Funding for students
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.
Undergraduate and postgraduate costs
The Albert Cooper Music Charitable Trust
For strings students up until the age of 30.
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.
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.
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.
The RPS Eric Thompson Trust Grants for Organists
Grants towards costs involved in further studies.
The Musicians' Company offer a number of scholarships for study.
The Countess of Munster Musical Trust: postgraduate study
Open to instrumentalists, singers and composers.
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.
Studying abroad or location specific
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.
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.
Sir James Caird Travelling 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.
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 Radford Trust Charitable Trust
Applicants must be resident in Cornwall.
Health
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.
Instruments costs
RPS instrument purchase grant
First year students and junior students who will shortly be embarking on full-time study are given priority.
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.
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