Dance 497

Funding opportunities for you

We offer a range of bursaries, scholarships, and funding opportunities to financially support our members, including funding to support projects that broaden access to dance and scholarships to support further training.

Are you an ISTD member?

Do your students take part in ISTD competitions and events?

Are you passionate about broadening access to dance?

you can answer yes to any of these questions, one of our funding opportunities may be for you.

Theatre Bursary Awards teacher feedback:

“We were lucky enough to fund two students with a 50% scholarship to our Summer Intensive programme.”

Alicia Chadwick-Cook, Northern School of Performing Arts

“The funds were used to support a talented student with the payment of tuition, uniforms and registration for the Amor por la Danza 2022 award in Mexico City."

Mary Carmen Lajud, Estudio De Danza Del Sur

“The Bursary funds were used to purchase a set of stage curtains for our studios.”

Aaron Lissimore, The Company Performing Arts

“Most of this money has been used to fund our inclusive dance programme, Envision.”

Fiona Sheehan, Mayhew School of Dance

“Our first instalment of funding has been used to do our Emergency First Aid at Work course covering all our teachers.”

Amanda Wilkins, Kilburn School of Dance

Theatre Bursary Awards

Our Annual Theatre Bursary Awards performance celebrates the quality, passion, and achievement of young ISTD trained dancers and their teachers. Junior and Senior Nominees are invited to represent a theatre dance genre following recommendation from the Theatre Faculties and are drawn from the winners of preceding Faculty Events.

Financial awards to support future dance training are made to the winner and commendation in each age category. To date, recipients’ of 2021 awards have used their funds to support dance training fees. In one case, the funds were used to pay for international travel to undertake an apprenticeship with a ballet company in Europe.

Teachers of all nominated students also receive a bursary fund for use in their school to engage in development opportunities, community activity or to support students in financial need. Funds awarded in 2021 have directly benefitted over 500 people through a range of activities and initiatives.

Teacher Training Bursary Scheme

Our Teacher Training Bursary Scheme has supported over 100 members from across the globe including the USA, Italy, South Africa, the UAE, and the UK.

Visit www.istd.org/discover/funding-bursaries-and-awards/teacher-training-bursary-scheme to find out how this scheme could support your training and dance teaching career.

Applications for the Teacher Training Bursary Scheme open once a year, and the next round of applications will open 16 March–18 May 2023

For more information on all of our project funding opportunities and awards, visit www.istd.org/fundingopportunities