JAMD Scholarships & Awards | The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance

JAMD Scholarships & Awards

The Academy offers three types of internal scholarships:

Need-based scholarships – Students may apply at the beginning of the academic year. Applications are reviewed according to financial criteria. Average support: 20%–45% of tuition. Not available to students receiving merit scholarships.
Merit scholarships – A limited number of scholarships awarded based on grades, auditions, and dean recommendations. Support ranges from 50%–100% of annual tuition. Applications are not open.
Community engagement scholarships – Students may contact the Community Unit at [email protected] to participate in artistic community activities, such as teaching children and youth, orchestra playing, choir singing, and educational work with at-risk youth. Scholarships range from NIS 3,500–10,000, depending on the scope of activity. Open also to students receiving need-based or merit scholarships.

Scholarship applications may be submitted only after completing JAMD registration, according to published deadlines and with all required documents. The Academy is also supported by donors whose contributions assist outstanding students and students with financial need. Recipients are selected based on faculty dean recommendations and the Academy Scholarship Committee’s decision.

General Awards and Scholarships:

Academy President’s Prize and Deans’ Prizes

Target population: Outstanding students; students socially involved in Academy life
Application: Students are selected by their faculty dean

Philip and Jacob Green Scholarships

Target population: Outstanding master’s students in Dance and Music
Application: By recommendation of the faculty dean

Goldberg Foundation Scholarship

Target population: Outstanding Music and Dance students
Application: Students are selected by recommendation of their faculty dean

Adiel Tel-Oren Scholarships

Outstanding students with financial need

Yoni Tollman Memorial Scholarships

JAMD students

Mandel Foundation Scholarships

Target population: Academy students
Application: By recommendation of the faculty dean

Naomi and Albert Tawfik Memorial Scholarships

Target population: Female musicians from the Academy

Rivka Shapiro Memorial Scholarships

Target population: Music students from the Academy

Mark and Bella Ingster Scholarships

Target population: Outstanding Music students with financial need

Michael and Marsha Segal Scholarships

Target population: Outstanding students with financial need

Scholarships for Dance Students:

Avraham Afik Memorial Scholarships at the Faculty of Dance

Target population: Outstanding students at the Faculty of Dance
Application: Students are selected by the Dean of the Faculty of Dance and department head

Dance Focus Excellence Scholarships

Target population: Outstanding students at the Faculty of Dance
Application: Students are selected by the Dean of the Faculty of Dance and department heads

Gertrud Kraus Foundation Scholarship at the Faculty of Dance

Target population: Outstanding students with financial need from the Faculty of Dance
Application: Students are selected by the Dean of the Faculty of Dance and department heads

Scholarships for Classical Musicians:

Academy Scholarship for Participants in the Honors Chamber Music Program

Target population: Outstanding instrumentalists from the Faculty of Performing Arts and Composition
Application: Scholarships are awarded following special auditions for the program

Reuven Hasson Memorial Scholarships and Claire Hasson Scholarships

Target population: Outstanding female performers from the Faculty of Performing Arts and Composition — one in violin and one in voice
Application: Students are selected by their department heads and faculty dean

Claire Hasson:

Born in Jerusalem, seventh generation in Israel. Graduate of the Evelina de Rothschild School for Girls.

She studied voice at the Academy of Music for five years, and completed a BA at the Hebrew University in French and English Culture. She worked at the Bank of Israel for 40 years as bureau chief to six governors.

She established a scholarship fund at the Academy of Music, awarding two annual excellence scholarships: one in memory of her late brother, Reuven Hasson, for a violin student; and one in her own name, for a voice student.

Reuven Hasson:

Born in Jerusalem, seventh generation in Israel. Graduate of the Sorbonne University in Political Science.

He was a journalist and worked at the Government Press Office. He studied violin for many years and played throughout his life for pleasure.

He passed away at a young age, and an annual scholarship is awarded in his memory at the Academy of Music to an outstanding violin student.

Ruth Bach Scholarships

Target population: Students from the Classical Vocal Department

Bracha Eden and Alexander Tamir Memorial Piano Duo Scholarships

Target population: Piano duo players
Application: By recommendation of the faculty dean

Lili Artenstein Scholarships

Target population: Classical pianists from the Academy
Application: By recommendation of the faculty dean

Miriam Wodonos Scholarships

Target population: Female classical pianists
Application: By recommendation of the faculty dean

Double Bass Scholarship

Target population: Double bass players from the Academy

Nelly Tseliovich Memorial Scholarship for Advancing Suzuki Method Teaching in Israel

Target population: String students

Jerusalem Opera Harry Koster and Murray Newman Awards

Target population: Outstanding students from the Vocal Department
Application: By recommendation of the dean

Scholarships for Cross-Disciplinary Musicians and Oriental Music Students

Prof. Dalia Cohen Excellence Scholarships for Members of the Oriental Music Ensemble

Target population: Outstanding students from the Arab community
Application: Students are selected upon recommendation of the Head of the Oriental Music Department

Yaron Gazit Excellence Scholarships at the Faculty of Cross-Disciplinary Music

Target population: Outstanding students at the Faculty of Cross-Disciplinary Music
Application: Students are selected by the faculty dean, upon recommendation of the department heads

Aviad Mintz Memorial Scholarships

Target population: Outstanding jazz players with financial need
Application: By recommendation of the faculty dean

Tal Zohar Scholarships for Outstanding Students in the Contemporary Improvisation Track

Target population: Master’s students in Contemporary Improvisation
Application: By recommendation of the Head of the Track