OPEN CALLS

Funding / Grant PRS Foundation · deadline 7 Oct 2026 · UK

Funding stream for UK-based composers, relevant to sound and media artists working with experimental or notated composition. Runs alongside PRS Foundation's Open Fund for Music Creators as part of its annual funding cale

Award / Prize Aesthetica Magazine · deadline 11 Oct 2026 · Anywhere (UK eligible)

Open-submission prize for contemporary art in any discipline or theme, including digital and moving-image work, open to practitioners at any level. The winner receives 10,000 pounds plus exhibition and publication; an Em

Award / Prize Royal Society of Sculptors · deadline 13 Oct 2026 · UK

Award for early-career sculptors with at least four years' exhibiting experience, working in any sculptural medium including kinetic and installation. Winners receive a year of professional development, free Society memb

Funding / Grant The Elephant Trust · deadline 18 Oct 2026 · UK

Supports artists and small organisations in the fine arts to make new work or complete exhibitions when funding is the obstacle. Grants are typically 2,000 to 5,000 pounds for projects taking place in the UK. The next wi

Funding / Grant Arts Council England · England, UK

Open-access fund for individual artists, freelancers and organisations across all art forms, including digital, media and moving-image work. Grants range from 1,000 to 100,000 pounds and applications are accepted continu