Animation Scholarships

The animation business is speedily expanding which has led to the development of many institutes offering animation courses in India. There are various institutes which have animation scholarships programs to support talented candidates to hone their skills and add to the creative world of animation and design. There are some colleges and universities in India as well as in other countries where animation students can apply for research opportunity grants to help sponsor.

Candidates who need financial help may also be provided Student Animation Fellowships for travel to the various national conferences and seminars on film and animation. At present there are quite a few institutes in India which offer animation scholarships in order to develop and support young and bright minds to make it big in this industry.

Institutes offering Animation Scholarships in India

Candidates can submit an application for Animation Scholarships India in a number of institutes. The top animation institutions as for instance, Arena Animation has started the Kala Srishti Scholarships program. This is a unique animation scholarship program offered at all the Arena centers in Kolkata, Bardhaman, Siliguri, Patna, Bokaro, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati and Shillong. Arena is a world leader in animation education and offers industry related animation & multimedia courses to candidates who seek for careers in animation. The primary intention of Kala Srishti scholarships offered by Arena is to provide opportunities to bright minds who are eager to make a career in animation.

The UD School of Animation, located at Hyderabad is another institute in India, offers Animation Scholarships for meritorious students. The other scholarship program only for women offered by the institute is DiiA (Diversity in Indian Animators). Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC) has also announced an animation scholarship program which is known as Creative Reward Scholarship. Creative Reward Scholarship is given to students on the basis of a creativity test and an interview.