Sony Pictures Scholarship

AMIA administers the first scholarship program of its kind designed specifically for students wishing to pursue careers in moving image archiving. The Sony Pictures Scholarship is supported by Sony Pictures Entertainment. In 1998, it became the first financial award in our field to be endowed on a permanent basis.

Scholarship Information:

The scholarship - in the amount of $4,000 - is given as financial assistance to students of merit who intend to pursue careers in moving image archiving. The funds are sent directly to the recipients' educational institutions to help cover the costs of tuition or registration fees. In addition, each recipient will receive complimentary registration to the AMIA Annual Conference. Students from any country may apply.

To be eligible, a student must be:

• enrolled FULL TIME in a graduate-level or other advanced program in moving image studies or production, library or information services, archival administration, museum studies or a related discipline; or must be accepted into such a program for the next academic year; and
• must have a grade point average of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) in his/her most recent academic program. Students from any country may apply. Important factors in the selection of the scholarship recipients include: a student's commitment to pursuing a career in moving image archiving; the quality of a student's AMIA Scholarship Program academic record; and the strength of a student's program of study as it applies to moving image archiving.