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Deadline to apply is Friday, April 10, 2026 by 11:59pm ET
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.
Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Nancy graduated from Boston University’s School of Communications. Nancy spent seven years as assistant picture and sound editor for National Geographic in Washington, D.C. One of Nancy’s notable achievements while at NatGeo was her work on the Emmy-nominated film The Great Indian Railway. 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.
Requirements
Scholarships are available to students currently living in the United States who:
- Undergraduate or graduate students dedicated to audiovisual preservation
- Are a US citizen or permanent resident of the United States.
How to Apply
All application materials must be submitted in PDF format and include:
- A cover letter addressed to NYWIFT’s CEO, Cynthia Lopez
- A current resume
- An essay articulating the need for the grant, what the grant will be used for, the applicant’s previous experience, interest in/dedication to preservation and a description of how they plan to contribute to the preservation industry in the future
Please send all submission materials to scholarships@nywift.org.
Deadline to apply is Friday, April 10, 2026 by 11:59pm ET
Review Process and Notification
Application review and deliberation takes place late April 2026. Decision via email to the grant recipient and all scholarship applicants occurs in May/June 2026.
