Open Fund for Individuals
Creative Scotland Scotland, United Kingdom
National Lottery-backed fund for freelance artists and creative practitioners in Scotland to develop projects and creative time for up to 24 months.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your application narrative and project proposal for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
What it offers: £500–£50,000.
Also: can cover the artist's time tied to creative outcomes.
Who can apply: Freelance or self-employed creatives aged 18+ living in Scotland with a UK bank account; full-time students ineligible.
Free to apply.
Rolling, subject to budget; decisions in 10–14 weeks. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: cv, proposal, budget.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “You can apply for between £500 and £50,000.”
Who can apply
- Open to creators and freelancers
- Freelance or self-employed creatives aged 18+ living in Scotland with a UK bank account; full-time students ineligible.
What you will need
- Academic CVUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Grant or policy applicationOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Financial summaryUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your application narrative and project proposal for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Creative Scotland without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.