Funding Directory
Further funding opportunities and resources for artists
National Arts Funding Organisations
Awards & Prizes
ACS Studio Prize (studio costs) – multidisciplinary, UK, EU and EEA
Anna Plowden Trust – conservation, UK
Artcry - supports responsive, political artworks in public space with small grants
Artsadmin – contemporary performance practices, UK
The Arts Foundation Futures Award – multidisciplinary, UK
Cockpit Awards (business support & studio spaces) – multidisciplinary, London
The Craft Pottery Charitable Trust – ceramics, UK
The Eaton Fund (materials or exhibition costs) – multidisciplinary, UK
Edge Fund – funds grassroots groups
The Elephant Trust (new work or exhibitions) – multidisciplinary, UK
Fenton Arts Trust (early career artists, early career academics)
Freelands Foundation (grants, fellowships and awards)
France Brodeur Young Artist Award – multidisciplinary, UK
Gilchrist Fisher Award – artists under the age of 30
The Gane Trust (small amount for materials/equipment) – multidisciplinary, UK
Golden Fleece Award – multidisciplinary, Ireland
Hand & Lock Prize – embroidery, international
Henry Moore Foundation – sculpture, UK
Heritage Crafts – endangered crafts, UK
The Inches Carr Trust – multidisciplinary, Scotland
International Binding Competition – bookbinding, international
John Moores Painting Prize – painting, UK
LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize – multidisciplinary, international
The Mall Galleries – fine art, UK
Maureen Duke Educational Award – bookbinding, UK
National Sculpture Prize – sculpture, UK
Ruskin Prize – multidisciplinary, UK
Sculpture in the City – sculpture, UK
SPAB Fellowship – building conservation, UK
Stuart Croft Foundation – new moving image works
UK Jewellery Awards – jewellery, UK
Visual Art Open Emerging Artist Award – multidisciplinary, international
Wellcome Trust – research
Wakelin Award – multidisciplinary, Wales
For Disabled or Neurodivergent Makers
Shape Arts’ Adam Reynolds Award (disabled makers) – multidisciplinary, UK
Unlimited (disabled makers) – multidisciplinary, England, Wales & Scotland
University of Atypical Northern Ireland D/deaf and Disabled Artists Support Fund – multidisciplinary, Northern Ireland
For Makers from Disadvantaged Backgrounds
Jerwood Arts – multidisciplinary, UK
The Supporting Act Foundation, multidisciplinary, UK
Outside In – platform for artists
Thomas Wall Trust – multidisciplinary, UK
The White Pube Creatives Grant – multidisciplinary
For Makers of Colour
Creative Debuts Black Artists Grant – multidisciplinary, UK
Grand Plan Fund – multidisciplinary, UK
We Are Here Scotland – multidisciplinary, Scotland
The Black Artists Grant (BAG)
The Samuel Ross Black British Artist Grant Programme – multidisciplinary, UK
Heritage Craft’s training bursary for Black and ethnically diverse makers – multidisciplinary, UK
Grants Listings & Search Tools
ArtOpps – opportunities for artists
Arts Jobs – for events, fellowships etc
Arts Admin Anchor – opportunities for artists
Artquest – opportunities for artists
Grants Online – general grants
The Heritage Funding Directory – funding for heritage projects, UK
ICON – opportunities for conservators
The Prince’s Trust – assorted listing
Small Business – small business grants
Starving Artists – opportunities for artists
Turn2us – general grants
Education Support
The Creative Dimension Trust – free craft workshops for young people
Paul Mellon Centre – supports academic research in British arts and architectural history
The Prince’s Trust – supports young people (age 16-30) to train and learn or start a business, UK
The Scholarship Hub – university funding search tool
legal Advice & Resources
Artistate – legacy planning and artists estates advice
a-n The Artists Information Company – practical advice