The Lisa Ullman Travelling Scholarship Fund (LUTSF) supports individuals in the UK who are working in all areas of movement and dance who wish to travel in order to enrich their professional practice. Applications are welcomed from choreographers, performers, lecturers, teachers, writers, therapists, administrators, producers and related professionals. The average scholarship (Main Award) in the last few years has been around £600. So far, the Fund has awarded over 500 scholarships totalling more than £250,000.
The aim of the Scholarship Fund is to provide financial support to individuals who wish to travel abroad or in the United Kingdom to:
o Attend a conference.
o Pursue a research project, or
o Undertake a short course of study in the field of movement or dance. This experience provides dance professionals at every stage of their career the opportunity to develop their ideas, enhance their practice, and enrich the communities they work with.
Applications are welcome from UK residents aged over 18 irrespective of nationality, gender or previous training. Set up in memory of Lisa Ullmann, since 1987 the Fund has awarded travel scholarships to help people to pursue an extraordinarily wide range of projects.
Applications for 2026/27 are for eligible projects taking place between April 2026 to April 2027.
The Scholarship Fund opened to applications on Monday 24th November 2025.
The deadline to apply is Friday 30th January 2026.
Further information, guidance and details about how to apply using the online application form can be found on the LUTSF website.
