National Lottery Major Individuals Awards – UK

Costs can be for specific projects, specialised research, personal artistic development and materials/equipment.

Funding Information

• Major Individuals Awards Scheme – 4 awards of up to £15,000 each are being offered in 2023/24.
• The Major Individuals Award scheme will only fund proposals that will take place between 1 October 2023 and 30 September 2024.

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible applicants to the Major Individual Awards scheme are as follows:
  • Artists of all disciplines and in all types of working practice who have not previously received a major award and who have achieved national or international recognition.
  • Applications submitted to the Major Individual Awards programme with no prior contact with the relevant art form officer will be ineligible for consideration.
  • Employees of statutory bodies, undergraduates and postgraduates are eligible to apply but they must prove that the funds which they are seeking are for work/costs which are not properly the concern of their employer and/or are not related to their work or academic study. They must submit evidence of this in the form of a letter on headed paper from their Head of Department.
    • In the case of post-graduate students, the letter must clearly state the title of the student’s PhD thesis and include a declaration by the Head of Department.
    • Applicants undertaking a Masters or a PhD must also include a separate statement which provides information on how the project applied for differs from their Masters or PhD work.
• Eligible applicants must also:
  • Have made a contribution to artistic activities in Northern Ireland for a minimum period of 1 year within the last 5 years.
  • Live in Northern Ireland.
  • Be at least 18 yrs old and not in secondary education.

For more information, visit Arts Council of Northern Ireland.