music Grants
112 verified funding opportunities for music artists.
Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP)
Supports individual practitioners to advance their creative practice through research, travel, training, experimentation…
National Heritage Fellowships
The NEA National Heritage Fellowships are the national highest honor in folk and traditional arts. The program recognize…
Reel Change Film Fund
Reel Change supports developing composers who are creating music for film through targeted grants and high impact mentor…
USA Fellowship Awards
Each year, United States Artists honors artists and cultural practitioners at all career stages across the United States…
NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship
The NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship is the highest honor the United States bestows on jazz artists. The National Endowment f…
Foundation for Contemporary Arts — Emergency Grants
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants provide urgent funding for innovative and experimental artists. The pr…
Grants to Artists
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists are unrestricted awards selected through a confidential nomination pr…
WATCH: The Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2022 Online Ceremony
Supporting individual artists and creatives in the UK with unconditional financial Fellowships since 1993 WATCH: The Art…
Foundation for Contemporary Arts — Creative Research Grants
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Creative Research Grants fund artistic exploration and development for experimental art…
Artist Support Grants
Artist Support Grants is an N.C. Arts Council program delivered through regional consortia of local arts councils. It fu…
The Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2023: Electronic Music Jury Announced
Supporting individual artists and creatives in the UK with unconditional financial Fellowships since 1993 The Arts Found…
North Carolina Heritage Award
The North Carolina Heritage Award honors traditional artists and groups whose work reflects community life and is passed…
NYFA Fellowship
The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is an unrestricted cash grant for artists living in New York State and Tribal Nations l…
Specific Cultural Projects
Floridas Specific Cultural Projects program funds a single cultural project, exhibition, program, or series within the g…
New Music Creator Fund
New Music USA supports new collaborative music projects through the New Music Creator Fund. The program can support crea…
Young Musicians' Platform Scheme
Funding for young solo musicians to support their artistic development.…
Trailblazer Fund
Youth Music's Trailblazer Fund offers grants of GBP2,000 to GBP30,000 to organisations in England to run music projects …
NextGen Fund
Youth Music's NextGen Fund offers young creatives grants of up to GBP3,000 to make their ideas happen. It is designed fo…
Application Access Fund
Youth Music's Application Access Fund supports Disabled applicants who need extra help to make an application to Youth M…
Creative Bursaries 2026
20 bursaries of £1,000 each for Northern Ireland-based emerging musicians to support music projects.…
Youth Music NextGen Fund
The Youth Music NextGen Fund supports emerging musicians to develop their careers.…
Music Creation Funding
Supports composers in the UK with funding for music creation projects.…
SIAP National Lottery Travel Awards
Applications must be received at least 4 weeks before the intended date of travel. All applications must relate to trave…
The Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2024: Jazz Composition Category Announced!
Supporting individual artists and creatives in the UK with unconditional financial Fellowships since 1993 The Arts Found…
Yaddo Residency
Yaddo offers residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds. Residencies last from two we…
Artist in Residence
Headlands Center for the Arts awards fully sponsored residencies to local, national, and international artists each year…
Bogliasco Fellowship
The Bogliasco Center awards approximately 60 one month residential fellowships each year to exceptional artists and scho…
DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program
The DAAD Artists in Berlin Program is one of the worlds most respected artist in residence programmes for established ar…
Civitella Ranieri Fellowship
Civitella Ranieri is an international residency program for writers, composers, and visual artists working in a 15th cen…
Major Grants – The Foyle Foundation
(grants awarded between £75,000 and £500,000, over the last five years) Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society Limited , awar…
Film and Video Umbrella
Film and Video Umbrella commissions, produces and curates moving-image works by artists. We are excited to launch Tgirls…
Arts Council NI individual artist funding programmes
Learn More about Funding for Individuals ‘Hard to be Soft’. Oona Doherty & Prime Cut Productions. Photo: Luca Truffarell…
Grants Info
Grants Info Update 1/10/25 The deadline to submit a grant proposal for the 2025 Arts Based Grant Cycle in the genres of …
Grant Programs
Grant Programs Learn about program background, advisors, and non-grantmaking activities. National Theater Project suppor…
New Music
Open Opportunities Applications Open Reel Change Film Fund Applications Open New Music Organization Fund Projects We've …
Grants
Grants “The Arts . . . belong to all the people of the United States.” *1965 Enabling Legislation for the National Found…
Funding & Grants for Composers & Performers | ISM
Continuo Foundation Early Music Projects Continuo Foundation has raised £100,000 for grants to support Early Music conc…
Support for Individual Artists Programme (SIAP)
Arts Council Northern Ireland's core programme for individual artists to develop their practice through research, creati…
Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP)
Support for individual creative and cultural practitioners to focus on their development and take their practice to the …
Call for Applications: Early Career Promoter Fund (UK) - fundsforNGOs
