Deadline: 7-Feb-23
Applications are now open for the Marten Bequest Scholarships that offers talented young artists the chance to explore, study and develop their artistic gifts through travelling either interstate and/or overseas.
The scholarships provide financial support under the categories acting, architecture, ballet, instrumental music, painting, poetry, prose, sculpture and singing to help talented Australian artists achieve their dreams. The scholarships are administered by the Australia Council on behalf of Perpetual as trustee.
Funding Information
- Scholarships are each worth $50,000, payable in quarterly instalments over two years.
What you can apply for?
- The scholarships are awarded annually to candidates who show great promise in the arts and literature.
- Nine scholarship disciplines are supported:
- Acting
- Architecture
- Ballet
- Instrumental music
- Painting
- Poetry
- Prose
- Sculpture
- Singing
- Scholarship funds can be used to assist with study programs, professional training courses and mentor programs in Australia and overseas. You may also participate in online opportunities: however the majority of the scholarship funds should support travel to access those opportunities.
- Please note: Your project must consider the latest advice regarding COVID-19 in the locations where the activity will take place.
Eligibility Criteria
Individual artists who are:
- Australian citizens
- Aged 21 – 35 (17 – 35 for ballet) at the closing date.
- Applicants must submit their proposal via the Australia Council Application Management System (AMS) with all relevant materials prior to the closing date. No additional material will be accepted after this date. Please note that insufficient or incomplete proposals will not be successful.
- The decisions on Scholarship recipients rests with Perpetual as trustee. Decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- Scholarship funds are to be used for study, maintenance and travel, either domestically or internationally, to boost or progress the applicants career.
Ineligible
You can’t apply for a scholarship if:
- you received a grant, or administered a grant, from the Australia Council in the past and that grant has not been satisfactorily acquitted
- you owe money to the Australia Council
- you were previously awarded a grant through The Marten Bequest.
For more information, visit Australia Council for the Arts.