National Lottery Major Individuals Awards (SIAP)

This programme is one of a number of Support for Individual Artists Programme schemes currently open for application.


Major Individual Awards are intended to create the circumstances in which established artists with national / international recognition may develop extended or ambitious work. Costs can be for specific projects, specialised research, personal artistic development and materials/ equipment.
Eligible costs for Major Individual Awards may include:


Project assistance

  • Art materials

  • ”Buying time” to replace other earned income costs lost due to time spent on the intended project/creating new work.* Eg, if you were taking unpaid leave from work to focus on writing a novel.

  • Residency costs

  • Artistic or technical fees including those towards production or post-production costs associated with presentation or exhibition of work

  • Venue hire e.g. rehearsal space

  • Travel costs, including mileage costs (@25.7p per mile) and air travel

  • Subsistence costs @£25 per day

  • Technical equipment related to the project/proposal** (equipment requests cannot comprise more than 50% of the value of your request)

  • IT Equipment **: (equipment requests cannot comprise more than 50% of the value of your request; a maximum contribution of £1,200 will be made towards laptops and pcs, and £500 towards tablet computers.)

For details and application, follow the link here

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