The NYWIFT Scholarship Fund was established in 1995. Our goal is to support the next generation of women filmmakers, editors, cinematographers, animators and other content producers.
NYWIFT provides scholarships each year to undergraduate and second-year female film students at Brooklyn College, City College of New York, Columbia University, Feirstein School of Cinema, Hunter College, New York University, and Stony Brook Manhattan Center for Creative Writing & Film.
The Sabrina Wright-Gilliar Award honors the memory of the legendary prop master Wright-Gilliar and is given to a female high school senior graduating from the Academy for Careers in Television and Film (TvF) in Queens, NY.
Meet the 2023 Scholarship Recipients
New in 2025: NYWIFT Nancy Mysel Preservation Scholarship
New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) is pleased to announce a new scholarship furthering the organization’s support of women’s media legacy. Through generous donation of the Mysel family, the Nancy Mysel Scholarship Fund will provide one student $5,000 annually for The NYWIFT Nancy Mysel Preservation Scholarship.
The grant is named in honor of the late Nancy Mysel. For 13 years, Nancy worked at the UCLA Film & Television Archive where she was one of its leading film preservationists. While at UCLA, Nancy worked in collaboration with many notable organizations, including Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation, the National Film Preservation Foundation, and the Film Noir Foundation, where she was recognized as one of the world’s leading specialists in the restoration of film noir.
Applications for the first cycle are open through April 25, 2025
Help support women filmmakers of the future!
Or mail a check to:
New York Women in Film & Television
Scholarship Fund
PO Box 55
Kings Park, NY 11754
