
Making a funding application
How to write a funding application for individuals and businesses
There are a number of funding opportunities to help students with the costs associated with undergraduate and postgraduate study, including course fees, buying instruments and studying abroad.
Please check individual websites for details on eligibility, applications and deadlines.
The Charlotte Fraser Foundation awards scholarships and bursaries to British woodwind, brass and voice postgraduate students who have received offers of places on MA or MMus courses at The Royal Academy of Music and The Royal College of Music.
The Drake Calleja Trust awards scholarships to instrumentalists, singers and accompanists of undergraduate, postgraduate and research level studying at music colleges and conservatoires in the UK.
Eric Thompson Trust Annual Award
Open to organists at the start of their career who want to embark on a major project relating to the organ.
Faber Music and Sound and Music
Faber Music and Sound and Music have announced a new partnership offering ten Faber Music Bursaries available to young composers and music creators to attend the Sound and Music Summer School in 2021.
Sony Music UK is offering four bursaries as part of Nordoff Robbins’ music therapy masters programme. Each bursary covers the full £10,000 cost of studying the degree course, which is validated by Goldsmiths, University Of London.
The Albert Cooper Music Charitable Trust
For strings students up until the age of 30.
The Countess of Munster Musical Trust: postgraduate study
Open to instrumentalists, singers and composers.
The Mario Lanza Educational Foundation
For students who are living in the UK and studying singing full-time at college or a conservatoire.
The Muriel Taylor Scholarship Fund
A scholarship is awarded annually to a cellist between 17 and 23 for the purpose of further study.
The Musicians' Company
The Musicians' Company offer a number of scholarships for study.
The RPS Eric Thompson Trust Grants for Organists
Grants towards costs involved in further studies.
The Stephen Bell Charitable Trust: postgraduate study
For string players who need help with funding their first postgraduate degree in the UK.
Vaughan Williams Bursaries: postgraduate study
For postgraduate composition students.
Advanced Study Music Scholarships - Arts Council of Wales
Awards will be made to support postgraduate study for musicians from Wales or who have studied in Wales.
To qualify, applicants must be in the age range 18 to 26 and have a connection with Sussex.
The Flentrop Scholarship
Open to full-time organ students under 25. The recipient will visit Zaandam, Holland for an introduction to organ-building and tuning, as well as lessons
The Radford Trust Charitable Trust
Applicants must be resident in Cornwall.
The RPS Julius Isserlis Scholarship
For study abroad for one or two years. Open to instrumentalists between the ages of 15 and 25, who are permanently resident in the UK.
Scholarships Trust
Scholarships are awarded annually to Scottish students at postgraduate level. Applicants must intend to take up a course of study away from their home town.
Emerging Musicians' Health Scheme
If you are told you need short-term treatment that isn’t available promptly on the NHS, this scheme may be able to help with a grant towards the costs.
Not everyone is fortunate enough to have access to musical instruments and lessons. Music for All's Grant Application allows them to help people of all ages fulfil their musical dreams.
First year students and junior students who will shortly be embarking on full-time study are given priority.
Offers acoustic music students and young professionals (between 18 and 30) an award of up to £500 to undertake musical projects that will help them in their studies or early career.
How to write a funding application for individuals and businesses
Find out about funding opportunities for performers and composers.
Find out more about funding opportunities for music educators.
£500 off Masters (MMus) in Popular Music Performance or MA in Songwriting
£245 discount on course fees
10% off online world music courses
10% off online course fees above £45
Up to 50% off professional development and IT training courses
£20 off CPD lectures and workshops
20% off all live events and online courses