NUS Performing & Visual Arts Scholarship (Mid-Term)

Applicants must: 

• Be Singapore Citizens. 
• Be admitted into and currently pursuing a full-time undergraduate degree programme at NUS (except Music). Limited scholarships may be available for Dentistry, Medicine and Law undergraduate applicants. 
• Possess an exemplary record of artistic achievements and involvement in the NUS, local or global performing and/or visual arts scene. 
• Possess a track leadership record and/or initiating programmes within the NUS or local performing and/or visual arts scene. 

• Tuition fees (after MOE Tuition Grant subsidy) 
• S$6,000 annual living allowance 
• S$5,550 annual accommodation allowance if scholarship holder is staying on campus
• Scholarship is bond-free, subjected to semester-based renewal process 

The NUS Performing & Visual Arts Scholarship is awarded to undergraduates pursuing a full-time undergraduate programme at NUS, excluding Music. The scholarship is tenable for the normal candidature period (Freshmen), or remainder of the normal candidature period (Mid-Term) of the scholarship holder’s undergraduate programme.  

Recipients of the scholarship may not concurrently hold any other scholarship, fellowship, bursary, grant, award or allowance without prior approval from the University. 

The scholarship will be monitored and renewed every semester provided the scholarship holder: 

• Displays good conduct 
• Maintains a GPA of at least 3.5 (or Top 80% percentile of the cohort for Dentistry, Medicine or Law) 
• Participates in at least one NUS Office of Student Affairs event per Academic Year (engagement dialogues, leadership programmes etc.) 
• Commits to active and meaningful contributions to the NUS performing and/or visual arts scene throughout their candidature by: 

1. Actively pursuing training and development to enhance their artistic practice 
2. Completing two out of the three following: 
   1. Leading and organising arts productions or activities on campus individually or as part of an NUS group, and/or 
   2. Initiating project(s) that benefit a specific community through the arts and/or that fosters an appreciation of their artform amongst NUS students or the wider community, and/or 
   3. Embarking on substantive artistic collaborations with artists and arts groups both within and/or outside of NUS. 

The scholarship holder will be restricted to a maximum of twelve (12) months of overseas programme(s) or internship(s) for the entire duration of his/her undergraduate programme.

If the scholarship holder decides to withdraw from the University and/or terminate the scholarship prematurely, the University reserves the right to impose repayment of all scholarship monies disbursed to the scholarship holder. 

Application is open for AY26/27! Refer to the table below for the application timeline: 

• Interested applicants should submit only one application. 
• Applicants are required to submit the following: 
  1. Complete the NUS PVAS [Mid-Term] - Online Application Form (AY26/27) by 16 June 2026 11.59pm. The form includes the following components:   
     1. Prepare an updated personal statement or detailed CV according to the NUS PVAS CV and Portfolio Guidelines and upload within the Application Form.
     2. Additionally, prepare a digital portfolio according to the NUS PVAS CV and Portfolio Guidelines and include the URL to the portfolio in the Application Form.
        Please log into NUSync (SSO Log in) with your NUS-ID and password before clicking on the CV and Portfolio Guidelines hyperlink to open the document directly.
  2. Nominate two (2) persons to each submit a referee report to support the application. Referees can be the applicant’s artform/ academic tutor, staff advisor*, mentor or equivalent. All referees are to complete the NUS PVAS [Mid-Term] - Online Referee Form (AY26/27) by 16 June 2026, 11.59pm.

*OSA Staff Advisors and other NUS Staff who may be appointed to be part of the Live Audition and Interview panel shall not be referee to any applicant. 

NUS Performing & Visual Arts Scholarship applicants will be assessed for scholarship suitability based on the strength of their application, portfolios and their performance in the NUS Performing & Visual Arts Scholarship Live Audition(s) and Interview(s), if shortlisted.  

Applicants shortlisted for selection interview(s) will be informed via e-mail in mid-July. Live Audition(s) and Interview(s) will be conducted on 20 July 2026, and applicants will be informed of their scholarship application outcomes by mid-August. To be considered for the scholarship, please ensure that you are available to attend the Live Audition(s) and Interview(s). Your scholarship application will be withdrawn if you are unable to attend any scheduled selection interview(s) without valid reasons.

NUS reserves the right to not award any scholarship if there are no candidates of sufficient merit. The decision of the selection committee is final. Enquiries or disputes surrounding its decisions will not be entertained.

For further enquiries, please email cfa@nus.edu.sg.