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)
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
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