Scholarships, Bursaries & Awards

Scholarships, Bursaries & Awards

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Central is committed to making training accessible to everyone, regardless of their background or income. We have a range of scholarships, bursaries and awards available which you can find out more about below.

Scholarships and Bursaries at Central

  • Scholarships and Bursaries for new offer holders

    Applicants made an offer of admission to a BA, MA, or MFA course are eligible to apply to scholarships and bursaries at Central.

    The link to the online application form and guidance notes will be included in your admission offer pack. You cannot access the online application form prior to being made an offer of admission.

    Offer-holders only need to submit one application to automatically be considered for all funds they are eligible for. Central does not ordinarily award more than one scholarship or bursary to an applicant.

    Your eligibility to apply for scholarships and bursaries will depend on when you are made an offer of admission.

    Scholarship and Bursary Timeline

    Autumn 2023

    Eligibility: Applicants made an offer of admission from 01 October 2023 to 20 December 2023

    Scholarship/bursary applications close: 10:00am on 03 January 2024

    Notification of scholarship/bursary application outcomes: 05 February 2024

    Winter 2024

    Eligibility: Applicants made an offer of admission from 03 January to 15 March 2024

    Scholarship/bursary applications close: 10:00am on 29 March 2024

    Notification of scholarship/bursary application outcomes: 24 April 2024

    Spring 2024

    Eligibility: Applicants made an offer of admission from 18 March to 31 May 2024

    Scholarship/bursary applications close: 10:00am on 14 June 2024

    Notification of scholarship/bursary application outcomes: 10 July 2024

    FundCourses EligibleFee StatusOpen/Closed
    Access to Central BursaryAll Undergraduate coursesHomeOpen
    Beatrice Lillie AwardBA (Hons) Musical Theatre or MA Music TheatreHome/ELQ/OverseasOpen
    Central Bursary FundAll Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses.Home/ELQ/OverseasOpen
    Dame Gillian Lynne ScholarshipBA (Hons) Musical TheatreHome/ELQ/OverseasOpen
    Dream On BursariesAll Undergraduate coursesHome/ELQOpen
    Gareth Neame ScholarshipActing, Technical, Design or Craft coursesHome/ELQ/OverseasOpen
    Leverhulme Major ScholarshipAll Undergraduate and Postgraduate coursesHome/ELQ/OverseasOpen
    Mary Freeman ScholarshipsBA (Hons) Drama, Applied Theatre and Education; MA Applied Theatre; PG Certificate Applied Theatre with Young PeopleHome/ELQ/OverseasOpen
    Martha Miller ScholarshipBA (Hons) Acting: Acting, BA (Hons) Acting: Collaborative and Devised Theatre, BA (Hons) Acting: Musical TheatreHomeOpen
    Michael Grandage ScholarshipMA/MFA Creative ProducingHome/ELQ/OverseasOpen
    Paul Milikin ScholarshipBA (Hons) Acting: Acting, BA (Hons) Acting: Collaborative and Devised Theatre, BA (Hons) Acting: Musical TheatreHomeOpen
    Rye Family Scholarship

    BA (Hons) Acting: Acting, BA (Hons) Acting: Collaborative and Devised Theatre, BA (Hons) Acting: Musical Theatre, MA Acting - Classical, MA Acting - Contemporary, MA Acting for Screen.

     Home/ELQ/OverseasOpen
    Sally Mackey BursariesBA (Hons) Drama, Applied Theatre and Education, MA Applied TheatreHome/ELQ/OverseasOpen
    Walter Johnstone Memorial FundMA Musical Theatre: Acting and PerformanceHome/ELQ/OverseasOpen
    The Embassy ScholarshipAll Undergraduate and Postgraduate coursesHome/ELQ/OverseasOpen
  • Scholarships and bursaries for continuing students

    Central has a range of scholarships, bursaries and awards available for students already studying with us.

