David Yurman Grant
The 2026 David Yurman GEM Awards Grant
The David Yurman GEM Awards Grant was created to support and foster an emerging fine jewelry designer who has been in business for at least three years and shows exceptional promise. The selected Grant Recipient will receive a one-time financial award of $50,000 and mentoring meetings with executives at David Yurman, as well as consultative meetings with other industry executives.
If selected as a finalist, the jewelry designer must travel to New York City in January 2026 to give a final presentation to the David Yurman GEM Awards Grant Selection Committee. The final presentation is to be about their brand and how the Grant will benefit their business.
The Grant Recipient will be announced at the 24th annual GEM Awards on Friday, March 13, 2026 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.
The deadline to apply is October 7, 2025.
SUBMIT AN APPLICATION
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
To qualify as the Grant Recipient, the entrant must:
- Demonstrate unique talent in fine jewelry design and a solid business plan for expansion
- Have operated their own jewelry design company for at least three years
- Be based and manufacture in the United States of America
GRANT RECIPIENT WILL RECEIVE
- $50,000 Grant funds
- A behind-the-scenes tour of the David Yurman workshop and a David Yurman retail location
- A business meeting with David and Sybil Yurman
- Two additional meetings with key industry executives
- Two tickets to the 2026 GEM Awards
DAVID YURMAN GEM AWARDS GRANT SELECTION COMMITTEE
David YurmanSybil Yurman
Evan Yurman
Marion Fasel
Amanda Gizzi
Sam Broekema
Annie Doresca
Jennifer Gandia
Lauren Harwell Godfrey
Jill Newman
