Student Award Application Form

The CCMpower application portal is now open for projects taking place in the Spring 2025 and Summer 2025 sessions. If your proposed project will take place during the Fall 2025 semester, please wait for instructions on how to apply later in the school year.

NOTE: If you are applying for funds to support travel, please note that you can only receive travel support from ONE source (CCMpower, Dean’s Travel Fund, CCM Admissions Office, etc). Please contact Elaine Cox with additional questions regarding student travel opportunities.

CCMpower Student Award Application
Students and recent graduates

what if you had funding
- to pursue an artistic goal
- to express an inspiring and innovative idea
- to create a community arts collaboration
- to enhance your education in the arts and media
CCMpower can help!
The CCMpower Board of Trustees is a group of dedicated volunteers from our community - some are CCM alumni, some are former faculty – who through various initiatives support you, the college’s students and its faculty.

We understand that a career and life in the performing and media arts takes 24/7 dedication. We want to help you fulfill your mission to be an active citizen within the arts community and a driver of creativity and imagination.

We are able to provide funding up to $500 for creative projects and learning opportunities that are outside those provided by your CCM education and experiences. You can use these funds to cover costs such as attendance at extra-curricular or summer educational programs, support for collaborating artists, purchases of equipment and supplies, or for research. Note, however, that we do not cover travel expenses which come from the Admissions office.

In this application we will ask you to provide a description of your project and how much it will cost. We want to know how this experience will expand your educational and professional development.

We also want to learn what personal growth you anticipate as a result of this project.
CCMpower exists to support your success, so let’s get started!

Before you complete the online application form, you must to select a Project Sponsor. This is usually a member of the CCM faculty but it may also be a non-UC professional in your chosen field. Input from your sponsor is essential to a successful application. You should discuss your project with your sponsor before completing your application to ensure that he/she/they understands the scope and rationale of your proposal. Your Project Sponsor will provide our committee with a recommendation about you and your proposal. Though you may apply multiple times, you can receive only one award in a given academic year. Award recipients are required to submit a report about their project. We may invite some recipients to attend a CCMpower Board Meeting to share their success stories.

Application

I. Personal Data
Name*

First NameLast Name
Phone Number:*

Area CodePhone Number
UCID M# (please include the M):*
Number
Email Address:*
Email
Address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code

Are you a Student or a Recent Graduate?
Student:

What is your degree?

What is your major?

What is your year?
CCMpower has a mentoring program available for CCM students looking for professional development, guidance, coffee meetings -- or whatever you want -- from local arts leaders and supporters of CCM! Are you interested in learning more about CCMpower Mentorship?

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Who is your Project Sponsor?
Name of CCM Faculty / Title
Email:
Name if Non CCM Professional / Title
Email:
Recent Graduate:

What year did you graduate?

and with what degree (s)?

What is your year?

II. Proposal
Proposal Title
Description of the Project.

Describe the activities of your project.
What will you be doing?
Where is the project location?
Who are the participants? Are other CCM students or graduates included?
When will the activity take place?
Who is the expected audience if appropriate?

Describe Matters Pertaining to Your Artistic Importance and Growth.
Tell us about yourself and who you are as an artist.
What is artistically important to you about this project?
What personal and professional growth do you anticipate as a result of this project?

Additional Information
If applicable, will your project connect you and/or CCM to other arts communities?
If applicable, are there aspects of this project that address or support greater calls for diversity and inclusion within the field of music, theatre arts and media arts?
Is there any additional information that you’d like the CCMpower Board to know as they consider your application?

Budget Information
Requested amount (up to $500):
Date needed:
Upload your proposed budget

Project Budget File

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If CCMpower is unable to award the full request amount, would you still be able to complete your proposed work?
or list expected budget expenses:
How do you plan to fund your project if you need to seek additional funding?
Have you received CCMpower Student Awards funding previously?
If yes, what was the impact of that funding? (Does this current request build upon the success of the previous project?)
Awardees must be willing to attend a CCMpower Board meeting to discuss the impact of their award / perform a short piece if appropriate. Meetings take place at 8:30 am in CCM's Baur Room. Please indicate which CCMpower Board Meeting(s) you are able to attend and a member of the CCM Development Team will reach out to you:

Tuesday, September 10Tuesday, September 24Tuesday, November 12Tuesday, November 19Tuesday, February 4Tuesday, February 11Tuesday, April 22Tuesday, April 29

Faculty Sponsor Recommendation.
The final part of this application requires input from your Project Sponsor related both to you as an individual and to your project. Your project sponsor will write a letter of recommendation following guidelines that we will provide.

III. Applicant’s E-Signature
By typing your legal name in the space below you are certifying that all information here is correct and that you are the person completing this application.

When you press the submit button, you will receive an email confirmation that your application was received.

Please print for your records and retain as verification of your application.
E-Signature

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Date
If you have any questions about your submission, or if you’ve had technical difficulties, please contact CCM Development Office at cox2em@foundation.uc.edu or 513-556-2528.
Thank you for your application!

IV. Survey
How did you hear about the CCMpower Awards?

V. Project Sponsor Recommendation
Recommendation Letter should include the following information:

Name of Applicant: __________________
Title of Project: _____________________

1. Sponsor Information:
Your Name:
Position:
School, Department or Company:
E-Mail:
Telephone:

2. Recommendation

Please provide answers to the following questions as an attachment:

How long have you known the applicant (years) and in what capacity?

Please comment on the applicant’s achievements at CCM.

These may include academic potential and performance, initiative, motivation, response to criticism, following instruction, fluent and spontaneous expression of ideas, contributions to the discipline and participation in extra-curricular activities.

Please comment on the applicant’s character and unique strengths.

These may include maturity, integrity, professionalism, relationship to peers and faculty, interpersonal and communication skills, and general behavior in social, academic or professional settings.

Please evaluate the applicant's current or past achievements in his or her chosen field.

Please comment on the nature and feasibility of the proposed project.

Do you consider the parameters within the applicant’s abilities? Does the applicant have the determination to complete the project?

Is there anything else you’d like to share regarding this student or their project?

Please indicate the strength of your recommendation:

I recommend this applicant:
- very strongly______
- strongly_____
- comfortably_____
- with reservations_____
I do not recommend this applicant_____
If so, please elaborate:

By typing your legal name in the space below you certify that all information provided in the application is correct. I understand that false, inaccurate or misleading information will result in the termination of this application.

Signature: ___________________________ Date: ___________
Please Upload Project Sponsor Recommendation Letter*

Letter

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On behalf of CCMpower we thank you for taking considerable time to provide us with these details related to students applying for Student Awards funding.

We feel this application process will help students find success when they pursue future funding opportunities in their professional careers.
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The CCMpower application portal is now open for projects taking place in the Spring 2025 and Summer 2025 sessions. If your proposed project will take place during the Fall 2025 semester, please wait for instructions on how to apply later in the school year.

CCMpower Student Award Application

CCMpower exists to support your success, so let’s get started!

Application

Description of the Project.