Only New Brunswick residents are eligible to receive funding. A resident is defined as a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant who has resided in New Brunswick for at least one year immediately preceding the application deadline.

An applicant is eligible for consideration who:

• has already completed relevant basic training and who has demonstrated exceptional potential and talent as an artist;
  
  
• intends to study creative writing, music, theatre, dance, film/video, visual arts/photography, crafts, literary translation, or arts administration at a recognized institution or with a recognized private instructor for the purpose of pursuing a career as a professional artist or an arts professional; and
  
  
• intends to enroll in a full-time or part-time post-secondary program, or in short-term studies. Students enrolled full-time in schools specializing in the arts are also eligible.

• Individuals who come to New Brunswick solely for the purpose of studying at an institution are not eligible.
  
  
• Studies completed before the competition deadline date are not eligible.
  
  
• Short-term studies beginning before the competition deadline date are not eligible.
  
  
• Doctoral studies are not eligible.
  
  
• These grants are intented for students intending to pursue a career in creative work in the arts.

Full-time Studies: $2,500 maximum.
Part-time or Short-term studies: $1,000 maximum.

NOTE: An individual is eligible for one Arts Scholarship per year, and he or she may receive up to a maximum of 4 scholarships. An individual can only receive one Professional Development grant in any two-year period.

The scholarship will be paid as follows:

Full-time studies: 70% of the amount recommended by the jury will be sent to you upon receipt by the New Brunswick Arts Board of official confirmation of enrollment (which must be sent directly to the New Brunswick Arts Board by the institution). The remaining 30% will be sent only after the New Brunswick Arts Board has received an official document from the institution you are attending confirming you are continuing the studies, as proposed in your application, for the second term.

Part-time and short-term studies: the full amount recommended by the jury will be sent to you upon receipt by the New Brunswick Arts Board of official confirmation of enrollment from the institution you are attending.

Please note that it is the student's responsibility to contact the institution concerned in order to have them send confirmation of enrollment directly to the New Brunswick Arts Board.

Applicants who do not complete the studies for which the scholarship was awarded will be required to reimburse a portion, or the total, of the amount received. The amount to be reimbursed will be determined by the New Brunswick Arts Board.

Deadline for submitting application:
February 1

It is the responsibility of each applicant to ensure that all materials required to complete his file are received by the New Brunswick Arts Board, or postmarked, by the deadline of the competition.

Applicants must forward to the New Brunswick Arts Board a complete file containing:

• a Juried Program Application Form duly completed, and
  
  
• all the required support material and samples of work stated under the headings "Requirements" and "Samples of Work".

Click here to download the full Program Description (Adobe Acrobat Reader format)

Applicants are encouraged to contact the New Brunswick Arts Board office with any questions about the regulations. For advice on how to present an effective application, please call well in before the event.

Applicants will be notified of the results, by mail, approximately 3 months after the competition deadline. Results will not be released over the telephone.

For application forms and further information, please contact:

New Brunswick Arts Board
634 Queen Street, Suite 300
Fredericton, NB
E3B 1C2

Tel.: (506) 444-4444
Fax.:(506) 444-5543
Toll Free: 1-866-460-ARTS