Benefits and track record

To be eligible for Creative New Zealand funding:

• Your project or activities must directly benefit New Zealand arts, artists or practitioners.
• You must have a track record of experience and success — this means you must have:
  • recognition from peers or experts
  • achieved a degree of critical or sales success
  • specialised training or practical experience.

Who can apply

• As an individual you must be a New Zealand (NZ) citizen or permanent resident.
• If you are an overseas-based NZ artist or organisation you can apply. But your application must show direct benefit to NZ arts and you must have it endorsed by:
  • NZ artist(s) currently resident in NZ and/or;
  • NZ-based arts organisation(s) (must be well established).

Late reports and breaches of agreements

We cannot fund you if you, your organisation, or key members of your team:

• are more than 16 weeks overdue with a report for a previous grant or investment
• are in breach of the conditions of a current funding agreement
• were in 'default' of a funding agreement and sent in a late report in the six months prior to the closing date for a new application.

Scholarship eligibility

To be eligible you must have completed a university degree, a diploma, and/or LTCL or LRSM qualification related to your proposed musical studies.

Purpose

The Butland Music Scholarship enables talented young musicians to further their performance studies overseas.

Activities and costs funded

The scholarship is for 12 months and is typically awarded for an accredited course of study at a recognised overseas training institution. It can be used for fees, travel, accommodation and/or living expenses.

Previous recipients

Previous recipients are listed on who got funded

Who assesses your application

Your application will be assessed by external peer assessors who are experts in their field. Recommendations are made to Creative New Zealand’s Senior Manager for Arts Development Services for decision. Pasifika or Māori artists and practitioners are involved in assessing Pacific and Māori arts applications.

Please select strategic outcome 2: High quality New Zealand Art is developed. 

Ten weeks after the closing date, we will email the result of your application.

For the 2018 round we will notify you by 8 June (Friday).

At the same time we also list successful applicants on the who got funded

If you are successful, we will contact you about:

• your funding agreement
• payment schedule
• reporting requirements.

A project completion report is required within 12 weeks of the project end date using the report template. To be considered for further funding, your report needs to be submitted on time.

Project Completion Report template (doc 266KB)

For more information or advice:

• phone 0800 273 284
• email funding@creativenz.govt.nz