# Awards and Prizes

**Source**: https://arts.mit.edu/camit/awards/
**Parent**: https://arts.mit.edu/camit/

The Council for the Arts at MIT presents several awards annually to MIT students who have demonstrated excellence in the arts. CAMIT also oversees the [Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT](https://arts.mit.edu/mcdermott/), which recognizes an artist, from outside the Institute, who has demonstrated excellence in the creative arts.

For more information, please contact [council-arts@mit.edu.](mailto:council-arts@mit.edu)

#### **2026 Award Submission Deadline:** **March 13**

[Sudler Prize](https://forms.gle/VNeQy2k42CvH7X579)\
[Wiesner Award](https://artsmit.slideroom.com/#/permalink/program/87974)\
[Schnitzer Prize](https://artsmit.slideroom.com/#/permalink/program/87901)

[2025 Wiesner Award recipient Ezekiel Daye '25. Credit Danny Goldfield.](https://arts.mit.edu/camit/awards/wiesner)

## [Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Awards](https://arts.mit.edu/camit/awards/wiesner)

The Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Awards are presented annually to individual students (undergraduate or graduate) or MIT groups (.i.e. living groups, student organizations) for outstanding arts-related contributions to the MIT community. Up to four awards are made annually. An endowment fund provides a $2,000 award to each recipient.

[Read about the 2025 winners here](https://arts.mit.edu/wiesner-student-art-awards-2025/)

**Cycle**: Annual

**Eligibility**: Undergraduate or graduate students at MIT

**Process**: Nomination by peers, faculty, or staff (self-nominations not accepted)

[Learn more](https://arts.mit.edu/camit/awards/wiesner/)

[2025 Sudler Prize winner Holden Mui with Keith Lockhart after performing with the Boston Pops during Tech Night. Courtesy of the MIT Alumni Association.](https://arts.mit.edu/camit/awards/sudler)

## [Louis Sudler Prize](https://arts.mit.edu/camit/awards/sudler)

The Louis Sudler Prize is presented annually to an individual graduating senior who has demonstrated excellence and the highest standards of proficiency in music, theater, painting, sculpture, design, architecture or film. An endowment fund provides a $2,500 award to the honoree.

[Read about the 2025 winner here](https://arts.mit.edu/louis-sudler-prize-2025/)

**Cycle**: Annual

**Eligibility**: Graduating MIT senior

**Process**: Nomination by faculty or staff (self-nominations not accepted)

[Learn more](https://arts.mit.edu/camit/awards/sudler/)

[2025 Schnitzer Prize Recipient Vinzenz Aubry's Public Eyes. Courtesy of the artist.](https://arts.mit.edu/camit/awards/schnitzer)

## [Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize](https://arts.mit.edu/camit/awards/schnitzer)

The Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts is presented to current MIT students, undergraduate and graduate, for excellence in a body of work in the visual arts. Students submit an artistic portfolio for consideration. A generous endowment allows for the award of several graduate student prizes of $5,000 each, and undergraduate prizes of $2,500. Recipients also participate in a joint exhibition online and in the Wiesner Student Art Gallery.

[Read about the 2025 winners here](https://arts.mit.edu/start/wiesner-student-art-gallery/schnitzer-2025/)

**Cycle**: Annual

**Eligibility**: Undergraduate or graduate students at MIT

**Process**: Self-nomination, application with an artistic portfolio

[Learn more](https://arts.mit.edu/camit/awards/schnitzer/)\

[Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT](https://arts.mit.edu/mcdermott)

## [Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT](https://arts.mit.edu/mcdermott)

The Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT recognizes rising, innovative talents and offers its recipient a $100,000 prize and a campus residency. The award may be given to an artist working in any field or cross-disciplinary activity, including architecture, creative writing, dance, design, filmmaking, media arts, music, theater and visual arts.

**Cycle**: Every other year

**Eligibility**: Artist working in any field or cross-disciplinary activity

**Process**: Requested nominations by selection committee

[John Harbison. Photo: Jon Sachs.](https://arts.mit.edu/camit/awards/kepes/)

## [György Kepes Fellowship Prize](https://arts.mit.edu/camit/awards/kepes/)

The György Kepes Fellowship Prize is presented to a member of the MIT community who has demonstrated excellence in the creative arts, including architecture, visual and performing arts, and writing.

**Cycle**: As identified

**Eligibility**: MIT community members, with a focus on faculty or staff

**Process**: Nomination