Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships

Assisting young, talented Australians in the arts

The Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships provide support for students in a variety of categories to help them further their cultural education and achieve their dreams. They are awarded each year for study, maintenance and travel either in Australia or overseas.

John Chisholm Marten (1908 – 1966), who established these scholarships through his estate, had a life long interest in the arts and literature. The scholarships commenced in 1967.

Scholarships offered annually are in:

• Singing
• Instrumental Music
• Painting

Scholarships offered every second year are in:

• Sculpture
• Architecture 
• Poetry
• Prose
• Ballet 
• Acting

The 2009 Scholarships will be offered in:

• Architecture
• Ballet 
• Instrumental Music
• Painting
• Sculpture
• Singing

Are you eligible?
To be eligible for this award, you must be a native-born Australian aged 21-35 (17-35 for ballet) at the closing date of entries.

The scholarship’s value
As a guide, recipients of the 12 scholarships awarded in 2008 received $18,000 each. These provide a total prize money of $216,000 last year.

How to apply
The 2009 application form will be available later in July. Interested parties may view last year's application form here.

Closing date for entries is 31 October 2008.

All application forms must be submitted to the Cauz Group offices no later than 5.30pm on the closing date.

Previous Winners
Trust congratulates each of the following winners of the 2008 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships:

 Acting

• Adriano Cappelletta
• Anya Beyersdorf

 Instrumental Music 

• Scott Borg
• Benjamin Koff

 Painting

• Emma Cummings
• William MacKinnon

Singing

• Damien Pass
• Sally Wilson

Prose 

• Katrina Schwarz

Poetry 

• Lachlan Brown
• Jaya Savige

Further information
Trust is the trustee for the Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarships.