The adequacy of the selection process is an important part of the funding decision by the Foundation, and should be fully described in the application. Applications must be received by the Grants Coordinator of the Foundation by March 15th. The awards will be announced at the end of the academic year and funded at the beginning of the new academic year. The institution should publicize the awarding of their prize to their student, and should send copies of all related press releases and press notices to the Foundation. This is an honor award.
Funding is made on an annual basis only.
Multi-year applications will not be accepted. However, a special priority will be placed on applications featuring continuing Liberace Scholars. Download a Scholarship Application History of The Foundation Liberace considered the creation of The Liberace Foundation for the Performing and Creative Arts one of his greatest accomplishments. Since its incorporation in 1976, the Foundation has funded more than 1,400 individual scholarships in the arts at more than 100 of the nation's premier arts institutions and community organizations. In the first year after its creation, The Liberace Foundation sponsored a series of four concerts to benefit the University of Nevada at Las Vegas Music Department Scholarship fund.