Follow the links below to find out about all our current funding programmes and to apply.
Open for application
Grants for the arts
Grants for the arts is an open-application funding programme, which funds arts activities that engage people in England, or that help artists and arts organisations carry out their work.
Strategic funding
Strategic funding will be used alongside our National portfolio investment to target particular challenges, opportunities or gaps in the delivery of those priorities.
Music education hubs
On behalf of the Department for Education, we are investing more than £171 million in a network of music education hubs across England.
Libraries Development Initiative
The Libraries Development Initiative will run between March 2012 until March 2013 and support approximately 8-10 projects.
PRISM
The PRISM Fund supports the acquisition and/or conservation of objects illustrating the history of any branch of science, industry or technology.
Other funds
National portfolio funding programme
The National portfolio funding programme will provide funding for a national portfolio of 696 organisations from April 2012.
Digital R&D fund for arts and culture
The Digital R&D Fund is arts and cultural projects that harness digital technologies to connect with wider audiences and explore new ways of working.
Future libraries
The Future Libraries programme was set up to support library services across the country through the challenging financial climate.
Renaissance
The funding for the reworked Renaissance major grants programme - which replaces the MLA's core museums fund - is £20 million a year.
Regular funding for organisations
Between 2008 and 2011 (our current funding period from government), we will invest £1.3 billion of regular funding in around 880 arts organisations across England.
