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ABERTAY UNIVERSITY IB30+ SCHOLARSHIP

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LOCATION: Scotland

This is an award of up to a maximum of four years and is open to all new undergraduate prospective international students currently studying the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP). Successful recipients will have the award deducted from their tuition fees.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible for the Abertay IB30+ Scholarship, you must meet all of the following conditions:

Be classified as having international (overseas) fee status by Abertay University. 

Achieve 30 or more diploma points upon graduation from the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP).

Hold an offer to a student on a full-time undergraduate degree, on campus, at Abertay starting in the 2026/27 or 2027/28 academic year.

Have met all academic conditions attached to your offer of admission for entry to the University as a new full-time student. This includes evidence of essential subjects at S5 or H4. Check course webpages for more details. 

The award will contribute to each year of the degree, up to a maximum of four years, while you are studying in Dundee. 

Students who are admitted with advanced entry into Year 2 or above and who meet the above conditions will also be eligible for this award.

No separate application form is required, and you will be assessed for the scholarship based on your application for study. If you meet all the eligibility criteria and are awarded the Abertay IB30+ Scholarship, you will be notified by us by email following your offer of study. Please continue to check your inbox once you have received your offer of study from Abertay,

If you have any questions about the award, please contact international@abertay.ac.uk.

BENEFIT:

The Abertay IB30+ Scholarship may be awarded in combination with the Abertay International Scholarship. In this case, the scholarships together will have a combined annual value of £7,000 (£3,000 from the Abertay International Scholarship and £4,000 from the Abertay IB30+ Scholarship).  

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S+T+ARTS PRIZE COMPETITION

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Application Deadline: March 4, 2026, 23:59 CET

LOCATION: Austria

The STARTS yearly competition is back to award the most pioneering collaborations and results in the field of creativity and innovation at the crossings of science and technology with the arts.  Two Grand Prizes are offered to honor innovative projects at the intersection of science, technology, and the arts.

ELIGIBILITY:

Artists/creative professionals or the researchers/companies involved from throughout the world; STARTS is not limited to citizens of EU member states.

Quality of the artistic research and its potential influence on technology.

Quality and success of the collaboration between art and technology.

Quality and intensity of the connection to innovation, education, social inclusion, or sustainability.

Quality and implementation of the European Dimension of the submitted project.

General criteria such as aesthetics, originality, convincing concept, innovation, and the technique and quality of the presentation.

What can be submitted:

Groundbreaking collaborations and projects driven by both technology and the arts. Purely artistic or technologically driven projects are not the focus of this competition.

All forms of artistic works and practices with a strong link to innovation in technology, business, and/or society; furthermore, STARTS is not restricted to a particular genre such as media art and digital art.

All types of technological and scientific research and development that have been inspired by art or involve artists as catalysts of novel thinking.

The jury is looking forward to receiving submissions from a broad variety of fields and disciplines. Among others, projects from the areas of new media applications, human-computer interaction, machine learning, biotechnology, art & science, green technologies, material research, smart cities and citizen empowerment, robotics, quantum technology, and many more are very welcome to apply.

For inspiration, have a look at our broad range of winners, honorary mentions, and nominations of the past years.

Timeline:

The submission process for the STARTS Prize 2026 started on January 7, 2026, and will end on March 4, 2026.

The jury convenes from April 16, 2026, to April 19, 2026. All STARTS Prize 2026 winners will be notified by mid-May 2026 at the latest.

The award will be presented at the Ars Electronica Festival on 9-13 September 2026 in Linz, Austria, and at various exhibitions and events of the consortium partners worldwide.

BENEFIT:

Two Grand Prizes, each with €20,000 prize money, are offered to honor innovative projects at the intersection of science, technology, and the arts. The emphasis of both prizes lies on the creative appropriation and employment of technologies as well as the search for unique constellations of collaboration from the STARTS fields.

Grand Prize – Innovative Collaboration honors innovative collaboration between industry or technology and the artistic (and creative) sectors that open up new avenues for innovation.

Grand Prize – Artistic Exploration honors artistic research and works whose adoption by the arts has great potential to influence or change the use, application, or perception of technology.

Winners will be prominently featured at the Ars Electronica Festival and other events of the consortium partners INOVA+, French Tech Grand Provence, Media Solutions Center Baden-Württemberg, HLRS High Performance Computer Center Stuttgart, Salzburg Festival, Sonar, T6Ecosystems, and Kustodie at TUD Dresden University of Technology.

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