Opportunities: Commissions & Funding

Find funding and project opportunities to support creative work. This section includes grants, bursaries, commissions, paid artist callouts, project briefs, funded residencies and other opportunities that can help artists, creatives and cultural organisations develop or deliver work.

If you have an opportunity to share with Luton’s creative community, please submit by clicking on the button below.

  • Jerwood Funding Directory

    Apply By: This opportunity is ongoing.

    Funding and Resources for UK Based Artists and Artist-Led Organisations

  • ACE National Lottery Project Grants

    Apply By: This opportunity is ongoing.

    Arts Council England supports thousands of individual artists, community and cultural organisations

  • Revoluton PLATFORM: Artist Call Out

    Apply By: 12th October, 2026.

    Have you got some creative work in the making? An idea you’re shaping?

    Revoluton

  • Luton Space to Create Fund – Revoluton

    Apply By: 25th October, 2026.

    Got an idea to help shape Luton’s creative spaces? Find out about the Luton Space to Create Fund.

    Revoluton

  • The Deborah Rogers Award

    Apply By: 24th November, 2026.

    The Deborah Rogers Award is presented biennially to an unpublished writer of exceptional promise.

  • Leodis Playwriting Prize

    Apply By: 30th November, 2026.

    Leodis Playwriting Prize is open for submissions

  • The Windrush Prize for British Caribbean Playwrights

    Apply By: 2nd December, 2026.

    Encouraging the next generation of playwrights from the Caribbean diaspora

  • The Windrush Day Grant Scheme 2027

    Apply By: 2nd December, 2026.

    Windrush Day Grant Scheme is now open