Each academic year, graduate students from the School of Art, Moores School of Music, School of Theatre & Dance and the Creative Writing Program are chosen as scholarship recipients by their departments on the basis of their interdisciplinary interests, artistic practice and inquiry.

Scholarship benefits include tuition support and the opportunity to interact with a cohort of other award recipients in dialogue, consultation and collaboration. Recipients are expected to engage with the programs at the Mitchell Center, specifically Convergence Research, as well as attend regular meetings with the scholarship cohort throughout their award period.