Gifted Scholarship

Gifted Scholarship 2025: For Education or Career Development

Sunshine Coast Art Foundation (SCAF) promotes the development and prosperity of the arts on the Sunshine Coast through fundraising and philanthropic investment that facilitates artistic vibrancy and engages the public imagination.

This year SCAF is offering a $5000 Scholarship to a dance student or dance artist living on the Sunshine Coast for further training or career development.

To express your interest in receiving support from SCAF for a Gifted scholarship, please complete the eligibility criteria and submit your application by 30 September. Please note, submissions have now closed.

If you have questions contact the Executive Assistant at info@scartsfoundation.com

Vision and Values

Gifted recipients must contribute to SCAF’s vision for ‘an enlightened and enriched Sunshine Coast region that is transformed by philanthropic investment in the arts and culture’, and the following values:

COMMUNITY: We exist for the SC Community that is enriched and connected by art and creativity.

PROSPERITY: We will work to ensure the future growth & prosperity of the Foundation, the arts & artists of the SC.

TRUST: We are stewards of the gifts we receive, promising sound judgement, integrity & transparency in all activities.

INDEPENDENCE: We operate independently but collaboratively & know success comes from relationships.

QUALITY: We aim for the highest possible standards in our work & the artistic achievements of the region.

Scholarship Applications Closed Sept 30, 2024

Scholarship Application Form

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To avoid accidentally losing your work, we recommend drafting your responses in a separate document and copying them into the fields below.
1 Gifted Scholarship of $5000 will be allocated.
Scholarship must be used within 12 months from receipt of funds.

Items marked * are required.

Eligibility for Gifted Scholarship: *

A dance student or dance artist living on the Sunshine Coast

Artist First Name:

Artist Last Name:

Artist’s Parent/Caregiver if under 18:

Address:

Date of birth:

Email:

Mobile:

Website (if applicable):

Social Media: (if applicable)

Link to an example of you dancing: E.g. YouTube, Vimeo link (no longer than 2 minutes) (Please note submissions must adhere to these guidelines to be eligible for review).

Please upload a headshot for SCAF socials (jpg, JPEG, png, or heic only. Max 4Mb)

Describe your current dance training:

Describe how you will use the Gifted Scholarship:

Proposed Project Dates and Timeline:

Start date:

End date:

Outline your dance related achievements:

Describe your dance related ambitions:

Additional Materials: You are required to submit a 1-minute video pitch as part of your application. This video should be recorded in one take. Please link to your video below and add any password details if your video is private.

Password to video if needed:

Please upload your CV (in pdf format, limited to 1 page, max 4Mb)

Please upload a reference from a dance teacher or mentor in support of your application. (max 4Mb)

Please check all your information is correct before pressing the Submit Application button as data is not saved.

Announcement:

Successful applicants are expected to attend the Gifted Announcement event on Friday 25 October.

Reporting:

Recipients must provide documentation of how the scholarship funds were used.

Gifted Scholarship