A round-up of ongoing and one-time funding pots that are open for applications now in the UK. We send an updated round of opportunities out every fortnight in our newsletter. If you find this page useful, please consider donating £3 by buying us a coffee. Listings here are not endorsement. Organisations can submit funding pots here.

funding for individuals

one-time funding pots & bursaries:

• £2000 bursary to a creative, community-focused, women-led initiative in the SO postcode (9 February)

• £1,000-£30,000 for creative and cultural practitioners for research and development (26 February)

• £10,000 commission to support the development of a new piece that showcases Indian classical artforms (31 March)

• £100 for queer people (groups or individuals) who want to set up their own newsletter

ongoing funding pots & bursaries:

• Individuals aged 25 and below who need funds to further their participation in, study or practice of music (Next: 1 February)

• Up to £500 to advance the artistic taste of the public in music (Next: 1 February)

• Up to £3,000 for 18–30-year-olds to invest in themselves, develop their skills, and bring their creative ideas to life (Next: 6 February)

• Up to £3,500 for independent promoters across England (Next: 12 February)

• £500 to assist with any project or idea which furthers the harp -requires membership (Next: 1 March)

• Up to £5,000 to develop outstanding music creators of all genres and backgrounds at different stages of their career (Next: 18 March)

• £1,000 to artists of colour looking to take a creative leap (Next: 20 March)

• Up to £250 for charities that provide musical activities for the elderly community in need (Next: 30 April)

• Funding for performances of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams (Next: 1 May)

• Funding for the performance, commissioning or recording of music by professional composers active in the last 100 years (Next: 1 May)

• Up to £500 to people in arts, crafts, design, social care and well-being often regionally focused in South West/South Wales (Next: 13 May)

• Up to £1,000 for promoting the works of British composers (Next: 31 July)

• £1,000 for people of colour looking to make a leap with their creative practice (apply any time)

• £100-£2,000 to support musicians aged 5-17 from a low-income household (apply any time)

• £500 for a working-class creative practitioner (apply any time)

• £500 for Black artists (apply any time)

• £500 - £5,000 towards research, development and/or delivery of creative activity for those living in Scotland (apply any time)

• Funding for young musicians at the start of their careers (contact any time)

• Support for projects that promote and preserve the musical legacy of Charles Villiers Stanford and his contemporaries (apply any time)

• Support for making live music more accessible at community events across Lambeth and Southwark (apply any time)

funding for organisations & ensembles

one-time funding pots:

• £4,000 to UK charities for live performance, new works, and artist development (26 January)

• Up to £6,000 to support one or more performance or recording projects exclusively or predominantly featuring the music of Henry Purcell (12 February)

• Grants of £5,000 - £10,000 for capital purchases that support accessibility across West Yorkshire (3 March)

• £3,000 - £5,000 for initiatives that involve the programming and performance of music by historic women composers (31 March)

• £10,000 commission to support the development of a new piece that showcases Indian classical artforms (31 March)

• £100 for queer people (groups or individuals) who want to set up their own newsletter

ongoing funding pots:

• Up to £1,000 for promoting the works of British composers (Next: 31 January)

• £1,000 - £5,000 to charities for composition, bursaries, music therapy, special needs, research, youth orchestras and educational projects (Next: 31 January)

• Up to £500 to advance the artistic taste of the public in music (Next: 1 February)

• Up to £3,500 to support the independent promoters across England (Next: 12 Feburary)

• £2,000 - £6,000 for projects that will bring inspiring music to communities across the UK in areas lacking access to classical music and which will enrich and strengthen the early music sector for the future (Next: 12 February)

• Grants of £20,000, for up to three years, to support action by UK organisations helping to tackle the challenges facing local communities (Next: 20 February)

• Up to £3,000 to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts (Next: 31 February)

• Up to £40,000 for venues, festivals, promoters, studios and sector bodies operating in grassroots music (Next: 1 March)

• Up to £5,000 for classical music-related educational or outreach projects (Next: 1 March)

• £7,000 - £15,000 available for collaborative projects that enable British and Japanese partners to work together, preferably in the context of an institutional relationship (Next: 31 March)

• £2,000 - £9,000 to individuals, societies, associations or other bodies in the UK or Japan to promote and support interaction between the two countries (Next: 31 March)

• £5,000 - £20,000 to fund activities that deliver strategic initiatives for organisations particularly working for the benefit of Wales (Next: 31 March)

• Up to £5,000 to commission works and performances (Next: 1 April)

• £2,000 - £30,000 to organisations in England to run projects for children and young people to make, learn and earn in music (Next: 10 April)

• Up to £250 for charities that provide musical activities for the elderly community in need (Next: 30 April)

• Funding for the performance, commissioning or recording of music by composers active in the last 100 years (Next: 5 May)

• Funding for performances of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams (Next: 5 May)

• Grants for collaborative projects in contemporary classical music between France, the UK and Ireland (Next: 17 May)

• £50,000 – £150,000 to registered/exempt charity (or equivalent) or local authority for
  new build, refurbishment and major equipment to improve training and education facilities​ (Next: 1 July)

  
  
  

• £1,000 - £100,000 for projects or programmes lasting up to 18 months in Scotland (apply any time)

• £1,000 - £3,000 for arts charities (apply anytime)

• Support for projects that promote and preserve the musical legacy of Charles Villiers Stanford and his contemporaries (apply any time)

• Support for making live music more accessible at community events across Lambeth and Southwark (apply any time)

funding for academia & students

• Scholarships from £1,500 to £5,000 for one academic year to support talented classical solo instrumentalists, accompanists and singers of all nationalities aged 18 and above studying in the UK (9 February)

• £4350 to undergraduate jazz musicians and postgraduate classical and jazz singers, instrumentalists and composers (12 February)

• £500 - £7,500 to offer young musicians a life-changing opportunity to study abroad, be it to take lessons from a specialist based overseas or to fulfil a course at an international music school or university (18 February)

• Up to £16,000 per academic year for postgraduate instrumentalists (10 March)

• Scholarships and bursaries to postgraduate students who have received offers of places for MA, MMus or MPerf courses at The Royal Academy of Music and The Royal College of Music (31 March)

• Up to £8,000 to postgraduate composition applicants who demonstrate exceptional compositional talent towards the costs of study of a taught Masters course or PhD in composition at UK universities or conservatoires (31 March)

• £5000 to musicians 18-26 born, living/lived, studying/studied, working/worked in Sussex
  as they embark upon a professional career in music (14 April)

• Professional-calibre orchestral instruments for five-year loan periods to advanced music students aged 18 and above (Apply anytime)

• A grant or a loan (averaging £400) to either international students studying at the Royal Academy of Music or any full-time student (including British students) who are a resident at ISH (Apply anytime)

• Up to £500 for young people aged 16-30 who need financial support to access education, employment, training, or structured volunteering (Apply anytime)

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