Department Funds

Are you interested in supporting the NYU Tisch department that means the most to you? See below for NYU Tisch departments and the funds that make a difference for them and their students. 

  • Art & Public Policy

    Art & Public Policy Chair's Discretionary Fund

    The APP Chair's Discretionary Fund helps the department react quickly to student needs and requests.

  • Cinema Studies

    Robert Sklar Memorial Scholarship

    Help support the next generation of Cinema Studies students with a gift to the Robert Sklar Memorial Scholarship fund.

  • Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music

    Clive Davis Institute Chair's Discretionary Fund

    CDI's Chair's Discretionary Fund helps the department react quickly to student needs and requests.

  • Dance

    Dance Alumni Association Fund

    The Dance Alumni Association Fund helps support alumni programming and student scholarships.

  • Design for Stage & Film

    Design Chair's Discretionary Fund

    Donations to this fund can support purchases for classroom needs, Design Show expenses, film production expenses, special workshops and performance tickets for students.

  • Drama

    Drama Chair's Discretionary Fund

    The Drama Chair's Discretionary Fund helps the department react quickly to student needs and requests.

  • Rita & Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing

    Dramatic Writing Scholarships

    Help support the next generation of Dramatic Writing students with a gift in support of DDW scholarships.

  • NYU Game Center

    Game Center Chair's Discretionary Fund

    The discretionary fund helps the department react quickly to unexpected student needs, such as fulfilling student requests for tools and materials that aren't already have on hand. Make your gift this year in honor of the 10th Anniversary!

  • Grad Acting

    Graduate Acting Department Scholarship Fund

    Help support the next generation of Grad Acting students with a gift in support of scholarships.

  • Graduate Film

    Grad Film Chair's Discretionary Fund

    The Grad Film Chair's Discretionary Fund allows the chair the flexibility to grant students necessary funds to complete their projects.

  • Graduate Musical Theater Writing

    Sarah Schlesinger Fund

    Make your gift in memory of former Chair and beloved professor, Sarah Schlesinger, to help future GMTWP students in their education.

  • ITP

    Red Burns Scholarship

    Help support the next generation of ITP students with a gift to the Red Burns Scholarship.

  • Performance Studies

    The José Esteban Muñoz Memorial Scholarship Fund

    The José Esteban Muñoz Memorial Scholarship Fund, named for the beloved former Professor and Chair, will support graduate students in their exploration of queer-of-color performance that allows us to imagine new ways of being in the world.

  • Performance Studies

    The Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Scholarship

    The Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Scholarship Fund, named after the renowned Kenyan novelist, playwright, director, and freedom fighter who was a member of the Department of Performance Studies for many years, will support undergraduate Performance Studies students who wish to contribute to and defend diversity on our campus and in the world.

  • Photography & Imaging

    Photography & Imaging Equipment Fund

    Make a gift in support of equipment needs for students in the Department of Photo & Imaging.

  • Undergraduate Film & Television

    Film & TV Chair's Discretionary Fund

    The UGFTV Chair's Discretionary Fund supports a variety of student needs, including production funds, operation costs, and miscellaneous student resources.

Don't see your department, or want to direct your support elsewhere? Contact Tisch Alumni Relations at tsoa.alumni@nyu.edu.