The HFAA awards Hardanger fiddle scholarships to developing players to cover full-attendance at the annual music and dance workshops. In 2006, the award was named the Bernt Balchen Jr. Scholarship in honor of one of HFAA's early music and dance teachers. In 2009, a second annual scholarship in honor of Olav Jørgen Hegge was added, sponsored by the Twin Cities Hardingfelelag, and the award was renamed the Balchen/Hegge Scholarship. Here is a list of the scholarship recipients.

1991- Chris Onsrud of Stoughton, Wisconsin

Roselyn Redland of Taylors Falls, Minnesota

1992- Brad Battey, Jr of Livonia, Michigan

Jessica Lynn Crosby of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

1993- Jodi Severson

Karen Torkelson Solgård of Minneapolis, Minnesota

1994- Stephanie Hendrickson of Granite Falls, Minnesota

Shannon Walvatne of Parkersburg, Iowa

1995- Ann Schluter of Moorhead, Minnesota

1996

1997- Paul Morrissett of New Brunswick, New Jersey

Rachel Ulvin of Edina, Minnesota

1998- Jaime Didier of Rapid City, South Dakota

Tove Laila Hansen of Gig Harbor, Washington

Abbie Kirkpatrick of Grand Portage, Minnesota

Rebecca Lofft of San Diego, California

Dan Trueman of Princeton, New Jersey

1999- Julane Beetham of Mooresville, Indiana

Erin Dybdal of Memphis, Tennessee

Sarah Granskou of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

2000- Anna Evenson of Decorah, Iowa

Lora Lee of San Diego, California

Rebecca Lofft of San Diego, California

Janet Sha of Minneapolis, Minnesota

Mary Seim of Saint Paul, Minnesota

2001- Kristin Gail Dannewitz of Minot, North Dakota

Marie Foss of Ramsey, Minnesota

Sharon Marie Leean of Minneapolis, Minnesota

Sarah Nagell of Tempe, Arizona

2002- John Lodoen of Burnsville, Minnesota

Tim Reese of Minneapolis, Minnesota

2003- Ciara Rahn of Delafield, Wisconsin

Jaimie Didier of Rapid City, South Carolina

2004- Barbara Lamb of Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Russell Wulfenstein of Provo, Utah

2005- Tanner Bauman of Buffalo, Minnesota

Heidi Madsen of Iowa City, Iowa

Janet Ulvin of Edina, Minnesota

2006- Nicolle Deschamps of East Jordan, Michigan

Damien Fosse of Chicago, Illinois

2007- Petra Kirstein of Brooklyn, New York

Joanna Morse of Pelham, Massachusetts

Maria Stolen of Le Soeur, Minnesota

Gretchen Romey Tanzer of Orleans, Massachusetts

2008- Jennifer Turbes of Rochester, New York

Chelsea Spangler of Stoughton, Wisconsin

2009- Jenny Solheim, Omaha, Nebraska

Anna Gladkova, Sevastopol, Ukraine

2010- Deb Collins-Hill of Olympia, Washington

Laurel Lawshae of Round Rock, Texas

2011- Anika Anderson of Seattle, Washington

Jason Reimnitz of Escondido, California

Darlene Lerwick of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

2012- Sue Ellen Wilder of Halifax, Nova Scotia

Darren Michaels of Pasadena, California

2013- Angelana Quanbeck of Fargo, North Dakota

Jamison Quanbeck of Fargo, North Dakpta

Fiona Harrison of Edinburgh, Scotland

2014- Asher McMillan of Stoughton, Wisconsin