Elephant Trust Main Fund — £2,000–£5,000 Grants for Visual Artists in the UK to Make New Work, Round Closing 18 October 2026
A long-running UK trust that gives small grants to visual artists to make new work.
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Grants usually between £2,000 and £5,000 for making or producing new work; awards may be used to unlock further funding such as from the Arts Council. Founded in 1975 by Roland Penrose and Lee Miller.
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Open to all by application, with priority to artists in the fine arts and to small organisations and galleries proposing imaginative new work or exhibitions. Projects must take place in the UK and have a total budget of no more than £30,000. Not funded: arts festivals, group exhibitions, charities organising community projects, students, educational or other studies, residencies or research, symposia or conferences, theatres, catalogues. Successful applicants wait at least two years before reapplying.
Dates & details
- Deadline
- Round opened 18 September 2026; applications by midnight on 18 October 2026; applicants not heard from within 6 weeks of the deadline were unsuccessful
- Results
- Within 6 weeks of the deadline (silence means refusal)
- Language
- English