WaterBear Toddla T – Steeze Factory Community Scholarship 2026
WaterBear has teamed up with Steeze Factory and Toddla T to offer the Toddla T – Steeze Factory Community Scholarship 2026. One aspiring musician will receive a fully funded place on a BA (Hons) Professional Music degree.
WaterBear X Toddla T – Steeze Factory Community Scholarship 2026
WaterBear has teamed up with Steeze Factory and Toddla T to offer the Toddla T – Steeze Factory Community Scholarship Award, providing one aspiring musician with a fully funded place to study a BA (Hons) Professional Music degree.
Eligible courses include our 3-year on-site BA (Hons) Professional Music degrees in Performance, Production, Electronic Music, Music Business, or Songwriting, all taught at WaterBear.
Sheffield-born producer Toddla T is one of the UK’s most original music-making talents and has spent two decades championing artists and building community through music. After 11 years on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra, platinum productions alongside the likes of Stormzy, Craig David, Roots Manuva and Skepta, and most recently producing Kneecap’s critically acclaimed album Fine Art, he’s stayed firmly rooted in what he does best: making space for great music and the people who make it.
Steeze Factory is his West London creative platform and a space where emerging and established artists work side by side. Through high-energy cyphers, live sessions, the Steeze Factory Settings podcast, and appearances at Glastonbury and Notting Hill Carnival, it has built a real community around music, collaboration and artist development.
Together, this scholarship connects education with real industry access, offering artists the opportunity to develop creatively, build professional experience and take the next step in their music careers.
To be in with a chance of securing this fantastic opportunity please apply from 24th April 2026.
Key Information
Applications Open: 24th April 2026
Applications Close: Tuesday 30th June 2026
The application form will be available on this page once applications are open on 13th April 2026.
Scholarship Details
- Please complete the form below providing a personal statement telling us about your background, your music and why you would benefit from this scholarship. Tell us where you would like to take your music in the future. This can be submitted in a written format (approx. 1000 words) or a video (approx. 5 minutes).
- Include links to at least 3 filmed or recorded performances. These can be studio or live performances; phone video is fine, and audio quality needs to be good enough that we can clearly identify the parts and performances. If you are sending a collaborative performance, please make your own contribution clear.
- Please also confirm in the email that you have read and understood the Ronan Keating Scholarship Terms & Conditions (see below).
- Ensure you get your completed application with all requested information to us by the deadline of Tuesday 30th June 2026.
- WaterBear will be in contact with you thereafter with news about your application and whether or not you have been successful. All applicants will be notified of the outcome by Friday 7th August 2026.
The 3-year BA (Hons) on-site degrees are designed to give you the perfect blend of artistic freedom alongside practical strategies to forge your own career. The degree is built on three fundamental elements – your music, your career and your projects. It deals with what really matters in the industry. It will expand your options and push you to create original, boundary-shifting music. It’s fully accredited and run-in close partnership with one of the UK’s leading specialist universities for the creative industries, Falmouth University. For details of our 3-Year BA (Hons) Professional Music degree courses please see our BA (Hons) courses here.
Applications to the Toddla T – Steeze Factory Community Scholarship by students enrolling on a 3-year BA (Hons) on-site degree are subject to the following Terms and Conditions:
The Toddla T – Steeze Factory Community Scholarship place is available for the start of the 2026-2027 academic year. The successful recipient of the Scholarship award will be selected by an independent industry panel whose decision will be final.
The Scholarship award application is open to new students applying to study the 3-year BA (Hons) on-site degree.
Please read the full Standard Scholarship Terms & Conditions.
WaterBear X Toddla T – Steeze Factory Community Scholarship 2026
If you are interested in applying for this scholarship, please complete the application form below by the deadline of Tuesday 30th June 2026. Before submitting, please read the terms and conditions carefully and include all requested information.
If you require any further assistance, please contact the WaterBear enquiries team on
01273 726230 or email [email protected].