Showlight Bursary/Scholarship deadline extended to 31st March 2025

The deadline for Showlight’s new Emerging Professionals Bursary/Scholarship Scheme has been extended to Monday 31st March 2025.

Aimed at early career freelance professionals to help make attendance more affordable, this is a fantastic opportunity to win a ‘scholarship’ that gives you access to some of the most creative minds in the entertainment lighting industry.

Successful applicants will have free access to Showlight 2025’s full schedule of activities (ticket price normally €580.00) including the Papers Sessions, Workshops, Exhibition, Welcome Reception (in Dijon’s ornate, historic Salle des États), Company Dinners and the grand Conference Dinner in a glamorous, as yet undisclosed, location! A hotel room will also be included with the bursary and the show hopes to offer some assistance with travel costs too.

“Showlight wants to encourage as many people as possible to be able to attend this unique conference and appreciates that, for those early in their freelance professional career, the cost of attending can be daunting,” says Showlight committee member, lighting designer and President of the ALPD, Rick Fisher.

The Emerging Professional Bursaries is a completely new initiative, made possible by the generous support of Showlight 2025 Diamond Sponsor, Ayrton. It complements Showlight’s already well-established Student Sponsorship scheme to enable an even greater range of delegates to participate and enjoy this unique quadrennial networking event.

Showlight only comes around once every four years. Submit your application now via the Showlight website at http://www.showlight.org/bursaries. Just send your resume/CV and 200-word statement describing your career and interests, and why you would like to attend Showlight 2025 in Dijon this May.