Postgraduate funding for Theatre & Performance

Student Project Fund

(£50 to £500)

The Department of Theatre and Performance Student Project Fund is designed to support our undergraduate and postgraduate students’ independent creative initiatives particularly those which take place outside the department, for example at festivals and external venues. The awards assist any student, or group of students, in a theatre or performance-related project. Students in the past have used the fund to help them take work out into professional and community contexts and to showcasing opportunities. 

The department views extra-curricular work as a key learning opportunity for our student community. In addition to enabling students to experiment, innovate and develop their own artistic practice in wider contexts, these awards also facilitate significant personal and professional development and support significant connections with, and entry into, the theatre and cultural industries in the UK and abroad. We have a rich history of exciting and innovative student projects that have been awarded by the scheme.

Three awards are made each year: 

• Studio Gold – autumn term
• Spring Sites and Encounters – spring term
• Summer Festivals and Forays – summer term 

 To make an application, please see the criteria, information pack, guidance notes, and application form available on the Student Project Fund page of the VLE. The Student Project Fund is chaired by Francesca Greatorex.

For more information, please contact the department.

Graduate Project Fund

(£50 to £500)

The Department of Theatre and Performance Graduate Project Fund is designed to support our graduating students’ independent creative initiatives.

The fund assists a student or group of students who have recently graduated from the department in a theatre or performance-related project. For its first year, this Project Fund will be open to students who have graduated within the past three years. The scheme is an extension of the Student Project Fund, which for some years has with great success supported students taking their work out into professional and community environments.

The Deadline for Applications is 1 September 2021.

For more information, please contact the department.

Alumni and Friends fund

Do you have a project, idea, club, society, or an area of extracurricular work that requires financial support? If so, then the Alumni and Friends Fund could help you.

The Students’ Union is taking the reins of the Alumni and Friends Fund. Still supported by the generosity of alumni and friends, applications for funding will now be made to the Students’ Union. Students are eligible to apply for funding to be disbursed twice a year – at the beginning of the autumn and spring terms.

Please contact the Societies Coordinator at the Students’ Union for more information.

Associate Artist Awards

(£500 plus in-kind support)

The Associate Artist/s Award recognizes outstanding success in the final year major production module (DTA, PPS, C&S and MT) and takes into account the applicants’ track record of practical work over three years of the BA Theatre and Performance programme. The Associate Artists, who can be a group or an individual, receive a bursary and are nurtured in their first year after graduation from Goldsmiths. The bursary can be used for research and development, technical and resource support, outreach, mentoring, business development or on other agreed strategies to enhance the award-holders’ transition into the industry. Associate Artists are expected in return to undertake outreach work supporting Theatre and Performance at Goldsmiths. This may entail assisting with events or activities that promote the Department (such as Open Days) and other work that will be negotiated with the Award-holders in advance. The award is recognised by HEAR.

For details and information on how to Apply, please contact Marie-Gabrielle Rotie.

Associate Black Artist Awards

The Associate Black Artist Awards recognize outstanding success of a Black student or students in the final year major production module (DTA, PPS, C&S and MT) and takes into account the applicants’ track record of practical work over three years of the BA Theatre and Performance programme. Please see description above for details.

For more details and information on how to Apply, please contact Marie-Gabrielle Rotie.

Associate Researcher Award

(£500 to assist in research-related activities – e.g. conference fees, research travel expenses)

The Associate Researcher Award recognises a student’s outstanding academic track record and exceptional work on their Dissertation. The award-holders will be mentored and supported in their postgraduate research. Associate Researchers are expected in return to act as writing and research mentors for undergraduates. This may entail assisting with events or activities that promote a research culture among students and will be agreed in advance. The award is recognised by HEAR.

For more details and information on how to Apply, please contact Marie-Gabrielle Rotie.

Associate Black Researcher Award

The Associate Black Researcher Award recognises a Black TaP student’s outstanding academic track record and their exceptional work on the Dissertation. The award-holders will be mentored and supported in their postgraduate research. Associate Researchers are expected in return to act as writing and research mentors for undergraduates. This may entail assisting with events or activities that promote a research culture among students and will be agreed in advance. The award is recognised by HEAR.

For more details and information on how to Apply, please contact Marie-Gabrielle Rotie.

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding

Goldsmiths is part of the CHASE AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership, which funds up to 56 doctoral studentships per year. 

If you're thinking about carrying out a research degree in the arts and humanities, you could be eligible to apply for a studentship covering fees, a maintenance allowance and research training. CHASE funding is available for degrees in this department.

To be considered, you need to have applied for a relevant research programme at Goldsmiths by the deadline set out here.

To find more about the funding and how to apply please visit our Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding page.