SMART Scholarship
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The SMART Scholarship provides funding for young people to continue their musical learning through Suffolk County Music Service tuition and to attend a Suffolk County Music Service area ensemble.
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These scholarships are available to young people from school years 7 to 13 (from approximately Grade 3 upwards) who demonstrate a great deal of commitment, enjoyment and potential in their music making, but for whom the financial cost of ongoing music tuition is a barrier to their continuation.
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The scholarships help to enable young people to progress on their chosen instrument and can be worth up to the value of 50% of the combined costs of tuition and ensemble membership for the academic year for which the scholarship is awarded. Funding is initially provided for up to one year.
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We consider scholarship applications once a year, although you can submit a scholarship application at any time during the application window. The deadline for applying for a scholarship for the 2025/26 academic year will 6 August 2025.
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For more information and to apply, please see the Scholarship Information document, Application Form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form at the bottom of this page.
