Art School Scholarship Application

Streamline Your Art School Scholarship Process with Paperform

Finding and supporting talented artists is essential for any art school or creative institution. Our Art School Scholarship Application template makes it easy to identify promising candidates while providing applicants with a beautiful, professional submission experience that reflects your institution's creative values.

Why This Template Works for Art Schools and Creative Programs

This template is purpose-built for art schools, universities with fine arts programs, creative foundations, and scholarship committees seeking to evaluate artistic merit, technical skill, and creative potential. Instead of juggling email attachments, paper forms, and scattered portfolio links, everything you need is captured in one elegant, organized submission.

Key features include:

• Portfolio image uploads with support for multiple files, allowing students to showcase their best work
• Artistic statement and creative process sections that reveal the thinking behind the art
• Exhibition and recognition history to understand professional development
• Technique proficiency self-assessment across various mediums
• Academic and demographic information for scholarship eligibility
• Conditional logic that adapts questions based on artistic focus areas

Built for Creative Workflows, Not Just Data Collection

Unlike rigid form builders that feel administrative and cold, Paperform's doc-style editor lets you create an application that feels as thoughtful and considered as the art you're supporting. Add inspiring imagery, adjust fonts and colors to match your school's brand, and create section breaks that guide applicants through each part of their submission with clarity.

The image upload fields support multiple high-quality portfolio pieces, so students can submit their work directly through the form without requiring third-party portfolio platforms. And because everything is stored securely in one place, your review committee can access all applications, compare portfolios, and make decisions efficiently.

Automate Your Scholarship Review Process with Stepper

Once applications start coming in, Stepper can transform your review workflow from manual chaos into an organized system. Set up automations that:

• Send applications to different reviewers based on artistic discipline (painting, sculpture, photography, etc.)
• Create evaluation scorecards in Airtable or Google Sheets for committee scoring
• Notify applicants of next steps or missing materials automatically
• Route top candidates to interview scheduling or portfolio review sessions
• Update your student information system when scholarships are awarded

Perfect for Multiple Creative Scholarship Programs

This template adapts beautifully whether you're running:

• Merit-based art scholarships for incoming or continuing students
• Need-based creative aid programs combining financial and artistic criteria
• Specialized grants for particular mediums like ceramics, digital art, or printmaking
• Diversity and inclusion scholarships supporting underrepresented artists
• Summer intensive or workshop funding for short-term programs

The conditional logic lets you tailor questions based on program type, artistic focus, or student level, creating a personalized experience without building separate forms.

Designed for Art Schools, Foundations, and Creative Organizations

Whether you're a prestigious art academy, a community college with a strong visual arts program, a private foundation supporting emerging artists, or a museum offering educational scholarships, this template provides the professional structure you need while maintaining the creative spirit that matters to your applicants.

Art educators, admissions counselors, scholarship coordinators, and program directors will appreciate how easy it is to customize questions, adjust evaluation criteria, and export submissions for committee review. The mobile-friendly design means students can work on applications from any device, and the auto-save functionality ensures no work is ever lost.

Professional, Secure, and Scalable

Paperform is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant, giving you and your applicants confidence that sensitive information—from financial need details to original artwork—is protected. Set up custom confirmation pages thanking students for their submissions, automatically send email notifications to reviewers, and integrate with tools like Google Drive to organize portfolio files or Slack to alert your team when high-priority applications arrive.

With over 500,000 teams worldwide trusting Paperform for everything from course enrollments to client intake, you're choosing a platform built for SMBs and educational institutions that need professional results without enterprise complexity.

Get Started in Minutes

This template includes everything you need to launch your scholarship application immediately. Customize the questions to reflect your specific evaluation criteria, add your institution's branding, adjust the portfolio requirements, and publish. Students get a seamless application experience, and you get organized, comparable submissions that make the review process actually enjoyable.

Support the next generation of artists with a scholarship application that's as thoughtful as the creative work you're championing.