Note: MBS is not currently offering any student grants. Below is information about the program from previous years.

Student Financial Assistance Grants  

Allocation of the grants are made quarterly: January, April, July, and October. See below for deadlines.

The Miniature Book Society (MBS) is delighted to offer a five grant program to students pursuing studies in the medium of miniature books. Grants up to the value of $1,000 will be awarded to assist in the continuation and completion of any one existing project.

Students enrolled in a fine arts, graphic arts, book arts, history of publishing or information and library sciences program are eligible.  Their project must be devoted to one or more books not more than 3 inches x 3 inches (i.e. 75 mm x 75 mm).      

Application proposals are reviewed by the MBS Student Awards Committee (SAC) and are evaluated on the basis of merit, opportunity for personal growth and importance to the field of miniature books in all its aspects. Assistance proposals may include, but are not limited to:

  • Travel for project related research goals as outlined in the submitted proposal,  

  • Research costs such as: article access costs, copying costs, postage, etc..,      

  • Project materials costs: paper, binding materials, printing plates, etc..,    

  • Hardware required to carry the project to completion.          

Applications are reviewed upon receipt and the decisions regarding the allocation of the grant funds will be made quarterly:  January, April, July, and October.  

Please see the MBS Student Financial Assistance Grants Application form for complete details & requirements. You may also contact Josh Flanders, Grant Coordinator at MBSGrants@icloud.com . Please note: You will need to copy and paste email addresses to your own email provider.


RECENT GRANT WINNERS

2020, No Grants Awarded.

Saloni Shah, 2019, Baltimore, Maryland, USA | “Mumbia Local”, Set of 4 books: Arifice; Dabba Walla Alla; Shifting Through; Taxi Fabric, Maryland Inst. College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. See MBS Newsletter, February, 2020, page 11, here.

Benedek Takacs, 2019, Lausanne, Switzerland | Diploma Project/Miniature Digital Type Design, Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne, Switzerland. See MBS Newsletter, September, 2019, page 16, here.

Asa Nakata, 2017, San Francisco, California, USA | “Traces of Inks”, Set of 3 books, San Francisco Art Institute, California, USA. See MBS Newsletter, July 2017, page 23, here.