Mister Rogers Memorial Scholarship
"I'd just like to be remembered for being a compassionate human being who happened to be fortunate enough to be born at a time when there was a fabulous thing called television."
- Fred Rogers
From 1967 to 2001, Fred Rogers produced his daily children's television program, celebrating imagination and play, exploring children's feelings and sense of self worth, and treating young viewers with love and respect. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood continues to air on PBS stations throughout the United States and remains the gold standard of how television can enlighten, educate and increase social consciousness and understanding.
From 2014 to 2017, the Television Academy Foundation's Mister Rogers Memorial Scholarship Program awarded two $5,000 scholarships to rising seniors, graduating seniors (continuing directly to graduate school) and graduate students (Masters or Ph.D) to support and encourage them to pursue a career in children’s media and further the values and principles of Fred Rogers’ work.
In addition to the monetary award, successful applicants were mentored by children’s programming professionals during the academic year. Mentors were identified from the Television Academy’s Los Angeles or New York membership.
In 2018, the Foundation will seek funding for an endowed internship postition in Fred Rogers' memory, to support a full eight-week, paid internship for a student working in children's programming.
Related:
- Watch Fred Rogers' interview with the Archive of American Television
Mister Rogers Memorial Scholarship Photos
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Kevin Wong, left, of New York University, winner for Research-Mister Rogers Memorial Scholarship, Paul Chen and Estefania de la Chica of Columbia University, winner of Development-Mister Rogers Memorial Scholarship pose at the 38th College Television Awards on Wednesday, May 24.
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Bill Isler, and from left, Genie Deez of USC, Robin Lord Taylor, Sarah Nolen of University of Connecticut, and Ernst and Young, LLP's Andy Sale pose with checks for the developmental scholarship sponsored by The Grable Foundation and Ernst & Young, LLP at the 36th College Television Awards on April 23, 2015.
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Maggie Siff, left, and Ernst & Young LLP Partner Andy Sale, right, pose for a portrait with Sylvia Rusnak of Georgetown University recipient of the Mister Rogers Memorial Scholarship award at the 37th College Television Awards on May 25, 2016. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images)
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Mister Rogers Memorial Scholarship Recipients pose in the press room at the 35th College Television Awards, presented by the Television Academy Foundation at The Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in the NoHo Arts District on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images)
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Mister Rogers Memorial Scholarship winners pose in the press room at the 34th College Television Awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live on April 25, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Scott Kirkland/Invision for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences/AP Images)
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