Dear PNYA members:

It is with great excitement that the Post New York Alliance announces the 2016 Post Fellowship Program in the State of New York. This inaugural fellowship program will place over 20 interested college students who currently attend an undergraduate program at an NYS University or Community college-or 2/3 year post-graduate program anywhere in the state of New York with NYS post production companies.

This fellowship is made possible by a $50,000 grant New York State has presented to the Post New York Alliance, the first of its kind in NY. The objective of the program is to create a workforce pipeline from NYS education centers, into our post facilities. This gives us an opportunity to give the students we one day hope to hire, very specific training. We also get to expose students interested in the entertainment industry to the post production experience.

The Post Alliance is now accepting applications from post production companies located across the State of New York to participate in the fellowship program as an employer.Each company will be responsible for paying their accepted fellow a stipend of at least $4,000 for participating in this 8 -10 week fellowship program.When the company provides proof to the PNYA that the stipend payment was made at the end of the fellowship program, the PNYA will reimburse your company 50% of your total stipend payment, up to $2,000. There is no limit to the number of fellows each company can accept. The reimbursement per fellow is capped at $2,000.

Companies can apply to participate directly on the PNYA’s website by clicking this link:

http://www.postnewyork.org/page/2016fellowshipco

We ask that your company apply ASAP as there are only so many slots available this year.

We are also asking for your assistance in spreading the word about this fellowship program with your university contacts (located in our state).The fellowship program is NOT limited to film/tv/communication students and is open to all majors, however they must show an interest in pursuing a career in the content creation post production industry.

Students can apply directly on the PNYA’s website by clicking this link:

http://www.postnewyork.org/page/2016fellowshipapp

The application deadline is April 15, 2016.

Please direct all questions regarding the fellowship program to:
postfellowship2016@postnewyork.org