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Training & Professional Development
To develop arts talents and supporting personnel in the literary arts, the Council provides various financial assistance for practising writers and literary arts students to pursue training.


Short-term Training Grants For Short-term Training assistance schemes enquiries, please contact:


Literature Koh Jau Chern Tel : (65) 6837 9536
Michele Thompson Tel : (65) 6837 9526


Scholarships & Bursaries
The various scholarship and bursary schemes provide full or partial funding for literary arts students and writers to receive training in arts institutions locally and abroad. For scholarships & bursaries enquiries, please contact:


Ms Jerene Chua Tel: (65) 6837 9513

Ms Sandra Lim Tel: (65) 6837 9746


Visit Arts Institutions , Local Directory and Useful Links for other institutions, associations and resources for networking opportunities or professional development.

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Arts Professional Development Grant

This grant supports the professional development of the arts sector by providing assistance to individual artists, arts management and production personnel to pursue short-term training for the upgrading of their professional skills; and arts organisations that engage arts professional or specialised trainers to assist in the professional development of arts practitioners.

Applications are open to:
  • Individual applicants who are Singaporeans or Singapore Permanent Residents and recognised by their peers as professional practising artists;
  • Non-profit arts organisations registered in Singapore whose core business is related to the arts.

Note: Non-profit arts organisations must be legally constituted for at least one year prior to the application.

The sum total of Arts Professional Development grants awarded to any recipient will not exceed $25,000 (up to a maximum of two awarded applications) per financial year.

Application Windows:

Applications must reach the National Arts Council at least three months before the date of the proposed activity and before the following closing dates:

For Projects Starting on or after Application Closing Dates Announcement of Grant Outcome
15 July 2009 15 April 2009 15 June 2009
15 September 2009 15 June 2009 15 August 2009
15 November 2009 15 August 2009 15 October 2009
15 January 2010 15 October 2009 15 December 2009
15 March 2010 15 December 2009 15 February 2010
15 May 2010 15 February 2010 15 April 2010

* Applicants may submit their application up to 9 months before the commencement date of their project.

To apply, click here.

Please refer to the following documents for more information.

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Mentor Access Project 2009/2010
(Applications are open till 15 May 2009)

This is an 18-month mentorship programme to ensure the sustained development of young and emerging writers by providing them with mentorship opportunities and ongoing critical feedback. It will run from July 2009 to December 2010.

The programme invites emerging writers who wish to undergo tutorship from an established writer / playwright. Selected applicants will enjoy opportunities to participate in dialogue sessions, workshops or public readings held over the course of the mentorship, at the end of which, any original work produced may be published through our New Book Initiative. For queries on MAP, please contact MAP manager, Mr Yong Shu Hoong, at mentoraccess@yahoo.com.

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NAC Arts Scholarship (Overseas)

This provides assistance to outstanding students or practising artists to pursue full-time overseas undergraduate or postgraduate studies in visual arts (fine art courses only), performing arts, literary arts, arts management, technical design and production in the arts. Applicants must not have started on their course of study. Male applicants must have completed National Service. Successful candidates are expected to fulfill a two-year service commitment within a 5 year period, to practise their art on a full or part-time basis in Singapore after the completion of their course. Grant quantum - Up to 100% of total cost of study, maximum of $100,000.

Closing date: 30 April
  • Click here to apply.
Please click here for NAC Scholars' Profile, Scholarships & Bursaries Application Procedures and Important Information.

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NAC Arts Bursary (Overseas)

This provides assistance to arts students to pursue full-time tertiary studies in visual arts (fine art courses only), performing and literary arts, as well as arts management, technical design & production in the arts in arts institutions overseas. The bursary is renewable annually, up to a maximum of 4 years.
Grant quantum - Between $8,000 to $15,000 per year.

Closing date: 30 April
  • Click here to apply.
Please click here for Scholarships & Bursaries Application Procedures and Important Information.

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Georgette Chen Arts Scholarship

This provides assistance to first, second and third year arts students pursuing full-time diploma courses in theatre, dance, music, visual arts (fine art courses only) and arts management at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts or Polytechnics.
Grant quantum - $2,000 per year.

Closing date: 30 April
  • Click here to apply.
Please click here for Scholarships & Bursaries Application Procedures and Important Information.

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NAC Arts Bursary (Local)

This provides assistance to arts students pursuing degree and postgraduate courses in the theatre, dance, music, visual arts (fine art courses only) and arts management at local universities or the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, taught in association with international tertiary institutions. Students undertaking the Theatre Training and Research Programme offered by the Practice Performing Arts School are also eligible. The bursary is renewable annually, up to a maximum of 4 years.
N.B. Students who are eligible for MOE subsidies in the first 3 years (up to Diploma level), should apply for Georgette Chen Arts Scholarship instead as the NAC Arts Bursary (Local) will only be applicable in their final year.
Grant quantum - Between $4,000 to $8,000 per year.

Closing date: 30 April
  • Click here to apply.
Please click here for Scholarships & Bursaries Application Procedures and Important Information.

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