The PRS Foundation Open Fund supports high quality new music projects (not programmes) with grants of up to £10,000.

Their definition of a project is an activity which has a clearly defined start and end date and clear and tangible musical outcomes or objectives that, when attained, signify completion.

The areas of their funding support includes:

• Creation of new music
• Music Creator fee (to cover your time and work)
• Touring and live performances/programming featuring new UK music
• Commissions of new music by UK-based creators
• Music creator residencies
• Recording and release
• Exciting community projects involving high-quality music creators
• Promotion and marketing (when there is also an element of creation and/or performance)

Funded projects are expected to take place within 1 year of receiving a grant, unless Covid-19 leads to a to mutually agreed to extended timeframe. The planned activity date must be at least 10 weeks after the application deadline.

The application deadlines for 2023 for this fund are:

• 13 February 2023 (open date 16 Jan)
• 10 July 2023 (open date 12 Jun)

See the full details at the PRS website.