Musicians Benevolent Fund

MBF Music Education Awards

The MBF Music Education Awards are the MBF's largest source of funding for postgraduate musicians. They are offered to outstandingly talented instrumentalists and singers to help with full-time postgraduate study costs (fees or maintenance) or towards the cost of buying a musical instrument.

The awards incorporate a number of named scholarships and individual awards are usually between £1,000 and £5,000.

The next closing date will be during February 2009.

Click below to see the results of the 2008 Awards for Accompanists and Repetiteurs.

MBF String Awards

The MBF String Awards are for exceptional violinists and cellists under the age of 21. Applicants may be of any nationality but non-British/Irish applicants may not apply for funding for study outside the UK. The following awards are available:

Manoug Parikian Award
An award of £3,000 for a violinist. Set up in 1987 in memory of violinist Manoug Parikian, the award must be used for study costs or instrument purchase.

Royal Philharmonic Society Emily Anderson Prize
A prize of £2,500 offered by the RPS to a violinist. There are no restrictions on its use.

Guilhermina Suggia Gift
An award of £3,000 for a cellist to be used towards study costs.

Further discretionary MBF awards may also be made.

The next closing date for applications will be autumn 2008 and the application process will open during the summer.

To find out which award is suitable for you - click here