2024 - 2025 Application Guidelines

Submission Date

Applications for the 2023 - 2024 Frank Huntington Beebe Fund were due by January 1, 2024 at 11:59pm Eastern. These application guidelines are for reference, as the next cycle will open in the Fall of 2024.

Application Requirements

  • Fellowships are awarded to musicians based in the United States (although not necessarily U.S. citizens) for whom this would be the first extended period of study abroad. Musicians who have previously studied abroad for an extended period do not qualify for a fellowship.

  • Applicants must not have reached the age of 30 by July 1, 2024.

  • Beebe Grants may NOT be combined with other, comparable grants, such as a Fulbright.

  • Applicants must demonstrate a solid base of accomplishment in order to be considered.

  • A strong, well-planned project of study that will enhance the applicant's life in music must be proposed.

  • Enrollment in a school or university is not required unless such study is an essential part of the project.

 Application Process

  1. Completed online application form must be submitted and all supporting materials must be received by January 1, 2024 at 11:59pm Eastern.

  2. Original transcripts from each college and/or school you list on the application MUST be scanned and submitted electronically by the submission date listed above. They can either be attached to your application or emailed to us at admin@beebefund.org. Transcripts should be sent in PDF format.

  3. At least two letters of recommendation must be submitted in support of your application. You may submit more if you wish. They can either be attached to your application or sent directly by recommenders to us at admin@beebefund.org. Letters should be sent in PDF format.

Schedule

  1. Semi-finalists will be notified of their status by February 10th, 2024.

  2. Candidate who advance will need to submit a video audition for review no later than March 1st, 2024. Candidates must be the principal performer in these recordings, which should total 20 - 30 minutes in length and contain selections of the candidates choice. Please do not send recordings unless you are notified to the results of the first round.

  3. Finalists will be notified of their status by April 1st, 2024.

  4. Final round candidates will be invited to audition for the trustees in person in Boston, Massachusetts in the month of April.

  5. Notification of grant awards will be sent by May 1st, 2024.