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Applications

Applications for Round 20 are now open

Deadline for applications is 12pm (midday), 11 April 2024.

Decisions will be announced by 27 June 2024.

You can submit your request for access support for this round from Wednesday 14th February, four weeks before the portal opens.

Please send your access support request no later than 9am on Monday 8th April. We will not be able to review and approve any request received after that time for this round.

Future rounds:

Round 21

Opens for applications: 12pm (midday), 25 July 2024
Closes for applications: 12pm (midday), 22 August 2024
Decisions announced: 07 November 2024

Round 22

Opens for applications: 12pm (midday), 14 November 2024
Closes for applications: 12pm (midday), 12 December 2024
Decisions announced: 06 March 2025

See who got funding in previous rounds >

We’re making some changes

To help make sure you’re paying yourself fairly, especially during the cost of living crisis, we’re increasing how much you can apply for. 

Developing your Creative Practice is a very competitive fund, so we’re making some other changes too, so you can decide when is the right time for you to apply, and to give everyone a fair chance of receiving funding.

About the fund

About the fund

Who can apply?

Individual creative or cultural practitioners. 

If you’ve made two unsuccessful or one successful application to DYCP since 15 October 2020 (Round 8), you won’t be eligible to apply to Round 20. You can find full eligibility criteria in the guidance for applicants.

You can find out if this applies to you by logging into our online system, Grantium. It won’t allow you to start an application if this restriction applies to you.

Every time we open a new round this restriction will move forward by one round. If you’ve made two unsuccessful or one successful application since 11 January 2021 (Round 9) you won’t be eligible to apply for Round 21.

This means all applicants will have the chance to apply again.

What can I apply for?

You can apply for development activities related to our supported disciplines, for example undertaking a period of research, networking, or time to create new work.

How much can I apply for?

£2,000-£12,000 

Can I get help to apply?

Yes! If you have an access requirement, we provide support including alternative versions of the guidance for applicants or paying for a support worker. 

Ready to start?

This short quiz will help you to think about whether or not you are ready to apply.

A trapeze artist performs suspended from a crane.
Photo by Extraordinary Bodies, Colston Hall/Bristol Music Trust. Photo © Rachel Lambert.
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Take a look at the guidance for applicants. If you need help with a specific aspect of your application you can contact us.

An artist spray paints a mural on a wall.
Photo by St Paul's Carnival 2018 (C) Bhagesh Sachania
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Any questions? Check our FAQs below before you get in touch. These pages are updated regularly, with all our latest information and FAQs.

A performer sings onstage with a microphone in Boundless Theatre – Parakeet in Edinburgh
Photo by Boundless Theatre – Parakeet in Edinburgh (c) Jane Hobson
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Hear from successful applicants

A performer sits on stage in front of a waveform projection.

Hear from successful applicants

If you’re looking for inspiration, we asked successful applicants from previous rounds to share why it was the right time for them to apply and how they made a good application.
 

Information for applicants

Once you’ve received your decision

Information about how to accept your grant, report on your activity and more.

An acrobat performs using a rope against a wall
Photo by Gravity & Levity: Vertical Dance Masterclass, ACCA July 2018
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Guidance and support if your project is not funded

A crowd watch an an outdoor performance from behind a barrier at Imagine Watford 2018
Photo by Imagine Watford 2018. Photo (c) Aleksandra Warchol
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Questions? Get in touch

Questions? Get in touch

Our Customer Services team are available by email from 10am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, and they can answer lots of questions you might have: from eligibility to using our application portal Grantium. We can also provide pre-application support for applicants with access needs, including covering the cost of access support workers.
 

Two performers dressed in evening wear performing on a trapeze.
Photo by Gravity & Levity: @ Dancin' Oxford 2018 (c) Mark Morreau
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Conscious

Close up image of a beehive

Conscious

Suki Chan takes us through her DYCP funded project exploring consciousness, Artificial Intelligence and dementia.

You spoke we listened

You spoke, we listened 

In October 2021, we evaluated how DYCP is working and what changes could be made to improve it. 

Photo by Volunteer preparing for costume display - Royal Albert Memorial Museum Photo © Rob Mackenzie
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