Opportunities

The PPL Momentum Accelerator Fund is managed by PRS Foundation in partnership with and funded by Music Futures.

The PPL Momentum Accelerator supports outstanding artists and bands writing their own music, along with emerging industry professionals outside London who face barriers to reaching the next stage in their careers.

Launched in Liverpool in 2019, the programme offers funding, mentoring and industry support.

The PPL Momentum Music Fund offers grants of £5k-£15k for UK based artists/bands to break through to the next level of their careers. Activities eligible for support include recording, touring and marketing.

Previous recipients include Little Simz, Sam Fender, Kae Tempest, Knucks, Hannah Peel, Big Joanie, Shygirl, Anna Meredith, K-Trap and many more.

Support of up to £500 to help you seize an opportunity
The Award is an investment to help you grow or sustain your income from music, or to help you take part in something that could enhance your career.

This financial support can go towards anything from courses, networking opportunities and equipment to costs associated with recording, releasing and performing. See a full list of what you can and can’t spend the grant on here.

Next pplication window: Monday 13 Oct — Friday 31 Oct 2025, 5pm

The International Showcase Fund (ISF) offers grants of up to £5,500 to help UK-based artists, bands, songwriters and producers take their music to international audiences.

Funding supports performances or collaborations at industry-facing showcase festivals, songwriting camps, and conferences abroad.

Eligible applicants must have an official invitation to perform or participate in an international event focused on music industry professionals or creative development.

Early Career Promoter Fund recognises the vital role independent promoters play in supporting the talent pipeline across England, and offers grant funding and capacity building support, with the aim of bolstering the local, regional and national ecosystems.

Grants of up to £3,500 will be available to support a range of activity – book and promote shows to develop scenes, support artists and DJs and to reach and engage audiences locally, regionally, and nationally, and build sustainable careers in the grassroots music sector.

This fund has several rounds /deadlines each year

This fund has been allocated specifically to support rehearsal and recording studios, promoters, festivals, and venues for live and electronic music performance such as grassroots music venues and club sector organisations to apply for support for projects that help them bring live and electronic music to the public and and support the development of talent.

You can apply for between £1,000 and £40,000, for projects up to three years in length. If you need to apply for more than £40,000, you can still apply to the main Project Grants programme for activity that delivers grassroots music activity.

National Lottery Project Grants is our open access programme for arts, museums and libraries projects. The fund supports thousands of individual artists, community and cultural organisations.

The fund will focus on the needs of smaller independent organisations and individual practitioners

The Studios for All Fund provides free studio access for charities, CICs and not-for-profits that use music to empower young people under 30 from underrepresented or disadvantaged communities.

Through Pirate’s nationwide network of 600+ rehearsal, recording, DJ, podcast and dance studios, organisations can apply for in-kind support worth between £100 and £2,000+. The programme is designed to remove barriers such as cost, lack of facilities and limited technical expertise, giving more young people access to professional creative spaces, skills and community connections.

The Open Fund for Music Creators supports the development of outstanding music creators of all genres and backgrounds at different stages of their career with grants of up to £5000. Previous recipients include Young Fathers, Afrodeutsche, Jasdeep Singh and Ruth Lyon

In order to be eligible Music Creators’ projects must fulfil all three of our funding priorities:

• To support the creation, performance and promotion of outstanding new music in any genre
• To enable the UK’s most talented music creators to realise their potential
• To reach audiences

This fund has several funding rounds / deadlines annually, check the link for more info