Scholarships
Amount: $20,000. About: The CINTAS Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting and elevating Cuban artists. The CINTAS Foundation offers various fellowships to artistic students of Cuban citizenship and descent, including the Brandon Fradd Fellowship in Music Composition. This fellowship provides a grant of $20,000 to one non-performing music composer of Cuban citizenship or…
Amount: $20,000. About: The CINTAS Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting and elevating Cuban artists. The CINTAS Foundation offers various fellowships to artistic students of Cuban citizenship and descent, including the Fellowship in Creative Writing. This fellowship is awarded to writers of Cuban descent who are early in their career. Applicants must submit…
Amount: $20,000. About: Established by Yoko Ono and the BMI Foundation, the John Lennon Scholarship is an annual songwriting contest for emerging songwriters. Applicants must be current undergraduate students attending a U.S. college or university and be between the ages of 17 and 24. The rights to the submitted work must not be assigned to…
Amount: $20,000. About: The BMI Composer Awards is a competition open to student composers who study music under a recognized and established teacher. In order to enter the competition, students must anonymously submit an unpublished original composition. A total of $20,000 is awarded, and individual awards range from $500 to $5,000. Compositions are judged according…
Amount: $20,000. About: Offered by the BMI Foundation, the Dolly Parton Songwriters Award (formerly, the Nashville Songwriting Scholarship) is an annual competition for aspiring student songwriters. The program offers $20,000 for up to two of the best original song entries in any of the following genres: Americana, blues, bluegrass, contemporary Christian, country, folk, and roots.…