innovation Fellowship was established in 2020 by the family of Martin A. Sklar to support UCLA students participating in major collaborative projects at REMAP that interweave the physical and digital worlds to share new kinds of stories, and engage with the legacy and future of themed entertainment.
The Fellowship supports graduates and undergraduates from the School of Theater, Film, and Television as well as other disciplines. Each fellow receives $10,000 and must create or participate in at least one major collaborative project at REMAP over the course of the academic year, as well as quarterly training and community-building activities.
The application process is open to all full-time UCLA students in good academic standing with a minimum required GPA of 3.25. Applications are due by October 1, 2020, and we expect to announce the 2021 Sklar Fellow by early November 2020. We anticipate granting one award during this academic year.
Applicants must provide the following in a single email to sklar-fellowship@remap.ucla.edu:
- Letter of application (no more than 2 pages, PDF format, with name, contact email) addressing key elements of the theme.
- Letter of recommendation specific to the theme.
- Unofficial transcript.
Fellows will meet (virtually) with the donor and be asked to provide short quarterly updates on their activities.
More on the fellowship can be found at: https://remap.ucla.edu/sklar-innovation-fellowship/