Available Funding

Vaughan Williams Foundation

The Vaughan Williams Foundation offers funding towards:

• the performance, commissioning or recording of music by professional British/Irish composers active in the last 100 years
• projects and organisations in the UK which create developmental opportunities for composers, or which promote wider awareness of British/Irish music of the last 100 years

Grants will generally only be awarded for notated music, scored for live performers. (Repertoire which combines electronics with live performers will be considered.)

Supported repertoire must be by named composers of British or Irish nationality, or who have been resident in the UK for a minimum of five years.

Ensembles, organisations, individual performers or composers may apply.

They do not generally support the performances of composers currently in higher education, or performances by student ensembles.

Grant amount: under £3,000. Larger grants may be given for significant projects.

Deadline(s):

• Thursday 1 May 2025 (for work taking place from August 2025 onwards)
• Wednesday 3 September 2025
• Monday 5 January 2026