Kossak Travel Grants:

The Kossak Committee awards at least 4 travel grants to MFA students each semester. Each grant is funded for an amount up to $3000 to enable the recipient to travel to see works or locations, to engage in research, or to participate in conferences important to the development of the individual’s work in or related to painting. All MFA students in any area of concentration are eligible and encouraged to apply. Students who are just prior to entering their final thesis exhibition semester may also apply and are frequently awarded. The Kossak Committee prioritizes the selection of those proposals that make the best match between the student’s ongoing work and the travel proposal’s goals and destinations. Those receiving grants who are about to enter their thesis semester must complete the travel before that semester actually begins, during winter or summer breaks. The non-thesis MFA students who receive the grant must complete their travel before the end of the following semester. Starting in the spring of 2014, the Kossak Committee extended the awards to include at least 2 travel grants per semester to MA Art History students pursuing painting-centric research. Proposals from MA candidates are evaluated and selected by Art History faculty who then present them for approval to the Kossak Committee. All those who have received these grants and have returned from their travel, make a public presentation to the Hunter community about their travel experience and the early evidence of its effects on their work or research. 80 students have been awarded Kossak Travel Grants to the following 37 countries: Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Cuba, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Lebanon, Maldives, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, USA, Venezuela, Viet Nam, and Wales.