Please note this fund is no longer open - it has been repurposed as the Open Fund.
This fund supports artists, groups, and creative organisations based in Scotland who are looking to apply for a wide range of artistic and creative project activity.
The types of activity that this fund will support include:
You can read more about the sorts of things that Open Project Fund can support in the Open Project Fund guidelines.
The fund is open to individual artists, creative practitioners, organisations, groups and networks in the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland.
You can apply for any amount between £1k and £100k – and up to £150k with prior permission. Most of the money in the budget for the Open Project Fund comes from the National Lottery.
The fund is very popular and currently Creative Scotland receives many more applications than we are able to fund. Currently the overall success rate for all applicants is that 42% of those applying are awarded funding (based on all applications received in 2018/19).
We've produced some visuals to show the current volumes of applications we receive and the success rates for the past financial year, and you can view these here (PDF) - so before applying, check if this is the fund for you, and be realistic about your chances of success.
