Open Fund: Sustaining Creative Development
Deadline: no (ongoing)
Description
Type
Funding Strand
External link Creative Scotland
Submitted by New Music Scotland
Overview
Funding available for between £1k and £50k
The fund aims to enable individuals and organisations to explore ways of working that will help them to adapt and respond to the current changing circumstances
The overall budget for the Open Fund for Individuals and the Open Fund for Organisations totals £7.5m of National Lottery money
The Open Fund for Organisations will not be in competition for funding applications for individuals
The fund is Open all year round, with no deadlines and can support activity for up to 12 months.
Type
Funding Strand
External link Creative Scotland
Submitted by New Music Scotland
Upcoming events
- 12 Oct 2026, 12:30
[Composers' Coffee Club: online coffee chat for composers & musicians] - 22 Oct 2026, 18:00
[Neil Smith: Try Try Try (soundfestival 2026)] - 28 Oct 2026, 18:00
[Composing for Media - NMS Peer to Peer session 3] - 29 Oct 2026, 19:30
[BBC SSO: Enrico Chapela's 'Antiphaser' (Concerto for electric violin and orchestera)] - 30 Oct 2026, 18:00
[James Weeks: weatherworld quartets (soundfestival 2026)]
Recent updates
Works
- Les Mélodies Nutritives, by Julien Lonchamp
- Sòlás Collective - Improvised, by Tom Macfadyen
- Quartet no 6 (Ma), by Matthew Whiteside
Events
- Composing for Media - NMS Peer to Peer session 3
- Neil Smith: Try Try Try (soundfestival 2026)
- James Weeks: weatherworld quartets (soundfestival 2026)
Projects
- Pete Stollery conducts Joe Stollery premiere
- Aides... mémoires... Project album launch
- On a Wing and a Prayer
Opportunities
- Red Note Factory Weekend – 17 & 18 October 2026
- Noisy Nights – Call for Scores
- Nordic Music Days 2027: Call for Works
