Portugal Scholarship Providers
Portugal Institutions
List of institutions providing allowances, grants, and fellowships :
www.cnc.pt : Centro Nacional de Cultura
Centro Nacional de Cultura gives scholarships for artists and cultural professionals for study and research purposes. Centro Nacional de Cultura also runs a special programme dedicated to Portuguese speaking countries nationals with the Camões Institute, on visual arts and literature.
www.unesco.pt : National commission of Portugal for UNESCO
Awards a set of scholarships in different artistic disciplines. The Portuguese UNESCO Commission.
www.gulbenkian.pt/portal/index.html : Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
This foundation awards scholarships through its Music Service and its Fine-Arts Service for artists that intend to follow postgraduate studies or engage in any research or training in Portugal or abroad. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian is a Portuguese private institution of public utility whose statutory aims are in the fields of arts, charity, education and science. One of its Fine Arts Scholarship Programme is promoted with the Fundação Luso-Americana.
www.flad.pt/index.php : Fundação Luso-Americana
Fundação Luso-Americana gives scholarships to individual applicants for participating in educational or research programmes, granted by Fulbright-Portugal.
www.fundacaomedeirosealmeida.pt/index.asp : Fundação Medeiros e Almeida
This Foundation awards scholarships for undergraduate and postgraduate studies in all artistic disciplines for students of all nationalities that live or were born in Açores or whose parents are originally from these Portuguese islands.
www.foriente.pt/entrada.asp : Fundação Oriente
Fundação is dedicated to encouraging the maintenance and strengthening of the historical and cultural ties between Portugal and the countries of the Far East. The aims of the Fundação Oriente are to carry out and support cultural, educational, artistic, philanthropic and social actions and exchanges, predominantly in Portugal and Macao.
www.fct.mctes.pt : Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - FCT (Ministry of Science, Technology and High Education)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia awards scholarships for postgraduate studies in Portugal and abroad in all scientific and artistic areas.
www.gri.pt/main.asp : Gabinete de Relações Internacionais Culturais(Ministry of Culture)
Gabinete de Relações Internacionais Culturais gives scholarships to Portuguese nationals for following postgraduate studies abroad in the art and cultural fields. It is also in charge of managing several cultural bi-lateral agreements with other countries, including scholarships opportunities.
www.instituto-camoes.pt : Instituto Camões
Instituto Camões awards scholarships for Portuguese, as well as foreigner, candidates under bi-lateral agreements with several other countries.
www.iartes.pt : Instituto das Artes
This Institute covers various artistic disciplines from visual arts to performing arts (dance, music and theatre), including also multidisciplinary propolsals. Instituto das Artes is an Institute for Contemporary arts attached to the Ministry for Culture. Instituto das Artes awards financial aid to artists for creation, producing and diffusion purposes in Portugal and abroad.
www.ipad.mne.gov.pt/index.php : Instituto Português de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento - IPAD
IPAD, as part of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, this Institute for Cooperation awards scholarships for people coming from Portuguese speaking countries and interested in following undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Portugal.
