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Leverhulme Art Scholarships

Archived Age Arts, culture and heritage Children (0-12) Cultural heritage Education and learning Performing arts School, College and University Visual arts and media Young people (13-25) Antrim & Newtownabbey Ards & North Down Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Belfast City Causeway Coast and Glens Derry City and Strabane England Fermanagh and Omagh Great Britain Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Large (over £60,000) Medium (up to £60,000) Micro (up to £1,000) Small (up to £10,000)

Overview

The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the fine and performing arts, including (but not exclusively) music, drama, dance, film and fine art. The scheme will support arts training at any level, from school-age children, to undergraduates and postgraduates.

Grants run for 3 years only.

Eligibility

Grants will be offered across the full range of the performing and fine arts. Eligible organisations will be specialist arts training institutions or registered charities which can demonstrate outstanding quality within their particular field.

Institutions may make only one application for funding within each round.

Within its one application, an institution may request funds for more than one type of artistic activity or form of financial support, e.g:

  • weekend/after-school and summer school scholarships
  • undergraduate or postgraduate scholarships
  • structured programmes of outreach to aid the search for excellence

The applying organisation will be responsible for the selection of bursary recipients and for the selection and employment of staff in the case of innovative teaching activity.

Type of support

Arts Scholarships may be in the form of:

  • bursaries to enable individuals to develop their talent, and/or
  • innovative teaching awards to provide new and original training opportunities for the students concerned

Eligible costs

Eligible costs for bursaries may include some or all of:

  • relevant tuition fees
  • maintenance
  • travel costs

Eligible costs for an innovative teaching activity are the provision of original and new training opportunities beyond the normal curriculum. Existing teaching staff costs are ineligible.

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