2025/2026 Young Alumni Commissioning Project Application

2025/2026 Young Alumni Commissioning Project Application

The following form must be completed in one session—it cannot be saved or completed at another time. If you have questions about this application, please email Vic Adebusola, the Center for the Arts Programming and Engagement Manager, at vadebuso@gmu.edu. The application is due by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, September 5, 2025. Unfortunately, we cannot make exceptions.

Applicant Name*

Applicant Email*

Applicant Graduation Year and School/Program*

(i.e., Theater '16)

Are you currently on staff at Mason?*

(Current Mason staff are eligible, even if they are currently enrolled in a degree program, as long as they have also completed an undergraduate degree, graduate degree, or certificate at Mason.)

Yes

Project Title*

Project Summary (max 500 words)*

Please provide a brief project summary outlining the project's overall concept and the anticipated creation timeline. Please discuss how these commissioning funds would impact your career trajectory. The panel reviewing applications comprises representatives from CVPA’s seven academic units: Art, Film, Music, Dance, Theater, Game Design, and Arts Management. When writing your project summary, please remember that those reviewing your application might not be experts in your discipline.

Creative Team

Please list any relevant creative team members with brief biographies (150 words or less). Include each individual’s role in the proposed project, the graduation year, and academic program affiliation for any Mason alumni. (e.g., “Theater ’16”).

Career Impact (max 200 words)*

Please describe how receiving the Young Alumni Commissioning Project Award would impact your career.

Supplemental Documents*

Both your Work Samples & Project Budget should be submitted using THIS DOCUMENT. Please download this document and name the file

“YACP Documents_APPLICANT LAST NAME”.

Work Samples

Please include 2 work samples in a medium appropriate to the proposed project (video, text, images, audio, etc.). Applicants are encouraged to submit work samples from the past 3 years, if available. Please submit links to material hosted online whenever possible.

For video and audio files, please include a link to files, as well as a password, if necessary. The panel will review up to 10 total minutes of video and audio files per applicant.

If submitting sheet music or a script, please ensure that the second work sample is a video or audio file.

Work samples may be excerpted from full-length works. If submitting longer samples, applicants should indicate the time code for the preferred sections for review.

Please include the following information for both work samples:

Creation Year
Creative Team
Brief description of work sample and how it is reflective of or relevant to the proposed project.
Time Code, if applicable
Password, if applicable

Project Budget

Outline estimated expenses and revenue, and include budget notes as necessary to put financial projections in context of the project.

Please include the $5,000 commissioning funds in your budget as pending revenue. In the budget notes section, please explain how you would modify your project if you receive less than $5,000.

If commissioning funds will not cover all anticipated expenses, please explain how adequate funding will be secured, and indicate whether it is confirmed or pending.

If applicant plans to utilize Mason resources for the development of the work (i.e. equipment, rehearsal or studio space), this should be approved by the appropriate staff or faculty member before submitting the application.

Budgets may include fees paid to those involved with the proposed project (including the applicant). Applicants are encouraged to research industry standard rates.

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