Scholarship Criteria – Ubuntu High School Grant

Please find the criteria for each of Ubuntu Creative Arts High School Grant. When you're ready, and have understood the terms, feel free to apply.


Purpose

The Ubuntu Creative Arts High School Grant serves the purpose of providing financial aid for high school students in Jamaica who have demonstrated a passion for the visual arts.

Criteria

  • High school students from the grades 10 - 13 
  • Consideration will be given to academic achievement, financial need, and an overall passion for the visual arts

Guidelines

This grant will be awarded annually, to the selected student, in the second term of the academic school year.

Prize

Each grant awarded will amount to Fifty Thousand Jamaican Dollars ($50,000.00). This amount will be paid in full at the time of the award / start of the second school term. In addition to this, awardees will be featured on the Ubuntu Creative Arts Project website, under the “Awardeessection under “Scholarships & Grants”.

Deadline

The application period is from the 1st October - the 1st of June in the following year. Applications will not be accepted outside of this period.

Renewal Process

The grant is not renewable, as only one student will be selected per academic year. Previous awardees are welcome to apply in subsequent years.