Deadline: 04-Sep-2025 The PRS Foundation is accepting applications for its Early Career Promoter Fund, which supports in…
Sound and Music 'In Motion' artist development programme 2026
An artist bursary of £1,800 and a production grant of up to £4,000 towards a creative project.…
Puffin Foundation Grants
Grants supporting fine arts, photography, music, theatre, video/film and environmental arts activism. Particularly inter…
Catalyser Fund
Supports innovative music projects that create sustainable career opportunities.…
Artists' International Development Fund
Supports artists and arts organisations based in England to develop their international practice. Funds international tr…
Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Artists
One of the most significant artist awards in the UK. Unrestricted awards of £75,000 paid over three years, giving artist…
Fellowships in the Creative Arts
Guggenheim Fellowships in the creative arts have fueled projects in writing, the visual arts, dance, and music. Our firs…
In the Making 2026 (for young music creators)
Each year, 50 young creators with a passion for music come together from all over the UK for an unforgettable summer res…
Grants to Artists
Grants to Artists Grants to Artists are administered by a confidential nomination and selection process. Applications an…
The Open Fund for Music Creators
Supports the creation, performance, and promotion of new music in the UK.…
Alvin Lucier Award for Music
Alvin Lucier Award for Music The endowed Alvin Lucier Award for Music was established in 2023 with a gift from the Estat…
NextGen Fund
Supports emerging music creators with grants up to £3,000.…
Prizes
Explore the prizes awarded by the Canada Council. Find out the due date, eligibility requirements, and amount awarded fo…
Explore and Create
Explore and Create is a funding program for artists and arts organizations exploring creative processes and developing u…
Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards
The Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards are Canada’s highest honour in the performing arts. The Governor General’s…
Opera Projects and Production Award 2027
The Opera Projects and Production Award supports individuals and organisations to develop and present opera at three dis…
Margaret Arnold Award
The Margaret Arnold Award is offered through a trust established by Margaret Sutcliffe, a music teacher who taught priva…
Commissions Award
The Commissions Award supports individual music and traditional arts artists, organisations and festival organisers to d…
Selected artists Fast Forward 2026-2027
Fast Forward provides support to five projects by musicians from Switzerland, this time in the fields of pop, experiment…
Design
We promote the creation and dissemination of all kinds of professional contemporary design, including game design. Our s…
PPL Momentum Music Fund
Grants designed to help UK artists break through to the next level of their career.…
National Lottery Project Grants
Arts Council England's main open fund supporting arts, museums and library projects. Covers creation, touring, engagemen…
AusArt Day Micro Grants
Apply for micro-grants for the creation of digital content for your AusArt Day fundraising campaign. Open AusArt Day Mic…
Australian World Heritage Residency
A residency opportunity for artists to visit Australian World Heritage Sites and work towards a public reflection on the…
Contemporary Music Touring Program
Applications close: Tuesday 2 June 2026 at 3pm AEST Notification date: Late August 2026 Supported activity: From 1 Septe…
International Travel Fund: Market Development
Funding to support travel to key international market development platforms and key gatherings. Closing soon Internation…
J.B.C. Watkins Awards: Music and Theatre
The J.B.C Watkins Awards are an opportunity for artists to develop their talents in music or theatre and to pursue gradu…
Civitella Ranieri Fellowship
Civitella Ranieri hosts fully supported residency fellowships for writers, composers, and visual artists in Umbria. Fell…
Culture Moves Europe: Individual Mobility
Culture Moves Europe funds short-term international mobility projects for artists and cultural professionals working acr…
Dave Hartley Fund
Description The aim of the Dave Hartley Fund is to encourage community and voluntary groups and individuals, to apprecia…
Kynan Eldridge Fund
Description The aim of the Kynan Eldridge Fund is to provide one-off monetary grants to young people (under the age of 3…
Northamptonshire Community Foundation
We hosted our Annual Awards event at the Royal Theatre, Northampton, on Wednesday 29th November 2023. To read more about…
A Decade of Impact: Arts & Culture Fund Continues to Enrich Lives Through the Arts
Over the past ten years, the Arts & Culture Fund has awarded £118,000 across 77 grants, each and every one sparking crea…
Public Sector Funds
Home – Set up a Fund – Public Sector Funds We have managed funds on behalf of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Mers…
Arts Fund
Arts Fund | Jersey Community Foundation Arts and heritage are important and valued in Jersey and are key to our sense of…
Arts Council grants funds creative celebration for Queen’s Jubilee
Wiltshire Community Foundation is an independent charity that gives grants and funding to the voluntary sector and chari…
Bishop Fox’s Educational Foundation
What can I use this money for? This Fund is to help young people in and around Taunton achieve their goals. We’re intere…
Grant to mental health charity funds expansion
Mental health charity Ipsum in Swindon has been awarded £36,000 from our Coronavirus Response and Recovery Fund to help …
Theme: Culture
A Story of Music, Community, and Remembrance The Primary Aim of the Fund is to benefit the County, particularly in… The …
I Need Funding - Youth Music
Read more funding ## Trailblazer Fund Grants of £2,000 to £30,000 to organisations in England to help equalise access…
Senior Grants Vacancy
Huddersfield’s legendary music venue The Parish has raised another £5,000 for their charitable fund with the One Communi…
The parish sets up charitable fund with One Community Foundation in memory of Sam Wilcock.