    FundCourses EligibleFee StatusOpen/Closed
    Clare Rich ScholarshipBA (Hons) Acting: Musical TheatreHomeClosed
    Kay Frosdick Memorial BursaryAll Undergraduate and Postgraduate CoursesHome/ELQClosed
    Keep Creating BursariesAll Undergraduate and Postgraduate CoursesHome/ELQ/OverseasClosed

    Leverhulme Final Year Scholarships

    For Undergraduate students entering their third year of study (2023/24)Home/EU/OverseasClosed
    Margetta Bundy Education AwardMA/MFA Voice Studies: Teaching and Coaching, MA Drama and Movement TherapyHome/ELQ/OverseasClosed
    Milner Education AwardMA Drama and Movement Therapy, MA Applied Theatre, BA (Hons) Drama, Applied Theatre and EducationHomeClosed

    Nellie Watson Scholarship

    BA (Hons) Acting, BA (Hons) Acting (CDT), or BA (Hons) Acting (Musical Theatre), or any of the MA Acting coursesHome/ELQClosed

    Tunstall Award

    BA (Hons) ActingHome/EU/OverseasClosed
  • External Funding

    FundCourses EligibleDescriptionFee StatusOpen/Closed
    Alternative Guide to PG FundingMA or MFACentral also pays for a licence to The Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding Online which is a database of alternative sources of funding which can make awards (fees, maintenance, research costs) to any student regardless of subject, or nationality. If you have applied to a Postgraduate course at Central, please email student.funding@cssd.ac.uk to get a PIN so you can access the guide.AllOpen
    Snowdon Master’s ScholarshipsMA or MFA

    Since 1981, the Snowdon Trust has been making financial awards to Disabled Students in further and higher education, funding disability-related study costs that put disabled students at a financial disadvantage.

    The Snowdon Trust Master’s Scholarship has been designed to identify and accelerate

    exceptional Disabled Students through higher education, creating the influencers of the

    future. Scholarships have a value of up to £30,000.

    AllOpen

    Wayne Sleep Foundation

    Performance Arts courses 

    The Wayne Sleep Foundation Awards help support talented students in the performing arts (Dance, Drama, and Music) by providing financial aid. The size of these awards varies, with most ranging from £500 to £2,500.

    Applicants must be enrolled in a full-time Higher Education Performing Arts course in the UK, or have been accepted to a course beginning in September 2024. Applicants must have been a permanent resident in the UK for the past three years.

    Home/ELQ

    Open 

        
    Wavendon FoundationAll Undergraduate and Postgraduate CoursesThe Wavendon Foundation is a charity founded by Sir John Dankworth and his wife, Dame Cleo Laine. The charity is administered by a board of trustees who meet quarterly to consider applications for financial or other support. The charity’s objectives are to support persons engaged in the education for the public through performance arts. Grants for individuals are up to £1500.Home 
    The Black Heart FoundationAll Undergraduate and Postgraduate CoursesThe Black Heart Foundation scholarship programme enables successful candidates to advance their education where they might otherwise not have been able to do so.  British students on Central’s BA Theatre Practice or MA/MFA Scenography courses can apply to the Art Scholarship Programme; any student on any of Central’s courses can apply to the main Scholarship Programme.  Applications from 2nd and 3rd Year students are also welcomedAllOpen

    Cymdeithas Drama Gymraeg Abertawe  

    All Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses

    Cymdeithas Drama Gymraeg Abertawe (the Swansea Welsh Language Drama Society) scholarship is open to individuals who intend following an advanced course in one of the creative disciplines in the field of drama.

    The scholarship is worth £2500.

    Applications are open to individuals 18+ who wish to enrol on a graduate, post-graduate or equivalent in acting, scriptwriting, production, directing, stage management, set design or other aspects of drama.

    The selection process will be conducted in Welsh. For an application form contact post@dramaabertawe.com

    WelshOpen
    Postgrad Solutions All Postgraduate studentsStudents starting any postgraduate course in September 2024 or January 2025. 5 bursaries, worth up to £2000 each.  Open

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