Students are not eligible to apply for Creative Scotland funding. We don’t support students for their studies, living costs, tuition fees or for any funding related to any full-time, long-term, formal or accredited programmes of education in the UK or abroad. The Scottish Government produces a guide to funding for learning and training which gives an overview of the funding support available for this. Read more
Yes, amateur theatre groups are eligible to apply provided the project meets the criteria of the fund. If it is your first time applying to Creative Scotland, we would strongly recommend you get in touch with us about your project so we can advise whether our funding is the most appropriate. Read more
This fund doesn’t support schools or parents’ groups for general arts activity happening in schools. It can support high-quality, artist-led projects and these can include, for example, artists working on creative learning projects which take place either in or out of school, relate to lifelong learning activity, or which happen in a community and involve working with schools. The application must come from the artist or arts organisation and should add real value to the learning experience. Read more
The Open Fund will not support authors looking for funding to self-publish their books, to promote self-published books via events, touring or other provision such as school workshops, or to support time to develop work for self-publication. We will not support applications relating to the development or promotion of books published at the author’s cost by another press or service. We cannot support authors who have been asked by a publisher to contribute to costs including but not limited to typesetting, illustration, indexing or reprint costs. Read more
We would not consider an application solely for the development of a website as a priority for funding. The fund focuses on supporting projects centred around creative development, so your application would need to clearly articulate how a website would support creative activity. For example, if you are applying for a new programme of work and new ways of reaching people, and your website development supports this, then you could apply - the focus would be on the creative project and then describing how you are sharing this through a new website and/or other digital tools. Read more
Yes. Individuals, projects, festivals and organisations, including comedy and individual comedians, are welcome to apply to our Open Fund. National Lottery stipulations mean that support through the Open Fund cannot be used for running costs of venues. Please see the Open Fund guidance for full information. Read more
In the context of arts activity in schools, 'artist-led' means that the artist or arts organisation is working directly with the schools and influencing the creative process through either in person delivery or live digital delivery.
Your application should demonstrate that teachers and leaners are being supported to directly influence their own creative learning within your project.
Please see ArtWorks Scotland Artists and Teachers Resource and Creative Scotland & Education Scotland’s Creative Learning Action Plan for further guidance. Read more
