Hugo Burge Foundation Creative Individuals Grant
About this opportunity
The Hugo Burge Foundation offers grants across Creative Education, Creative Communities, and Creative Individuals programmes. The Creative Individuals strand awards grants of up to GBP 5,000 to support the development of artistic projects or practice for UK-based practitioners across any creative discipline. The foundation also provides an access support fund of GBP 7,000 to help applicants who are Deaf, disabled, or neurodivergent, covering support worker fees up to GBP 300 per day. Applications are submitted via Submittable.
Application tips
The foundation welcomes applications from practitioners across all creative disciplines anywhere in the UK. Your application should articulate how the grant would support the development of an artistic project or your wider practice. The access support fund is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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