Applications are open for the International Ibsen Scholarships, an award initiated by the Norwegian government to support innovative performing arts projects that relate to the works and subject matter of the dramatist Henrik Ibsen.

The International Ibsen Scholarships were initiated in 2007 by the Norwegian government and handed out for the first time in 2008.

Scholarships are awarded innovative projects in the field of drama and performing arts and projects that act as incentives for critical discourse in regards to existential and society-related subject matters concerning Henrik Ibsen.

Read more about previous winners of the Ibsen Scholarships have been projects related to the work of Henrik Ibsen in Greece, Latvia, India, Romania, Hungary, Portugal and Bangladesh.

Application deadline is April 30th.