📢The Gonda Fund is an award that provides funding for student work centered on social justice issues. The award is named after Tomás Gonda, who left money to the department in 1991 when he passed away. This year, the funds are available to all GD students (grads + undergrads) working on projects with social justice themes within any current GD studio class (including Degree Projects, MFA thesis projects, ISPs and CSPs).

Awards are in the $500–800 range, depending on the number of applicants. If more than 15 qualified applications are received, students will be prioritized according to the time remaining in our program (i.e., seniors/thesis students will be funded first, and then juniors/pre-thesis, and then sophomores/first-year students).

You may apply for this year's funding immediately. To apply, please gather:

1. a written statement about how/why the project falls under the umbrella of social justice and why this is important to you (1–2 paragraphs or more).
2. a written project description (1–2 paragraphs or more).
3. Up to 5 images of the work submitted (work-in-progress, process, renderings, proposal, research, etc.) from any 2024–25 GD class.

Submit your application here by March 31.