Innovation Ecosystem

PRS Foundation: Composers’ Fund – 7 October
£8k to £15k grants for established composers with the potential for greater impact in the UK and overseas

Final Checks: Short Film Completion Fund – 11 October
Up to £5k for projects that have completed principal photography and need a final push

Edinburgh Fringe: Made in Scotland Showcase Fund – 19 October
Curated showcase at the Fringe that promotes high-quality music, theatre and dance from Scotland-based artists. You can apply for £5k, £10k or £15k

Edinburgh Fringe: Onward Touring Fund – 19 October
Up to £15k for work presented professionally at the Fringe between 2015 and 2025 to be programmed internationally

PRS Foundation: PPL Momentum Music Fund – 26 October
£5k to £15k grants for UK-based artists and bands at a career tipping point, supporting recording, writing, touring and marketing

Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID): Edinburgh Festivals Accessibility Challenge – 27 October
A £220k pot of funding is available for interdisciplinary teams to develop innovative AI solutions that improve accessibility for D/deaf audiences at the Edinburgh Festivals

Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID): Creative Commissions – 2 November
£8k to £12k commissions for UK-based creatives to explore Responsible AI in any medium for presentation at the Edinburgh Festivals next year

Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID): Research Fellowships – 5 November
A £620k funding pot is available for collaborative projects that pair Arts and Humanities researchers with non-academic partners from industry, the third sector, and government, to advance responsible AI in practice

Raw Potential: Call Out for Plays – 4 October
Raw Material is seeking new projects to add to their slate for development in 2027 with a view to produce in 2028

Travers: Digital Writers Group – 5 October
New development programme for emerging, shifting-career and mid-career artists interested in writing for digitally immersive and/or digitally site-specific performance

LUX Scotland: Online Studio Visits – 6 October
Paid opportunity for artists based in Scotland who identify as disabled, from Global Majority backgrounds or both to share their practice

Immersive Audio Network: Sound Artist Residency – 9 October
3 days exclusive use of mobile Immersive Audio Lab in Bristol (including access to specialist spatial audio technical support), £1,500 artist stipend, and public exhibition opportunity

Immersive Audio Network: Call for Works – 9 October
Submissions from spatial audio practitioners, sound artists, composers, and producers working across immersive formats for upcoming spatial audio festival

Glasgow Film Festival: Call for Submissions – 25 October
GFF is now accepting films for the 2027 festival programme

RSNO: Open Call for Short Films – 1 November
Seeking existing short or animated films (4-7 mins) to be re-scored by emerging composers and recorded by the RSNO

CoSTAR & FirstStage Studios: Industry Sandboxes – rolling call
Series of sessions exploring the possibilities of virtual production workflow