Outside Funding Sources?

[amr]

This may be a "stupid" question, but other than funding available at my program, I haven't really seen too much outside funding. Am I looking in the wrong places? I've applied for and received loans for this coming school year (my first in the graduate program), but I would very much like to apply for outside funding to make post-graduate life a little less financially bleak. Has anyone discovered any good sources for outside funding that they would be willing to share? My general concentration, at least for now (I hear that often times interests change once you are in the programs) is 19th c. French and American painting. Thanks in advance.

[Herbie]

• Departmental e-mails providing information with outside funding sources
  
• National Gallery of Art
  
• College Arts Association
  
• Several fellowships, endowments at various institutions: http://members.efn.org/~acd/resources.html#PreDoc
  
• Sex/race-based funding can be found for humanities majors on specific websites
  

That's what I could think of instantly. My list is fairly nondescript, but I hope it provides a solid framework. That said: I don't want one more person to compete against. [:

i remember feeling über fatigued from searching for external funding sources for my first year. They were either all-but-not, required deferring the program for a year, or had a deadline incongruent with whether or not I was even accepted into a program at that time. Here's to hoping for Spring 2012 and the coming semesters! Good luck!

[losemygrip]

Javits Fellowships are about it.

[artmuse]

There aren't a lot of funding options out there. The Javits Fellowships and a few others only let you apply if you are getting the highest possible degree in your field. Since I'm about to start a MA program I'm not eligible.

I know it's a longshot but any advice for outside funding options for MA students???