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BECASAIE Grant Program 2026/2027

AIE allocates 10% of its budget to activities supporting and promoting musicians. Within this scope, education is a fundamental pillar, and the organization is proud to offer, once again, the BECASAIE Program for studies at distinguished music schools or to enhance musicians’ training in Spain or abroad.

The BecaAIE scholarships are intended for students in Intermediate or Advanced Level music studies, depending on the scholarship, or for active music professionals. These scholarships will apply to the 2026/2027 academic year, except for summer courses, which correspond to the year 2026.

The BECAAIE 2026/2027 application period opens on February 2 and closes on March 31, 2026, at 18:00.

Take the next step in your musical training! Apply for your scholarship here.

2026/2027 Call for Applications Guidelines in Spanish

2026/2027 Call for Applications Guidelines in Catalan

2026/2027 Call for Applications Guidelines in Basque

2026/2027 Call for Applications Guidelines in Galician

How to apply for a grant

Before submitting your application

Any person who meets the following requirements may apply for a BecaAIE:

  1. Be an active student or professional in music, regardless of the instrument(s) being studied, including voice, or the musical subject matter, including new technologies.
  2. Be a Spanish national, from a European Union country, or a Latin American country with a residence permit in Spain.

The BecaAIE 2026/2027 call is open from February 2 at 09:00 to March 31, 2026, at 18:00.

Submitting your application

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1 The information entered in the application must correspond to the applicant student, including in the case of minors.

2 Each applicant may submit only one application and must choose a single track: Training/Advanced Studies or High Specialization.

3 All information uploaded in the application must be accurate, up to date, and legible. Incomplete, expired, or illegible documents will not be considered.

4 Documentation must be submitted exclusively through the official BECASAIE platform. Documents sent by email or through any other means will not be accepted.

5 Applications must be submitted within the official application period. Applications or documents submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.

6 Once the application has been submitted, it cannot be modified. If it is incomplete or contains errors that prevent its evaluation, it will be rejected by the BECASAIE Committee.

7 Duplicate applications will not be considered. If more than one application is submitted, only the first one received will be evaluated.

8 For questions or inquiries, the official contact channel is the email inbox: becas@aie.es

9 Submission of the application implies full acceptance of the terms and conditions of the call.

Selection process

After receiving your application, and if all required documentation is correct, this will be taken into account for the study and selection of grant holders.

Later, a list with the names of the selected grant holders will be published in our web. If any document is missing, or if any mistake is detected, AIE will contact all applicants concerned.

The selection process is carried out by a committee of renowned music professionals appointed by AIE who will consider all merits, academic and artistic, of each applicant. For the BECASAIE Specialization Grants selection process, the committee will Schedule an audition and/or a personal interview for those candidates who obtain the highest score in the qualification records.

Find below the dates for the 2025 Selection Committees.

  • Manuel de Falla International Courses Selection Committee: April 20
  • Musical Training or Extension of Musical Studies Selection Committee: April 20 – May 4
  • Specialization Studies Selection Committee: April 20 – May 4
  • Specialization Studies Audition Barcelona: May 18
  • Specialization Studies Audition Madrid: May 22
Notification and result

Starting from July 13, 2026, AIE will inform applicants about the granting or denial of the scholarship, except for the six BECASAIE scholarships intended for the Manuel de Falla International Courses, whose decision will be communicated starting May 19.

After these dates, the final list of scholarship recipients will be published.

List of grants offered by AIE

111 grants for musical training or extension of music studies, distributed as follows:

– 21 BECASAIE with a grant of €1,000 for the six following music schools:

– 41 BECASAIE with a grant of €1,000 for the nine following REEM schools (Spanish Network of Music Schools):

Thanks to these agreements, all these schools contribute to the funding of these 62 AIE Scholarships, covering 30% of the total amount of each grant. If the total scholarship amount does not fully cover the tuition fee, the recipient must pay the remaining balance. For more information on the specific conditions of each school, please visit their respective websites.

44 BECASAIE GRANTS FOR MUSICAL TRAINING OR EXTENSION OF MUSICAL STUDIES in informal music schools, both within Spain and abroad, to be chosen freely.

5 BECASAIE GRANTS FOR MUSICAL TRAINING OR EXTENSION OF MUSIC STUDIES for AIE members over the age of 35 in informal music schools, both within Spain and abroad, to be chosen freely.

29 BECASAIE Specialization Grants, distributed as follows:

Grants for Superior Degree studies or higher degree musical training in prestigious music centres, both national and international. 

These grants are distributed as follows:

6 AIE Grants of €300 for the Manuel de Falla Courses, organized by the Granada International Festival of Music and Dance, for active students:
  • Granada Festival Baroque Academy
  • Piano Course
  • Pedagogy Course. Early Music Education: Learning Music Through Movement.
  • Study and Interpretation of Renaissance Polyphony Based on the Chanson Mille Regretz.

Residents of Granada and its metropolitan area can apply for scholarships for all courses in the program, except for the Baroque Academy.

Applicants will be notified of the scholarship awards starting May 19, 2026. The scholarship will cover tuition and living expenses up to a maximum of €300. The course organizers do not provide accommodation in Granada; this expense must be covered directly by the student using the €300 scholarship funds. AIE will process the payment directly with the scholarship recipients.

To be eligible for the BECASAIE scholarships for the Cursos Manuel de Falla, students must be selected as active participants by the respective faculty, in accordance with the course conditions.

For more information:

Phone 661 672 366

http://www.granadafestival.org

cursos@granadafestival.org

OTHER GRANTS

GUIDANCE GUIDE:

SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS FOR MUSICAL STUDIES 2018

List of grants, scholarships, and subsidies for musicians or musical projects.

You can view or download (PDF) this Scholarship Guide by clicking HERE.