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NYFA’S BRIDGE GRANT

The New York Film Academy Bridge Grant provides financial assistance to candidates of Master’s, Bachelor’s, Associate’s, and One- and Two-Year Certificate Programs.

The Bridge Grant is offered to students interested in assisting with NYFA’s mission “to make visual storytelling education accessible to the most diverse, international, and broadest possible spectrum of students.”  The purpose of the Bridge Grant is to build a bridge between the unique voices of Bridge Grant awardees and NYFA’s mission of supporting visual storytellers.

While the Bridge Grant is open to all, it’s focused on recruiting those potential students who can actively advance NYFA’s mission and vision, and those who can demonstrate NYFA’s core value of global reach, and NYFA’s institutional learning outcome of global citizenship. Candidates will exhibit exemplary purpose and creativity, demonstrate an awareness of how their work fits within a global context, and share a commitment to strengthening the NYFA community with their unique voice.

Grant Awards and Amounts:

  • NYFA will reward up to 15 new Bridge Grants across its 3 U.S. campuses per year.
  • Each grant will be in the amount of $1,000 per semester for the published duration of the awardee’s program.

Eligibility Requirements:

  • Grant candidates must be new, entering students who have been accepted into a long-term NYFA program at one of its 3 U.S. campuses.
  • Grant awards may not be used if the awardee defers enrollment to a later semester.
  • Awardees must maintain good standing as a NYFA student in order to receive grant funding in subsequent semesters.

Award Process and Determination:

  • To be eligible for the NYFA Bridge Grant, applicants must be accepted into a NYFA Master’s Degree, Bachelor’s Degree, Associate Degree, or One- or Two-Year Certificate Program at one of NYFA’s 3 U.S. campuses (New York, Los Angeles, or Miami).
  • Applicants must complete a Bridge Grant application form.
  • Applicants must record a 3-5 minute video in which they respond to the question: “Tell us (in your video) how you, as part of our NYFA community, will help NYFA meet our mission and goals together? Please read through NYFA’s mission, NYFA’s core values of global reach, and NYFA’s institutional learning outcome for global citizenship below.”
  • Grant application forms and recorded videos for the Fall 2025 Bridge Grant Consideration must be submitted by the published deadline of July 14th, 2025 (11:59pm PT) and awardees will be announced on July 21st, 2025 (5:00pm PT).
  • Grant applications will be reviewed by the NYFA Bridge Grant Committee, who will select any and all Bridge Grant recipients. All grant decisions by NYFA are at its sole and absolute discretion and are final.

Click here to apply for the Bridge Grant.

For any questions, please email us at bridgeinfo@nyfa.edu.