Funding
- Lumen Prize 2026 – 23 May
- Summerhall Arts: Callout for First Draft Commissions – 24 May
- Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and Humanities (CPEP) Collaboration and Innovation Grant – 26 May
- Supporting grassroots music (Round 10) – 28 May
- XR Network+ Future Fan Experiences R&D Challenge – 29 May
- Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival: Regional Participatory Arts Fund – 29 May
- BFI National Lottery Expanded Screen Fund – 3 June
- Scottish Youth Theatre: Trajectories Young Artist Call Out – 4 June
- Manipulate Arts: Creative Fund – 4 June
- Serpentine: Future Art Ecosystems R&D Fellowship - Art x Convergence – 7 June
- ESRC Connect Awards (pilot) – 10 June
- Agog Open Call – 12 June
- UKRI: Future Leaders Fellowship (Round 11) – 16 June
- AHRC Responsive Mode: Curiosity Award – rolling
- AHRC Responsive Mode: Catalyst Awards – rolling
- Arts Council England: National Lottery Project Grants – rolling
- BFI Doc Society: Features Fund – rolling
- BFI Doc Society: Immersive Formats – rolling
- BFI Doc Society: Research & Development Fund – rolling
- British Council: Short or Feature Film Festival / XR Showcase Travel Grant – rolling
- Creative Debuts: Black Artists Grant – rolling
- Creative UK: Creative Enterprise Business Builder – rolling
- Creative UK: Creative Growth Finance (Loan) – rolling
- Creative Scotland Open Fund – rolling
- Figurative Arts & Culture Impact Fund (Loan) – rolling
- Grand Plan £1k grants for artists of colour – rolling
- Glasgow City Council: Meanwhile Use Fund – rolling
- Glasgow City Council: Tech Ecosystem Event Subsidy – rolling
- Interface Innovation Vouchers – rolling
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation: Migration Fund – rolling
- PRS Foundation: International Showcase Fund – rolling
Opportunities
- China Plate Theatre: ‘The Optimists’ producing summer course – 20 May
- CoSTAR National R&D Lab: Designer (User Experience) – 24 May
- RCS: Fully funded PhD Studentship - Archiving and Advancing the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra – 26 May
- Scottish Freelance Ensembles Network: Extra Musician Callout – 27 May
- Birds of Paradise: Backstage Trainee programme for Deaf, Disabled and/or Neurodivergent people – 27 May
- Solar Bear Deaf Youth Theatre: Associate Director (part-time 2 days/week) – 28 May
- Soundplay Projects: Paid Trainee Opportunity for young creatives (aged 18-25, or up to 30 for those who identify as d/Deaf, Disabled or Neurodivergent) – 29 May
- Fruitmarket: Fresh Fruit Germinate programme for under-30s to develop facilitation and engagement work – 31 May
- 15th EAI International Conference (ArtsIT, Interactivity & Game Creation): Call for Papers, Posters & Demos – 1 June
- rad Scotland: 8-month paid traineeship within a Scottish independent TV production company for those facing barriers to entry – 3 June
- National Theatre of Scotland: Tender Ground residency for socially engaged artists working in performance – 8 June
- Stellar Quines Theatre Company: 2x 'This is the Place' Project Coordinators (part-time 3 days/week) – 10 June
- Edinburgh Short Film Festival: Call for Entries – 19 June
Events
- CoSTAR Workshop: An introduction to AI Assisted Pipelines in Motion Capture – [Belfast] 27 May
- ELIA EDI Working Group: Rethinking Accessibility - From Awareness to Accountability in Higher Arts Education – [Online] 1 June
- SXSW London – [London] 1-6 June
- ABTT Theatre Show – [London] 3-4 June
- Hidden Door Festival – [Edinburgh] 3-7 June
- RBO/SHIFT 2026: A new festival connecting the worlds of opera and technology – [London] 4-7 June
- CoSTAR Workshop: Directing Generative AI - Control, Realism, and Creative Workflow – [South Kirkby] 10 June
- Sheffield DocFest – [Sheffield] 10-15 June
- CoSTAR Multisensory Workshop for Creatives – [Edinburgh] Apply by 24 May, workshop 12 June
- CoSTAR Webinar: Creative Work in the Age of AI - Tools, Practice and the Road Ahead – [Online] 23 June
- Intelligences from the Underground Symposium – [Glasgow] 29-30 June
- National Festival of Youth Theatre 2026 – [Inverness] 3-6 July
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe – [Edinburgh] 7-31 August
- Rachel Maclean ‘They've Got Your Eyes’ Exhibition – [Liverpool] until 16 August
- ELIA Biennial Conference 2026 – [Zwolle, Netherlands] Early Bird Tickets until 10 June, conference 18-21 November
Published on 18 May 2026
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