“The directors have decided to set up a fund with the amazing One Community Foundation in order to roll all the charitab…
Master Artist and Apprentice Grant
The Alaska State Council on the Arts' mission is to foster the development of the arts for all Alaskans through educatio…
Arts Stabilization Fund Grants
Step 1: Read the Guidelines >>> Step 2: Submit Your Application >>> To Be Eligible To be eligible for Arts Stabilization…
Cultural Facilities
Division of Arts and Culture Next Application Opens: 2026 Next Deadline: TBA 2026 Grant Period for Next Application Cycl…
Kansas Wins Prestigious Gold Shovel Award for Economic Development Excellence for Second Consecutive Year
TOPEKA – Kansas has won Area Development magazine’s coveted 2022 Gold Shovel Award, marking the second year in a row the…
KANSAS! Magazine Wins Gold at International Awards
magazine received a Gold Award for its cover titled “Kansas Trailblazer” at the 41st annual International Regional Magaz…
Lieutenant Governor Toland Congratulates Rhonda Harris on “Women of Influence” Award
TOPEKA – Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland congratulated Rhonda Harris today on being named the…
Nominations Open for Minority and Women Enterprise Development Awards
TOPEKA – Lieutenant Governor and Department of Commerce Secretary David Toland today announced the call for nominations …
MISSOURI ARTS AWARDS HONOREES
Art in the Open billboards by Hannibal Arts Council , 1983 Honoree | Watercolor by Brenda Beck Fisher , Hannibal 2026 Co…
Arts NOW Grants Awarded to Nebraska Schools
Students across Nebraska will have access to projects in a wide range of arts through special grants awarded this year. …
Support for Artists
Supports new work by NY State artists across a wide range of artistic areas Support for Artists showcases the power of t…
Grant Application Assistance
If your work aligns with a specific art discipline, contact the program director who serves that art form. For technical…
Grant categories for individuals
Artist Support Grants $500 – $2,000 project grants to artists administered through local arts councils. Guidelines: Arti…
Traditional Arts Program for Students (TAPS) Grants
TAPS provides community organizations (arts councils, schools, community centers, etc.) with funding for after-school pr…
Debi Rogers
Grants Grants at a Glance Arts in Education Artist in Residence Arts in Education Collaboration Rostered Artist Applicat…
About This Grant
Purpose This grant provides support for art that is created intentionally for a space in the public realm, regardless of…
About This Grant
Purpose This grant is designed to assist emerging artists in South Carolina through project grant funding as well as men…
About This Grant
Purpose To provide support for a broad range of arts activities at festivals* that take place in—and have an impact on—S…
Art of Community: Rural SC Grants
To support arts-based projects that engage rural communities throughout South Carolina. Art of Community: Rural SC Grant…
Arts Project Support Grants
SCAC Arts Project Support Grants support artists’ & organizations’ quality arts projects & programs &/or their commitmen…
District Arts Support Grants
SCAC District Arts Support grants support school districts committed to making standards-based arts curricula an integra…
Emerging Artist Alumni Grants
South Carolina Arts Commission Emerging Artist Grants support the artistic and career development of emerging S.C. Emerg…
Festivals Grants
To support community-based festivals in S.C. that increase public engagement and participation in arts and culture Appli…
Grant Periods
This grant is awarded twice per fiscal year. Applications are accepted in: Fall for January-June projects. Spring for Ju…
Arts for All
Engaging in the arts can serve as a powerful tool to improve many aspects of a person’s life including health and well-b…
Performing Arts Fellowship Performing Artists
The purpose of the Performing Arts Fellowship is to acknowledge and encourage the careers of established, professional U…
Creation Grants
Apply for the Vermont Arts Council's Creation Grants for artists. Guidelines, deadlines, and resources for applicants. H…
Ginny Hawker Presented with 2024 Vandalia Award
– Ginny Hawker, of Elkins, received the 2024 Vandalia Award at the Vandalia Gathering Friday evening concert on May 24, …
Ucross Foundation
Ucross is pleased to announce that applications are now open for our Spring 2026 residency session. Visual artists, writ…
Ucross Foundation
Ucross, WY — February 24, 2021 — Ucross , the renowned artist residency program, is pleased to announce the establishmen…
HALSWAY MANOR SOCIETY LIMITED
Halsway Manor offers bursaries for singers, musicians and dancers aged 18 to 35 who need financial help to take part in …
Creative Capital Award
The Creative Capital Award is a national open call program for artists creating new work across visual arts, performing …